The Meeks Table Research Natural Area is in the William O. Douglas Wilderness. After several days of heavy rain and wind […]
Archive for ‘Washington Cascades Hikes’
Bear Creek Mountain Undone
On my second day of hiking in the Central Cascades of Washington State, I drove the very rough road to […]
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A Climb to the Summit of an Extinct Volcanic Cinder and Lava Cone
Like U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, some of my favorite outings have been on the Tumac Plateau. In […]
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Chinook Pass Outing
Arriving on a sunny afternoon in the Central Cascade Mountains of Washington State, I decided to stop on the top […]
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A Wonderful Hike along Siouxon Creek
On a cool, late summer day we hiked in a hidden gem of an old-growth forest. The trail followed the Siouxon […]
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A Journey to the Hidden Crater of a Wilderness Volcano
Every wilderness area has a hidden, hard-to-reach jewel. For Indian Heaven the gem is the crater of E. Crater Mountain, […]
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A Rainy Alpine Hike on Mt. St. Helens
Due to large floods and rock slides a few years ago, the six-mile road to the Sheep Canyon Trailhead on Mt. […]
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A wonderful visit to Trapper Creek Wilderness
In early June I drove to the north side of Trapper Creek Wilderness, a nine square-mile designated wilderness in the […]
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Best Laid Plans?
Thinking that it has been a very dry spring, I drove to the Indian Heaven Wilderness. The area is situated on a […]
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A Visit to One of the Largest Waterfalls in Southwest Washington
North of the Columbia River Gorge is an easy hike to an amazing 350-foot, three-tiered waterfall on Falls Creek. Like the […]