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 […]
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Oldman Pass Vistas
McClellan Viewpoint on Oldman Pass provides a picture-perfect perspective of Mt. St. Helens. Interestingly enough this is the same Major-General George […]
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A Blanket of Fresh Snow on Mt. Adams
One of the golden rules of photography is to follow the light. It is just as important to follow the […]
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Grassy Knoll and Big Huckleberry Mountain
On the second weekend of fall I drove to Triangle Pass and then north to the Grassy Knoll Trailhead, about seven […]
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Indian Heaven on the Cusp of Autumn
I enjoyed a wonderful day in the Indian Heaven Wilderness. It was the last weekend of summer with sunshine quickly […]
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A Magnificent Mt. Rainier Outing
On a stormy day I drove to Sunrise, Mount Rainier’s highest visitor center. It sits at an elevation of 6,400 feet in […]