The other day I realized it had been eight years since I had climbed 7,766-foot Mt. Aix (it’s pronounced like aches for […]

The other day I realized it had been eight years since I had climbed 7,766-foot Mt. Aix (it’s pronounced like aches for […]
In early November I drove to Triangle Pass, and then to the Grassy Knoll Trailhead about seven miles north of the […]
A wonderful day in Indian Heaven Wilderness – – – crisp air, the trail crunching under my boots, ripe huckleberries […]
Probably the shortest and easiest of all Mt. Rainier alpine hikes, this one provides by far the best bang for […]
One of the classic photos of Mt. Rainier is an early morning shot of the mountain over Packwood Lake. The […]
On a late spring day I drove to the north side of Trapper Creek Wilderness, a nine square-mile designated wilderness […]
On a record-breaking hot day in Portland I drove into the higher reaches of the Lewis River Basin. The area […]
North of the Columbia River Gorge is a relatively easy hike to an amazing 350-foot, three-tiered waterfall on Falls Creek. Like […]
Elk are large animals with good-sized whitish rumps or “wapiti”, which is also the Indian name for elk. Clear-cuts and forest fires […]
On the last weekend of summer I drove to Triangle Pass and then to the Grassy Knoll Trailhead, about seven miles […]