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Read here about day one! Next day we waked up at 5 am to climb Mt Helens. Sun was promised, but unfortunately for us they also add -15C to weather conditions. And it was for town at day time, not for summit with it 2500 . . . → Continue reading Ape Cave and Mt St Helens, 2012 – day two
Winter in that year started very early, and for the last climb in the season we chosen Mt Adams. In the middle of October the party of three of us started in the direction on the mountain. Mt Adams is second highs mountain in Washington state. . . . → Continue reading Mt Adams – 2011
Week ago we hiked on Pilchuck Peak. It is only 1.5 hour drive, 10 kilometers both way and 700 meter elevation gain. So, it is perfect if you have only half of day. Most of the time trail leads you among open granites with some spruces. . . . → Continue reading Pilchuck Peak
Mt St Helens is a volcano on the south part of Washington state. 30 years ago it was close to 3000 meters of heights (2950 actually), but in 1980 it violently exploded and now we have only 2550 meters of mountain and mile wide crater . . . → Continue reading Ape Cave and Mt St Helens, 2012 – day one
This is little hike near Settle that we made in January. I have no idea why this waterfall has such names. Description says that it is non-popular alternatives to Mt Si hike. Well, it was line to the top. I am afraid that I would never . . . → Continue reading Teneriffe (Kamikaze) Falls
On West Coast every mountain has its own lake, in which it reflects in its best way. Only some such lakes can be reached by car, but there are no even trails to others. Mirror for Shuksan can be reached by car and it is called Picture . . . → Continue reading Mirror for Shuksan
Climbing permit to Mt Rainier works for calendar year. If you spend money for something, you usually want to get maximum. So, although we climbed Mt Rainier in July, we decided to do it another time in August. Well, it was joke, at least partly. . . . → Continue reading Mt Rainier, August 2013
Then I climbed Mt Rainier in July 2013 I saw marvelous thing on the summit. Mt Rainier is huge volcano (4392 meter), covered by thick glacier. It is cold and windy on the top. We climbed to crater and rested, when saw that the woman . . . → Continue reading Marvelous
First time I reached top of Mt Rainier in 2011, but success should be nailed down, so in July 2013 I repeated the climbing by same rout, but in other company. . . . → Continue reading Mt Rainier, July 2013
– What is the first sunny day after heavy rainy ones? – Monday North Coast folklore Spring and fall are very rainy seasons in Seattle, but even at this time you can find some sun. Only two hours drive from Seattle by road # 2 and . . . → Continue reading Sun gleam among overcast |
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