Tag: hiking

  • Olympic National Park – Hoh Rainforest Spruce Trail

    Hiked On: September 2, 2007 Weather Conditions: Approximately 60°F-65°F, cloudy skies Elevation: Unknown Distance from Seattle: Just over 100 miles, including a ferry trip Pictures: Here National Park Service: Olympic National Park After we finished our hike at Hurricane Ridge, we headed over to the Hoh Rainforest to check out the visitor center and do…

  • Olympic National Park – Hurricane Hill

    Hiked On: September 2, 2007 Weather Conditions: Approximately 55°F-65°F, partly sunny skies Elevation: 5000-5757′ Distance from Seattle: Just over 100 miles, including a ferry trip Pictures: Here National Park Service: Olympic National Park Diann & I did this hike in the Olympic National Park as part of our Labor Day 2007 roadtrip. Hurricane Hill is…

  • Labor Day Weekend Roadtrip

    Rather than firing up the Big Green Egg this Labor Day weekend, Diann and I decided to take a bit of a roadtrip to the western part of Washington – the Olympic Peninsula. Our weekend roadtrip started at 6:30AM on Saturday to head to Edmonds, Washington, to catch the 7:50AM ferry to Kingston.  From Kingston,…

  • Mt. Rainier – Mount Fremont Lookout

    Hiked On: July 28, 2007′ Weather Conditions: Approximately 65°F-75°F, mostly sunny skies Elevation: 6400-7181′ Distance from Seattle: Just over 90 miles Pictures: [Here](http://www.marius.org/gallery/v/living/seattle/hikes/rainier/fremont/) National Park Service: Mt. Rainier National Park Well, after a long hiatus from hiking in general, and Mt. Rainier specifically, Diann and I made the 2 hour drive to Sunrise for a…

  • Boundary Trail, Mt. St. Helens

    Hiked On: May 29, 2006 Weather Conditions: Approximately 50°F and overcast, climbing to 65°F and party cloudy Elevation: 4255' Distance from Seattle: 160 miles Pictures: Here US Forest Service: Mt. St. Helens As part of our Memorial Day Roadtrip this year (more on that coming soon), we spent a few hours at Mt. St. Helens…

  • Anti-Aircraft Peak

    (catching up on hikes…) Hiked On: May 20, 2006 Weather Conditions: Approximately 65°F, overcast Elevation: 2200-2430’ Distance from Seattle: Just over 45 miles Pictures: None King County Park System: Cougar Mountain Regional Wildlife Park This hike was fairly straightforward and easy, yet the temperature and the recent rainfall (coupled with the fact that we were…

  • Lake Elizabeth

    Hiked On: December 31, 2005 Weather Conditions: Approximately 30°F-34°F, overcast, some snow Elevation: 2150-2750' Distance from Seattle: Just over 90 miles Pictures: None US Forest Service: Lake Elizabeth, Trail 1071 Even though the USFS page says this one is easy, it wasn't. We couldn't drive all the way to the trailhead (snow), so had to…

  • New Pictures!

    After a long hiatus of posting pictures in the gallery, I've spent a large chunk of this morning and afternoon processing and uploading pictures. In no particular order: Fishermen's Terminal – Pictures taken by Diann while she was at a weeklong training course at Fishermen's Terminal North Cascades Highway Loop – On Diann's birthday, we…

  • Mt. Rainier – Dege Peak

    Hiked On: August 6, 2005 Weather Conditions: Approximately 70°F-80°F, clear and sunny skies Elevation: 6400-7016' Distance from Seattle: Just over 90 miles Pictures: Here National Park Service: Mt. Rainier National Park Another sunny weekend, and another trip up to Rainier. Micah was up in the PNW this weekend for work, and he came up to…

  • Mt. Rainier – Alta Vista

    Hiked On: July 24, 2005 Weather Conditions: Approximately 70°F, partly-clear skies Elevation: 5480-5950' at Paradise, 6400' at Sunrise Distance from Seattle: Just over 90 miles Pictures: Here National Park Service: Mt. Rainier National Park When it's sunny in Seattle in the summertime, you head to Mt. Rainier. We had a new batch of folks start…