Winter Hikes in Washington

Must be some kind of weird disease I have that had me very excited to climb Ellinor today, with full knowledge that I wouldn't be able to see anything and would be subjected to fierce wind and sideway...

This was my fourth time up to Dickerman, the previous time was in April along the winter route. I had been thinking about what the views might be like for sunset ever since, and with the long days and...

Always a good day for this favorite. Lots of people out on the trail on a sunny Saturday, and we had to park 0.2 mile down the road on arrival at 8:40am. Note that NW Forest Pass is still required on ...

Bottom Line:A sublime packraft among cliffs, waterfalls, icebergs, snow walls and crystal-clear emerald waters at the far end of the lake. Pretty hot in the sun, but the water is still very cold, and ...

I found myself in Everett on a Friday night with Saturday morning free, so I picked Lake 22 as my first Mountain Loop Highway hike. Thanks to earlier trip reporters, I learned that a nice-weather Satu...

The young one (45) wanted a workout, so we headed for Granite mountain. The “summer” route is still snowed in, so we planned to go up summer and down the “winter” route, which includes 1/2 mile of bou...