Loowit Trail Trip Report July 2018: Late July Water Source Map

This past weekend I completed the 31-mile Loowit Trail around Mt St Helens. I started and completed my loop using … More

Broken Top Loop: Shelter Failure and Off Trail Fun

It turns out you can learn a lot in a 27 hour trip. This past weekend we settled on the … More

I’ve written before about struggling with Plantar Fasciitis some years back. It’s an excruciating, degenerative condition that will come back … More

Originally we had planned a trip to the Sawtooths in Idaho some months ago. However, as has been the case … More

We discussed many plans for this past weekends Total Solar Eclipse. We had thought about just staying in town which … More

Roughly a year ago I went to Goat Rocks Wilderness for the first time. It’s crowded, but for very good … More

I can’t remember exactly when I bought these poles, but it was at least two years ago, possibly longer. I … More

Silver Star Mountain is pretty close by and I was surprised I’d never been there and never knew anyone who … More

Last year after doing a trip in the Oregon Badlands Wilderness, I set the goal to start section hiking the Oregon … More

This weekend we returned to Cottonwood Canyon for a leisurely desert backpack. We like coming here because it is consistently … More