backpacking Enchanted Valley We slept at the car at Pacific Beach State Park to avoid doing the long drive in the morning to the trailhead. We were a party of four. We started a bit late due to the logistics of a full trailhead and disposing of last night's trash. We had boots
backpacking Tuscohatchie thru hike The plan: Hike from the Talapus Lake Trailhead to the Franklin Falls Trailhead Day1 in red - Day2 in blueThe planned stats: Day 1Day 2I was hoping for 4 - 4.5 hours hike days. Boy I was wrong... The reality was: 8 miles each day, 6:00hrs each day.
backpacking Jay Lake We started very early as we had three cars and the parking lot at Wallace Falls State Park fills up very quickly on weekends! We took a loop hike; going on on Saturday through the Woody trail up to the upper falls, taking the boot path to the old forest
backpacking Reflection Lakes Snow Camp We arrived at 8:30 to Longmire. We would pick up our overnight permit there with the rangers. Somebody in our party was to loan out a bear cannister. The idea was to have everything ready and ride to Narada Falls parking lot at 9:00. The time they open
camping Overnight at Jay Lake January 16th 2021 We arrived at around 10:00 to a completely full parking lot. We could see a few parties that just arrived and were tying up boots, so we think people were going in and out, but we waited for somebody to leave to no avail. This was
camping Camp at Lake Wenatchee State Park We arrived at Lake Wenatchee at freezing temperatures on an overcast but mostly dry day. The grounds were covered on a good amount of snow; Enough to post-hole where people hadn't packed it yet. It was very exciting to try our 4-season tent for the first time. The Hilleberg Kaitum