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williswall poser
Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 1967 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
My daughter just moved back to the PNW after 8 years in the LA area. In fact, her apartment is close to ours, which we just moved into. My vagabond days have come to an end, after essentially living out of my van since mid May. She had a few days before starting work so we camped out of Cougar Rock, the last week it was open, and just hiked around enough to clear the LA smog out of her lungs. On the first day I thought we might bag Boundary peak in the Tatoosh but the bouldery gully climb past Snow Lake was slippery going and the end gully was snow covered and steeper. Solo I would have done it but peak bagging wasn't the point of this outing so we turned around and tagged Plummer instead, an easy go on snow covered trail. She had never been over there so the views did not disappoint. We enjoyed the luxury of showers and a thermostat set to 70 degrees and a hot meal that night. The next day we simply did a walk of the West Side Road to check out Gobblers Knob, a place we had visited in 2018 in pouring rain and zero views. Although the upper mountain was mostly hiding under cloud, the weather was fine and we had a few peeks through the whiteness. All in all a nice 15 mile day on easy tread in crisp air and few souls. We lucked out to have two good days of getting outside in the short span she had available before work.
Unicorn Trail to Lake George Trail to Gobblers Knob Tatoosh Tarn Tahoma Glacier terminus:Emerald Ridge So Tahoma Glacier terminus Rocky Base Pyramid Peak Pt. Success Mountain peeks out Lane Peak Lake George Gobblers knob Frosty Frosty 2 Fresh snow Fall foliage WSR Fall colors2 Fall colors3 Comfort Station 2 Tahoma Vista Berry mountain "Mountain" from Gobblers Knob
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I desire medium danger
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MojaveGeek, RAW-dad, Brushbuffalo, zimmertr, capbiker, Chief Joseph, Nancyann, neek, Slim, Tom, kite, JimK, jaysway, awilsondc, hikerman
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7703 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
Nice report and great pics, and welcome back!
Nice to be back in Gods Country after 8 years in Hell, aye?
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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iron Member
Joined: 10 Aug 2008 Posts: 6392 | TRs | Pics Location: southeast kootenays |
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Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:49 pm
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Yikes. 8 years already???
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williswall poser
Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 1967 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
That includes 4 years at Mudd, where she also worked most of each summer (Claremont)
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 7220 | TRs | Pics Location: Stuck in the middle |
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Thu Oct 14, 2021 7:04 am
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I'm sure your thrilled she didn't get attached to LA. That's a lot of outstanding photos for one hike -- but you know all the best spots by now.
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Brushbuffalo Member
Joined: 17 Sep 2015 Posts: 1887 | TRs | Pics Location: there earlier, here now, somewhere later... Bellingham in between |
Steve, how good for her to return, most especially coming back from SoCal.
I may be mistaken, because you are the MRNP expert, but is your picture labeled Pyramid Peak actually the similar sounding Pinnacle, with Castle peaking over at far right?
Passing rocks and trees like they were standing still
Mtn Dog
Passing rocks and trees like they were standing still
Mtn Dog
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williswall poser
Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 1967 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
Indeed, it is pinnacle…I’m getting old.
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