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Goat Lake is a charming alpine lake that can be accessed via the Goat Rocks Trail #95 (going clockwise) or the Snowgrass Flats Trail #96...

Blanca Lake is a challenging hike with a worthwhile reward. Even on a rainy day, the water looked like a green, milky shake. The hike has...

Gothic Basin will kick your butt. An old miners' path, it begins with a deceptively gentle slope that quickly increases until you're...

Sahale Arm is a stunningly beautiful place to go backpacking. We ate so many blueberries that it turned my whole mouth blue and there...

Mt. Si is a wonderful hike (though a bit boring). It goes through endless rounds of forests via rock stairs and soft dirt - up, up, up....

Franklin Falls is one of the most popular hikes in the Pacific Northwest - and for good reason! It's close, dog-friendly, and ends with a...

Dungeness Spit is a must-do hike that ends at a really cool lighthouse. There isn't much elevation gain because this is solely a beach...

Artist Point is, hands down, one of the most beautiful, accessible snowshoeing routes in Washington. It's a bit of a drive up to Mt....

Lanham Lake was chilly and snowy! It was more of a work-out than a scenic hike. The snow was about up to my waist so snowshoes were a...

Paradise was... as described. We headed up to the Visitor's Center and were lucky that the gates had opened at 10:30 am. We basically...

The forest surrounding this trail is lush and vibrant in the fall. After meandering through the woods, you cross a bridge and begin an...

For our first backpacking trip together, our group chose Esmeralda Basin via Fortune Pass. And, it was awesome! Going into it, I had...

Just in case you haven't seen it... I wanted to link to Trailpost. I really like their take on backpacking gear organization. You input...

The Cougar Mountain trail system is a heavily trafficked, easily accessible trail located in King County (about 30 minutes away from...

I was really looking forward to this overnight trip. Glacier View is a gorgeous, out-of-the-way hike near Mt. Rainier. Emanuel and I...

The Maple Pass Loop is one of the most beautiful hikes I've ever been on. It passed through old-growth forests, alpine lakes, beautiful...

This is one of the hikes that my friend's cat went on - which was awesome. It tested our endurance when we got totally rained out towards...

Lake-22 is a beautiful spring hike if you're in the mood to skid around in some snow. We tackled it as soon as the snow had melted enough...

This was one of my first hikes with a good friend and it's definitely one I'll remember for a long time. I'd also just gotten a nice...

One of my life goals is to hike all of the hikes in 100 Classic Hikes of Washington by Craig Romano. I'll probably end up hitting more...