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“Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful of your life.”
~ Mark Twain
Join us on this spectacular trip to Badlands National Park, a place with lots of hiking opportunities and endless, breathtaking views.
The Great Sand Dunes National Park resembles a large fun playground, built by nature not only for kids but for all ages. Come along to explore with us.
Enjoy with us the beautiful black sheer cliffs, powerful roaring river, clear evening skies, and endless majestic views of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
Join us on this unforgettable Glacier Peak Wilderness 4-day backpacking trip from Buck Creek to Little Giant Pass via High Pass and Napeequa Valley.
Backpacking to Yellow Aster Butte, a 3-day trip with spectacular views of Mt Baker, Shuksan, Tomyhoi Peak, endless meadows, tarns, and scrambling options.
Hike beyond Comet Falls to reach Van Trump Park for colorful meadows, wildflowers, and fine views of Mount Rainier, Adams, St Helens, and the Tatoosh.
An overnight backpacking trip to the Park Butte Meadows and Fire Lookout Tower with a short side trip to Mount Baker’s Easton Glacier and climber’s camp.
Join us on this wonderful 7-day backpacking trip to the Glacier Peak Wilderness via Spider Gap, Lyman Lakes, Image Lake, and Buck Creek Pass.
In this video, join us on our 5-day walk in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. Known for some of the best views on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), Goat Rocks is a wonderful place to go backpacking.
Monument Valley, no better name could describe the unbelievably breathtaking views of a vast desert valley with its scattered colorful sandstone buttes.
The Olympic National Park is America’s wildest and most remote park. Come with us on a journey to discover some of its finest coastline or mountain hiking and backpacking destinations.
After trying several foot warming options, we finally fixed our freezing toes situation. Here's what worked for us on the ski/snowboarding hill.
Join us on this unforgettable Glacier Peak Wilderness 4-day backpacking trip from Buck Creek to Little Giant Pass via High Pass and Napeequa Valley.
Backpacking to Yellow Aster Butte, a 3-day trip with spectacular views of Mt Baker, Shuksan, Tomyhoi Peak, endless meadows, tarns, and scrambling options.
An overnight backpacking trip to the Park Butte Meadows and Fire Lookout Tower with a short side trip to Mount Baker’s Easton Glacier and climber’s camp.
Join us on this wonderful 7-day backpacking trip to the Glacier Peak Wilderness via Spider Gap, Lyman Lakes, Image Lake, and Buck Creek Pass.
In this video, join us on our 5-day walk in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. Known for some of the best views on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), Goat Rocks is a wonderful place to go backpacking.
In this video, walk with us along the spectacular Wonderland Trail around the majestic Mount Rainier.
A short backpacking trip leads you to the heart of a remote Pacific Ocean beach for the most spectacular sunsets. Here’s what Shi Shi is about, and more.
This is a concise guide and the story of our 18-day backpacking trip along the 215-mile John Muir Trail.
An Olympic National Park classic, Marmot Pass is an ideal destination for a weekend backpacking, panoramic views from Buckhorn Mountain and sunset camping.
Navaho Pass/Navaho Peak is one of the best choices for early season backpacking, with lots of options for extending your trip or exploring around camp.
Washington’s very best backpacking: a combination of alpine lakes, streams, meadows, dramatic rocky peaks, open trails, high camps, and lots of goats!
The best backpacking route in the Olympic National Park, with beautiful camps, clear lakes, high alpine, and sightings of bears in their natural habitat.
Join us on this spectacular trip to Badlands National Park, a place with lots of hiking opportunities and endless, breathtaking views.
The Great Sand Dunes National Park resembles a large fun playground, built by nature not only for kids but for all ages. Come along to explore with us.
Enjoy with us the beautiful black sheer cliffs, powerful roaring river, clear evening skies, and endless majestic views of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
Monument Valley, no better name could describe the unbelievably breathtaking views of a vast desert valley with its scattered colorful sandstone buttes.
The Olympic National Park is America’s wildest and most remote park. Come with us on a journey to discover some of its finest coastline or mountain hiking and backpacking destinations.
Discover the majestic Mount Rainier National Park through some of our hiking and backpacking trips there.
A photographer's advice and quick guide to the top 10 places you must see while visiting Death Valley National Park.
Join us on this spectacular trip to Badlands National Park, a place with lots of hiking opportunities and endless, breathtaking views.
The Great Sand Dunes National Park resembles a large fun playground, built by nature not only for kids but for all ages. Come along to explore with us.
Enjoy with us the beautiful black sheer cliffs, powerful roaring river, clear evening skies, and endless majestic views of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
Hike beyond Comet Falls to reach Van Trump Park for colorful meadows, wildflowers, and fine views of Mount Rainier, Adams, St Helens, and the Tatoosh.
Monument Valley, no better name could describe the unbelievably breathtaking views of a vast desert valley with its scattered colorful sandstone buttes.
Vesper Peak, one of the best hikes in the North Cascades. You are rewarded with fabulous views of some of the most spectacular peaks in Washington State.
Mount Angeles is a signature scrambling hike offering some terrific views of the Olympic National Park, accessible from the Hurricane Ridge.
Anvil Rock is a little secret 10 minute detour hiding in plain site on your way to Camp Muir, the Mount Rainier basecamp. See what you miss by not taking it.
Here’s a better way to hike Mt Si, the most popular Seattle peak. The Old Trail is rougher and more challenging, but you get there with hardly any crowds.
A photographer's advice and quick guide to the top 10 places you must see while visiting Death Valley National Park.
Camp Muir, one of the most iconic and tough trails in Washington State. Hike it to enjoy views of Mount Adams, St Helens, Hood, and Mount Rainier itself.
Silver Peak is a great short hike that rewards you with outstanding views of the Snoqualmie Pass peaks including Mount Rainier. Go hike it in a free afternoon.
This is the story of our three day climb to the summit of Mount Baker via the Easton Glacier Route.
Vesper Peak, one of the best hikes in the North Cascades. You are rewarded with fabulous views of some of the most spectacular peaks in Washington State.
Anvil Rock is a little secret 10 minute detour hiding in plain site on your way to Camp Muir, the Mount Rainier basecamp. See what you miss by not taking it.
Camp Muir, one of the most iconic and tough trails in Washington State. Hike it to enjoy views of Mount Adams, St Helens, Hood, and Mount Rainier itself.
In this video, join us on our 5-day walk in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. Known for some of the best views on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), Goat Rocks is a wonderful place to go backpacking.
Whether going backpacking for the first time or just want to see somebody else's take on food and related gear, here's our recommendation.
The secret to a JMT permit? No magic incantations, just persistence and flexibility. Here's a short list of tips we believe will get you one this year.
In this post I'm exploring options for choosing a ski/snowboard lock. None of them is perfect, but I think I found one that I really like.
Navaho Pass/Navaho Peak is one of the best choices for early season backpacking, with lots of options for extending your trip or exploring around camp.
Washington’s very best backpacking: a combination of alpine lakes, streams, meadows, dramatic rocky peaks, open trails, high camps, and lots of goats!
This is the story of our three day climb to the summit of Mount Baker via the Easton Glacier Route.
Here’s a better way to hike Mt Si, the most popular Seattle peak. The Old Trail is rougher and more challenging, but you get there with hardly any crowds.
The best backpacking route in the Olympic National Park, with beautiful camps, clear lakes, high alpine, and sightings of bears in their natural habitat.
A winter wonderland of frozen fields and silent trees, our playground on the last day of 2016, photographed in Sunriver, Oregon.
A collection of about 50 favorite photographs from our 18 day John Muir Trail thru-hike from earlier this summer.
A satire of our evening commute, this series showcases ever-present contrasts like, order vs. chaos, patience vs. rush, but also the relative passing of time, which, in traffic, appears to flow at a variable rate.
Here's a series of photos about the wind, but also about our will to climb and explore, in the face of everything that nature may throw at us.
A collection of some of my favorite landscapes from Washington State and around United States.
Join us on this spectacular trip to Badlands National Park, a place with lots of hiking opportunities and endless, breathtaking views.