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PCT Hiking Section I – Part 2 (Chinook Pass to Snoqualmie Pass)

See here for the first part of Section I. Parts of Section I get side eyed far too much. Most are happy to walk the second half of it from Chinook Pass on Hwy 410 to Government Meadows (reached via FS 70 out of the village of Greenwater, off of Hwy 410) but sigh as… Continue reading PCT Hiking Section I – Part 2 (Chinook Pass to Snoqualmie Pass)

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PCT Hiking: Section I – Part 1 (White Pass to Chinook Pass)

Section I of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) was one I section hiked in multiple sections, over a number of years. Some sections I have hiked multiple times because I truly enjoyed them - and they were so easy to drive to. I was thinking how the trips run across the seasons. Some were in… Continue reading PCT Hiking: Section I – Part 1 (White Pass to Chinook Pass)

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PCT Hiking: Section G (Mt. Hood to Cascade Locks)

Of the many sections of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) I have hiked, Section G went into my mind as the hardest one. Not because the hiking was hard, but rather dry, dusty trail, dismal views, and a butt clenching ford of the Sandy River. It was a section that I told myself I was… Continue reading PCT Hiking: Section G (Mt. Hood to Cascade Locks)

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PCT Hiking – Kendall Katwalk

The first time I hiked to Kendall Katwalk on the Pacific Crest Trail was 2003. We had just moved to King County in the spring, and I worked my way East up the I-90 hikes as the snow melted. Somewhere I have a picture of Ford and I at the end of the Katwalk. He… Continue reading PCT Hiking – Kendall Katwalk

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Fisherman Paths: Deadwood Lakes

Deadwood Lakes was a hike I had heard of from the late Karen Sykes, long ago. She had pushed me to try the hike through our chats, and she gave me the pro tip of finding the "trail" from across the highway, half a mile up the Pacific Crest Trail. It was easy to pick… Continue reading Fisherman Paths: Deadwood Lakes