Does the trail ever end? People often ask me, "How was your trip?". I don't know what to tell them. "Great.", just isn't enough. It was more than one ...
Rainy Pass to Manning Park
Refreshed and ready for our final days on the PCT, we headed up the mountains north of Rainy Pass. The recent snow accented every rock and ridge on ...
Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass
The weather was still nice, but we knew it wasn't going to last. A giant cold front was headed our way from the Gulf of Alaska. There wasn't anything ...
Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass
For the first time in over 2000 miles, I was in somewhat familiar territory. I had hiked the start of section J twice before. Those had felt like ...
White Pass to Snoqualmie Pass
I was back in the woods again. The trail immediately north of White Pass was more "walking by the woods and next to mountain lakes". It was pretty, ...
Cascade Locks to White Pass
For 3 days I stared at the Bridge of the Gods - an old metal structure spanning the Columbia River at Cascade Locks. Washington was just a few steps ...
Barlow Pass to Cascade Locks
It was already late and I was tired. I found a little clearing in the forest and plopped down. It was another fiery sunset, but I could barely see it ...
McKenzie Pass to Barlow Pass
I'd walked on a lot of pumice fields already, but the pumice field north of McKenzie Pass was the bleakest one I'd seen. Hardly any life broke through ...
Willamette Pass to McKenzie Pass
I didn't go far that first night, 4 or 5 miles to a nice little campsite next to Lower Rosary Lake. The pain in my shin was almost gone. The next day ...
Hwy 138 to Willamette Pass
I was starting to get the picture of the PCT through Oregon - a long string of prominent peaks. They were all volcanic features in different stages of ...