Trail Camp
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It was turning into a sweltering day. While the rest of the group ran ahead, Steven, Dan, and I sheltered from the sun in the needle-strewn shade of a pine grove. We were five miles from the northern terminus of the Elkhorn Crest Trail. Just as our conversation lulled my InReach started beeping.
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For Fourth of July Weekend, 2022, Susie and I were looking for a long fastpack below snowline. We found an 80 mile, 3-pass loop in Olympic National Park with lots of animals, an adventurous character and few people. We dubbed it Dose-doe.
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I love exploring the mountains in summer, but I’ve grown to love exploring on skis just as much.
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Join Rachel, Tyler, and I for a fastpacking trip around Washington’s Glacier Peak.
Read MoreOur three headlamps pan the steep snow ramp like searchlights as we work upward in the dark. The sweep of light reveals a craggy wall to our left and sun-cupped snow disappearing into the night above. The scrape of our crampons is the only sound in the dead air. We move slow to conserve energy and allow careful crampon placement, wary of a long fall on the firm snow.
Without warning a rock the size of a softball hums out of the darkness above and slams into my thigh.
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