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Boardwalk in a field of grasses with distant hills and bridge at Ronnie Creek Crossing at the start of the Overland Track in Tasmania

Overland Track Traverse + Cradle Mtn + Barn Bluff + Mt Ossa (Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania)

Jim Brisbine·January 20, 2019

Family Trips Favorite Trips Overland Trav (Tasmania)Tasmania Traverses & Loops (Trail)Barn Bluff (Tasmania)Cradle Mtn (Tasmania)Mt Ossa (Tasmania)

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Emerald Peak and Cardinal Peak in the Chelan Mountains as seen from Gopher Mountain Summit on the Grouse Pass Loop

Grouse Pass Loop + Pyramid Mtn + Squaretop Mtn + Gopher Mtn + Cardinal Peak + Emerald Peak (Chelan Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 19, 2019

Cardinal Peak (8590 ft)Chelan Mountains Emerald Peak (8422 ft)Favorite Trips Lookout Sites Non-Major Alpine Crags North-Central WA Cascades The Chelan Four Traverses & Loops (Trail)Gopher Mountain Pyramid Mtn (Chelan)Squaretop Mtn

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Bears Breast Mountain in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness displays interesting angled layering patterns when viewed from Mt Daniel

Bears Breast Mtn via Dutch Miller Gap—Southwest Face—West Chimney (Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 1, 2003

Bears Breast Mountain (7197 ft)Central WA Cascades Favorite Trips Snoqualmie Range The Snoqualmie Twelve

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Little Tahoma Peak via Fryingpan Glacier–Whitman Glacier–East Ridge (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Jim Brisbine·May 31, 2023

Family Trips Favorite Trips Little Tahoma Peak (11,138 ft)Mount Rainier Massif Southern WA Cascades The Satellite Three

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Bear Mountain and Indian Basin seen from Indian Saddle during Middle Lakes High Traverse in the American Chilliwack Mountains

Middle Lakes High Traverse + Bear Mtn Attempt via East Ridge (American Chilliwack Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 5, 2017

American Chilliwack Mountains Bear Mountain (7931 ft)Favorite Trips Northwestern WA Cascades The American Chilliwack Six Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

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Glacier Peak is capped with pink puffy clouds at sunset in the Cascade Range

Glacier Peak Summit Loop via Frostbite Ridge + Lost Creek Ridge + Black Mtn + Kololo Peak (North-Central Cascades, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 9, 2013

Black Mountain (7262 ft)DaKobed-White Range East Sauk Mountains Favorite Trips Glacier Peak (10,541 ft)Glacier Peak Massif North-Central WA Cascades The Regal Six The Sauk Seven Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Kololo Peak white mtn (sauk)

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A hiker walking along Superstition Ridge crest during ridge traverse in the Superstition Wilderness of Arizona

West Superstition Ridge Traverse: Siphon Draw to Hieroglyphic Canyon (Superstition Mountains, AZ)

Jim Brisbine·January 22, 2020

Favorite Trips Traverses & Loops (Trail)USA: Arizona

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A row of rugged Chilliwack peaks lies on the skyline above Williamson Lake near Welch Peak

Welch Peak via Williamson Lake—Lower Southeast Face—South Ridge (Cheam Range, BC)

Jim Brisbine·August 9, 2015

Canadian Cascades BC Cheam Range Favorite Trips The Cheam Six Welch Peak (7999 ft)

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Looking across valley at Half Dome and Little Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point during trail loop

Half Dome via Cable Route + Little Yosemite Valley Trail Loop (Yosemite National Park, CA)

Jim Brisbine·May 11, 2018

Favorite Trips Traverses & Loops (Trail)USA: California Via Ferratas Yosemite National Park Half Dome (CA)

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Sunset on Mt Baker with Upper Blum Lake and a climber in the foreground

Bacon–Hagan–Blum Traverse + Bacon Peak + Mt Blum (Lower Skagit Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 2, 2009

Bacon Peak (7061 ft)Bacon-Hagan-Blum Trav (WA)Favorite Trips Lower Skagit Mountains Mid-Summer Outings Mt Blum (7680 ft)Northwestern WA Cascades The Lower Skagit Five Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

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Mt Rainier via Burroughs Mtn—Inter Glacier—Emmons Glacier (Southern Cascades, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 10, 2021

Family Trips Favorite Trips Mount Rainier Massif Mt Rainier (14,411 ft)Southern WA Cascades The Regal Six

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A lone mountain climber scrambles toward the craggy summit of Big Chiwaukum Peak in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness

High Chiwaukum Traverse: Lake Ethel to Lake Mary + Big Chiwaukum Peak + Ladies Peak (Chiwaukum Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 6, 2016

Big Chiwaukum Peak (8081 ft)Central WA Cascades Chiwaukum Mountains Favorite Trips The Chiwaukum Two Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Big McWaukum Peak ladies peak

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Mountain climbers wave from the red summit of Mt Misch in the Glacier Peak Wilderness

Mt Misch + Mt Buckindy via Green Mtn Basin—Horse Lake Saddle (Suiattle Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 5, 2015

Favorite Trips Mt Buckindy (7320 ft)Mt Misch (7435 ft)North-Central WA Cascades Suiattle Mountains The Suiattle Five

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Nevado Jirishanca stands above Lake Mitucocha with grassy tundra and a backpackers camp on the Huayhaush Circuit

Huayhuash Trekking Circuit: Quartelhuain to Huayllapa to Llamac (Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru)

Jim Brisbine·September 1, 2019

Family Trips Favorite Trips Huayhuash Circuit (Peru)Peru Traverses & Loops (Trail)

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