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Hoodoo Pass Loop via Horsehead Pass—Libby-Crater Saddle + Mt Bigelow + Crater Peak (Sawtooth Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 27, 2026

Bigelow, Mt (8440+/8468 ft)Favorite Trips North-Central WA Cascades Sawtooth Mountains The Sawtooth Six Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Crater Peak

Little Big Chief Peak, Summit Chief Mountain, and Chimney Rock over Tank Lakes seen at sunset from Tank during the La Bohn - Tank Loop

La Bohn Lakes – Tank Lakes Loop via Williams Lake + Little Big Chief Peak via Dutch Miller Gap (Miller-Foss Mountains & Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 11, 2014

Central WA Cascades Favorite Trips Little Big Chief Peak (7225 ft)Major Alpine Crags Miller-Foss Mountains Snoqualmie Range Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

Charleston Peak Summit Traverse: Mummy Pass to Griffith Junction (Spring Mountains, NV)

Jim Brisbine·October 20, 2025

Favorite Trips Nevada Traverses & Loops (Trail)Charleston Peak (NV)

Alta Via 2 Trekking Traverse – North Part: Brixen/Bressanone to Marmolata/Marmolada (Dolomite Alps, Italy)

Jim Brisbine·July 8, 2022

Family Trips Favorite Trips Italy Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Traverses & Loops (Trail)Via Ferratas

During the Inspiration Traverse, a mountain climber traverses the Klawatti Glacier below a jagged ridge crest

Inspiration Traverse: Borealis Glacier to Eldorado Glacier via Inspiration Glacier + Tricouni Peak + Primus Peak + Austera Peak + Klawatti Peak + Dorado Needle (McAllister Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·June 24, 2003

Austera Peak (8334/8366 ft)Dorado Needle (8440+/8466 ft)Favorite Trips Inspiration–Isolation Trav (WA)Klawatti Peak (8485/8500 ft)Major Alpine Crags McAllister Mountains Northwestern WA Cascades Primus Peak (8508/8497 ft)The McAllister Five Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Tricouni Peak

The castle-like summit of Bridge Mountain stands above Red Rock Canyon in Nevada

Bridge Mtn via Rocky Gap Road—High Trail—West Ridge—Northwest Face (Spring Mountains, NV)

Jim Brisbine·October 25, 2022

Favorite Trips Nevada Bridge Mtn (NV)

Soft sunlight hits the broad Challenger Glacier under the jagged crest of Mt Challenger

Mt Challenger via Wiley Ridge—Challenger Glacier—Northeast Face (Picket Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 31, 2005

Challenger, Mt (8207 ft)Favorite Trips Mid-Summer Outings Northwestern WA Cascades Picket Range The Picket Twelve

Green and gold trees sweep upward to the rocky summit of Lake Mountain

Monument Peak + Lake Mtn via Pistol Pass—Lake of the Woods (Pasayten Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 27, 2009

Favorite Trips Golden Larch Outings Lake Mountain (8371/8372 ft)Monument Peak (8592/8610 ft)Northeastern WA Cascades Pasayten Mountains The Pasayten Eleven

Four climbers scramble toward the summit pinnacle on Mt. Cruiser in the Olympic Mountains, WA.

Mt Cruiser via Flapjack Lakes—Needle Pass—Beta Peak—South Corner (Olympic Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 17, 2023

Cruiser, Mt (6104 ft)Favorite Trips Major Alpine Crags Olympic Mountains WA Beta Peak

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

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

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

Bacon–Hagan–Blum Traverse: Watson Lakes to Baker River via Diobsud Lakes—Bacon Peak—Hidden Lake—Hagan Glacier—Mt Blum—Blum Lakes (Lower Skagit Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 2, 2009

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

Favorite Trips

Hoodoo Pass Loop via Horsehead Pass—Libby-Crater Saddle + Mt Bigelow + Crater Peak (Sawtooth Mountains, WA)

La Bohn Lakes – Tank Lakes Loop via Williams Lake + Little Big Chief Peak via Dutch Miller Gap (Miller-Foss Mountains & Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Charleston Peak Summit Traverse: Mummy Pass to Griffith Junction (Spring Mountains, NV)

Alta Via 2 Trekking Traverse – North Part: Brixen/Bressanone to Marmolata/Marmolada (Dolomite Alps, Italy)

Inspiration Traverse: Borealis Glacier to Eldorado Glacier via Inspiration Glacier + Tricouni Peak + Primus Peak + Austera Peak + Klawatti Peak + Dorado Needle (McAllister Mountains, WA)

Bridge Mtn via Rocky Gap Road—High Trail—West Ridge—Northwest Face (Spring Mountains, NV)

Mt Challenger via Wiley Ridge—Challenger Glacier—Northeast Face (Picket Range, WA)

Monument Peak + Lake Mtn via Pistol Pass—Lake of the Woods (Pasayten Mountains, WA)

Mt Cruiser via Flapjack Lakes—Needle Pass—Beta Peak—South Corner (Olympic Mountains, WA)

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

Bacon–Hagan–Blum Traverse: Watson Lakes to Baker River via Diobsud Lakes—Bacon Peak—Hidden Lake—Hagan Glacier—Mt Blum—Blum Lakes (Lower Skagit Mountains, WA)

McAlester–Rainbow Loop via McAlester Pass—Rainbow Creek—Rainbow Pass—Bridge Creek + McAlester Mtn (North Stehekin Mountains, WA)

Hoodoo Pass Loop via Horsehead Pass—Libby-Crater Saddle + Mt Bigelow + Crater Peak (Sawtooth Mountains, WA)

Amabilis Mtn Bike Loop via Amabilis Beacon + Amabilis Peak (Keechelus Mountains, WA)

Three Fingers Mtn: South Peak / Lookout Via Meadow Mtn—Goat Flats—Tin Can Gap—Southwest Side (West Sauk Mountains, WA)

Defiance Trail Traverse: Thompson Pass to Hemlock Pass via Mason Pass—Pratt Pass + Mt Defiance (Lower Snoqualmie Range, WA)