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Nevado Salkantay in Peru Towering Above Soraypampa with grassy slopes during Salkantay Trek

Salkantay Trek + Lake Humantay + Machu Picchu Village + Wayna Picchu Mtn (Cordillera Vilcabamba, Peru)

Jim Brisbine·August 17, 2019

Family Trips Favorite Trips Peru Traverses & Loops (Trail)

Alpine Lakes Traverse + Big Snow Mtn + Wild Goat Peak + Iron Cap Mtn (Miller–Foss Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 26, 2021

Central WA Cascades Favorite Trips Miller-Foss Mountains Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Big Snow Mtn Iron Cap Mtn Wild Goat Peak

Oarboats float down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park

Colorado River Rafting Trip: Pipe Creek to Diamond Creek + Shinumo Creek + Havasu Creek (Grand Canyon National Park, AZ)

Jim Brisbine·July 7, 2014

Arizona Canyoneering Family Trips Favorite Trips Grand Canyon Raft Trav (AZ)River Rafting

Mountain climbers crossing snowfield below Baby Munday Peak taken from Stewart Peak in the Cheam Range

Baby Munday Peak + Stewart Peak + Knight Peak via Airplane Creek (Cheam Range, BC)

Jim Brisbine·August 22, 2018

Baby Munday Peak (7382 ft)Canadian Cascades BC Cheam Range Favorite Trips Stewart Peak (7343 ft)The Cheam Six Knight Peak

Nason Ridge Trail Traverse: Round Mtn to Rainy Pass + Alpine LO + Rock Mtn (Upper Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 13, 2025

Favorite Trips Lookout Sites North-Central WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Trail)Upper Wenatchee Mountains rock mtn (Nason)

Two wooden cabins of different eras stand at Monument 83 Lookout in the snow at the US-Canadian Border

Monument 83 Lookout Ski Tour via Monument Creek Valley—North Ridge (Chuchuwanteen Mountains, BC)

Jim Brisbine·March 17, 2018

Chuchuwanteen Mountains Favorite Trips Lookout Sites Manning Provincial Park Snow Tours in British Columbia Winter Summits Monument 83 Hill

Two cross-country skiers travel down snowy road during Dutchman -- Three Creek Ski Traverse in Deschutes Mountains of central Oregon.

Dutchman – Three Creek Ski Traverse + Happy Valley Hut + Lone Wolf Hut (Deschutes Mountains, OR)

Jim Brisbine·January 28, 2021

Favorite Trips Snow Tours in Oregon

Three mountain climbers traverse Chikamin Glacier en route to Gunsight Peak in the Glacier Peak Wilderness

Gunsight Peak via West Face + Sinister Peak via Southwest Gully—West Ridge (Ptarmigan Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 4, 2017

Favorite Trips Gunsight Peak, Main (8198 ft)North-Central WA Cascades Ptarmigan Mountains Sinister Peak (8440+/8439 ft)The Ptarmigan Pten

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 (11,138/11,136 ft)Mount Rainier Massif Southern WA Cascades The Satellite Three

Hiker on the Loowit Trail Circuit hiking past Spirit Lake and Pumice Plain with yellow grasses in the foreground

Loowit Trail Circuit: June Lake to Toutle River to Windy Pass (Mount St Helens Massif, WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 6, 2019

Favorite Trips Mount St Helens Massif Southern WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Trail)

Looking at the immense structure of Druid Arch located at the head of Elephant Canyon in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park Utah

Elephant Canyon Exploration + Druid Arch + Chesler Park Loop (Canyonlands National Park, UT)

Jim Brisbine·November 12, 2020

Canyoneering Canyonlands National Park Family Trips Favorite Trips Traverses & Loops (Trail)Utah