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Iron Horse Bike Traverse: North Bend to Easton via Palouse-to-Cascades Trail (Central Cascades, WA)

Jim Brisbine·May 31, 2025

Central WA Cascades Favorite Trips Iron Horse Mountains Kittitas Mountains Mtn & Gravel Biking Traverses & Loops (Bike)

A backcountry skier stares at Mt. Sneffels in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado

Sneffels Range Ski Traverse: Telluride to Ridgway (San Juan Mountains, CO)

Jim Brisbine·March 25, 2022

Favorite Trips Sneffels Ski Traverse (CO)Snow Tours in Other Locations Traverses & Loops (Ski)

Mt Arriva Above Silent Lakes from West Ridge of Fisher Peak in the Ragged Range

Mt Arriva via South Ridge + Fisher Peak via Northwest Ridge + Silent Lakes (Ragged Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 29, 2019

Arriva, Mt (8215 ft)Favorite Trips Mid-Summer Outings Northeastern WA Cascades Ragged Range The Ragged Seven Fisher Peak

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

Two mountain climbers stare at a rocky, snowy summit of Kimtah Peak on the Ragged Ridge

Kimtah Peak via Kitling Pass—Katsuk Cirque—Southwest Face—South Rib (Ragged Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·June 9, 2013

Favorite Trips Kimtah Peak (8600+/8644 ft)Northeastern WA Cascades Ragged Range The Ragged Seven

A hiker walks up a grassy slope leading to Blizzard Peak across from Mt Winthrop in the Chuchuwanteen Mountains

Mt Winthrop + Blizzard Peak + Monument 83 + Frosty Pass + Chuchuwanteen Loop (Chuchuwanteen Mountains, BC & WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 8, 2012

Chuchuwanteen Mountains Favorite Trips Golden Larch Outings Northeastern WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Trail)blizzard peak Monument 83 Hill mt wintrop

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)

A rifugio sits in a grassy meadow with rugged mountains behind in the Italian Dolomites

Alta Via 2 Trail Traverse – South Part: Marmolata/Marmolada to Feltre (Dolomite Alps, Italy)

Jim Brisbine·July 16, 2022

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

North side of the Southern Pickets with McMillan Glacier as seen on Day 5 of the Picket Traverse

Picket Traverse: Perfect Pass to McMillan Pass + Whatcom Peak + Elephant Butte (Picket Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·June 24, 2018

Favorite Trips Northwestern WA Cascades Picket Range Picket Traverse (WA)The Outlier Twelve Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Whatcom Peak (7574 ft)Elephant Butte Rhino Butte Stetattle Buttes

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 (10,541/10,544 ft)Glacier Peak Massif North-Central WA Cascades The Regal Six The Sauk Seven Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Kololo Peak white mtn (sauk)

Rugged Mt Logan lies beyond an alpine bench of heather and snow during Ragged Ridge Traverse

Ragged Ridge Traverse: Fourth of July Pass to Easy Pass + Red Mtn + Cosho Peak (Ragged Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 29, 2012

Cosho Peak (8332/8333 ft)Favorite Trips Mid-Summer Outings Northeastern WA Cascades Ragged Range The Ragged Seven Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Ragged Peak Red Mtn (Ragged)

Favorite Trips

Iron Horse Bike Traverse: North Bend to Easton via Palouse-to-Cascades Trail (Central Cascades, WA)

Sneffels Range Ski Traverse: Telluride to Ridgway (San Juan Mountains, CO)

Mt Arriva via South Ridge + Fisher Peak via Northwest Ridge + Silent Lakes (Ragged Range, WA)

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

Kimtah Peak via Kitling Pass—Katsuk Cirque—Southwest Face—South Rib (Ragged Range, WA)

Mt Winthrop + Blizzard Peak + Monument 83 + Frosty Pass + Chuchuwanteen Loop (Chuchuwanteen Mountains, BC & WA)

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

Alta Via 2 Trail Traverse – South Part: Marmolata/Marmolada to Feltre (Dolomite Alps, Italy)

Picket Traverse: Perfect Pass to McMillan Pass + Whatcom Peak + Elephant Butte (Picket Range, WA)

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

Ragged Ridge Traverse: Fourth of July Pass to Easy Pass + Red Mtn + Cosho Peak (Ragged Range, WA)

Argonaut Peak via South Gully—Chockstone Dihedral—Upper East Ridge + Ingalls Creek Trail Loop (Icicle Mountains, WA)

Sharkfin Tower via Boston Basin—Quien Sabe Glacier—Southwest Gully—Southeast Ridge (Thunder Mountains, WA)

Red Peak Pass Loop via Illilouette Valley—Ottoway Lakes—Red Devil Basin—Merced Canyon (Yosemite National Park, CA)

The Great Blade Explorations: Bladerunner Crag + Southern Circumnav + Great Blade Peak (Lower Grand Coulee, WA)

Juniper Peak via Juniper Canyon—Southeast Ramp—Upper East Ridge (Spring Mountains, NV)