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Looking down on Rainbow Lake in a rocky bowl as seen from Bowan Pass in the Stehekin Mountains on the Rainbow Ridge Loop

Rainbow Ridge Loop: Rainbow Lake to Bowan Pass to Lake 6111 + Bowan Mtn via East Ridge (North Stehekin Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 17, 2013

Favorite Trips North Stehekin Mountains North-Central WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Alpine)bowan mtn

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

Courtney Peak summit in the distance with golden larch tree at sunset taken from Star Lake Meadows on the North Sawtooth Trail Traverse

North Sawtooth Trail Traverse + Star Peak + Courtney Peak + Baldy Mtn + Gray Peak (Sawtooth Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 5, 2014

Favorite Trips Golden Larch Outings North-Central WA Cascades Sawtooth Mountains Star Peak (8690/8688 ft)The Sawtooth Six Boulder Butte Courtney Peak Gray Peak

Chinook Peak stands above a snow-covered lake during the Chinook Peak Ski Circumnavigation

Chinook Peak Ski Circumnavigation: Silver Saddle to Crystal Gap to Sourdough Gap (Chinook Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·May 4, 2008

Chinook Mountains Favorite Trips Snow Tours in Southern WA Cascades

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)

The East Peak of Mt Fury rises above a black cliff and steep glacier as seen from Luna Pass in the Picket Range

Mt Fury: East Peak + Luna Peak via Access Creek—Access Col—Luna Pass (Picket Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 17, 2003

Favorite Trips Fury, Mt: east peak (8288/8322 ft)Luna Peak (8311/8286 ft)Mid-Summer Outings Northwestern WA Cascades Picket Range The Picket Twelve

multiple rock pinnacles of Sitting Bull Mountain stand on a ridge above green heather meadows in the Glacier Peak Wilderness

Sitting Bull Mtn via South Face + Plummer Mtn via South Slope + Image Lake Loop (Ptarmigan Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 18, 2017

Favorite Trips North-Central WA Cascades Ptarmigan Mountains Plummer Mtn (Suiattle)Sitting Bull Mtn

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

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 (8590/8591 ft)Chelan Mountains Emerald Peak (8422/8414 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

Mt Wilson via First Creek Canyon—Southwest Ridge—Upper South Face (Spring Mountains, NV)

Jim Brisbine·March 27, 2024

Favorite Trips Nevada Mt Wilson (NV)