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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)

Looking up at Whatcom Peak with a forested valley taken from the Brush Creek Trail

Whatcom Peak via South Side + Whatcom Peak Circuit: Easy Ridge to Perfect Pass to Whatcom Pass (Picket Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 31, 2011

Favorite Trips Mid-Summer Outings Northwestern WA Cascades Picket Range The Outlier Twelve Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Whatcom Peak (7574 ft)easy peak (Picket)

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

Klawatti Peak horns and the Upper Klawatti Glacier Seen From North Klawatti Notch on the Inspiration Traverse

Inspiration–Isolation Traverse + Primus Peak + Eldorado Peak + Snowfield Peak (McAllister Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 6, 2019

Eldorado Peak (8868/8873 ft)Favorite Trips Inspiration–Isolation Trav (WA)McAllister Mountains Northwestern WA Cascades Primus Peak (8508/8497 ft)Snowfield Peak (8347/8346 ft)The Landmark Twelve The McAllister Five The Tall Twelve The Thunder Eight Thunder Mountains Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Isolation Peak

Superstition Ridge Full Traverse: Siphon Draw to Carney Gulch + Superstition Peak (Superstition Mountains, AZ)

Jim Brisbine·February 23, 2024

Arizona Favorite Trips Traverses & Loops (Trail)Superstition Peak (AZ)

Eileen Biking Down Trail to the North From Red Top Lookout

Red Top Bike Loop: South Ridge to North Ridge + Red Top Lookout (Teanaway Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 27, 2015

Central WA Cascades Favorite Trips Lookout Sites Mtn & Gravel Biking Teanaway Mountains Traverses & Loops (Bike)Red Top Mtn

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

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

Cathedral Rim in Cathedral Provincial Park BC with snow patches and golden larch trees as seen from Lakeview Mountain

Cathedral Lakes + Lakeview Mtn + Quiniscoe Mtn + Stone City Mtn (Similkameen Mountains, BC)

Jim Brisbine·October 7, 2018

Canadian Cascades BC Cathedral Provincial Park Favorite Trips Golden Larch Outings Similkameen Mountains Traverses & Loops (Trail)Lakeview Mtn Quiniscoe Mtn Stone City Mtn

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

American Border Peak summit horn rises above a rocky ridge in the Mt Baker Wilderness

American Border Peak via High Pass—Southeast Face—South Ridge (Nooksack Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 3, 2012

American Border Peak (7994 ft)Favorite Trips Nooksack Mountains Northwestern WA Cascades The Nooksack Six The Super Eight