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Favorite Trips

Mount Rainier & Mineral Mountain stand behind Mystic Lake on the Northern Loop Trail in Mount Rainier National Park

Northern Loop Trail Circuit + Old Desolate + The Sluiskin Chief (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 13, 2022

Favorite Trips Mount Rainier Massif Sluiskin Mtn: The Chief (7026 ft)Southern WA Cascades The Outlier Twelve Traverses & Loops (Trail)Old Desolate Skyscraper Mtn

A woman squeezes thru a narrow gap in Spooky Slot Canyon in the Dry Fork Coyote Gulch area of Utah

Dry Fork Narrows – Peek-A-Boo Canyon – Spooky Canyon Exploration (Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument, UT)

Jim Brisbine·November 2, 2021

Canyoneering Favorite Trips Utah

The rocky summit horn of Fisher Peak stands high above Silent Lakes in North Cascades National Park

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

Jim Brisbine·September 1, 2008

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

North Sawtooth Trail Traverse + Star Peak + Courtney Peak + Boulder Butte (Sawtooth Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 4, 2020

Family Trips Favorite Trips Golden Larch Outings Lookout Sites North-Central WA Cascades Sawtooth Mountains Star Peak (8690/8688 ft)The Sawtooth Six Traverses & Loops (Trail)Boulder Butte Courtney 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

Blue Lake Rhino Cave via Jasper Inlet—East Face (Lower Grand Coulee, WA)

Jim Brisbine·April 16, 2024

Columbia Plateau WA Favorite Trips

Bears Breast Mountain in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness displays interesting angled layering patterns when viewed from Mt Daniel

Bears Breast Mtn via Dutch Miller Gap—Southwest Face—West Chimney (Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 1, 2003

Bears Breast Mountain (7197 ft)Central WA Cascades Favorite Trips Snoqualmie Range The Snoqualmie Twelve

The sharp granite pyramid of Cathedral Peak towers over a forested plain in the Similkameen Mountains as seen from Apex Pass on the Cathedral Lakes Loop hiking trip

Cathedral Peak + Remmel Mtn + Amphitheater Mtn + Apex Mtn + Cathedral Lakes Loop (Similkameen Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 5, 2004

Cathedral Peak (8601/8599 ft)Favorite Trips Golden Larch Outings Lookout Sites Northeastern WA Cascades Remmel Mountain (8685/8683 ft)Similkameen Mountains The Similkameen Three Traverses & Loops (Trail)Amphitheater Mtn Apex Mtn Wolframite 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)

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)

Mountain climbers scrambling up the rock on the SW Ridge of Phantom Peak with linguring snow patch in the Northern Picket Range

Crooked Thumb Peak + Phantom Peak + West Challenger Peak via Whatcom Pass (Picket Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 3, 2016

Crooked Thumb Peak (8124 ft)Favorite Trips Northwestern WA Cascades Phantom Peak (8045 ft)Picket Range The Picket Twelve Challenger west peak