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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

Bob’s Outback Figure-8 Bike Loop + Mallory’s Outback Hill (Lower Methow Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 7, 2024

Favorite Trips Lower Methow Mountains Mtn & Gravel Biking North-Central WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Bike)

The castle-like summit of Bridge Mountain stands above Red Rock Canyon in Nevada

Bridge Mtn via Rocky Gap Road—High Trail—West Ridge—Northwest Face (Spring Mountains, NV)

Jim Brisbine·October 25, 2022

Favorite Trips Nevada Bridge Mtn (NV)

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

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)

Alpenglow On East Face Of Johannesburg Mountain with linguring snow patches and scree in North Cascades National Park

Johannesburg Mtn via Dougs Direct—East Face—East Ridge (Ptarmigan Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 20, 2016

Difficult 10 Climbs Favorite Trips Johannesburg Mountain (8200 ft)North-Central WA Cascades Ptarmigan Mountains The Ptarmigan Pten

Group of mountain bikers with their bikes getting ready to descend the East Mission Gulch

East Mission Gulch Bike Descent: Beehive Junction to Mission Creek Fork (Lower Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 26, 2019

Central WA Cascades Family Trips Favorite Trips Lower Wenatchee Mountains Mtn & Gravel Biking

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

Charleston Peak Summit Traverse: Mummy Pass to Griffith Junction (Spring Mountains, NV)

Jim Brisbine·October 20, 2025

Favorite Trips Nevada Traverses & Loops (Trail)Charleston Peak (NV)

Luna Cirque Traverse: Access Creek to Wiley Ridge via Luna Pass—Challenger Gap + Luna Peak (Picket Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 18, 2024

Favorite Trips Luna Peak (8311/8286 ft)Northwestern WA Cascades Picket Range The Picket Twelve Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Big Beaver Peak

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