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White Rim Bike Traverse: Mineral Bottom to Shafer Canyon (Canyonlands National Park, UT)

Jim Brisbine·October 16, 2024

Favorite Trips Mtn & Gravel Biking Traverses & Loops (Bike)Utah

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

Spider Mountain with Kool-Aid Lake with mountain terrain and linguring snow patches as seen from Cache Col

Spider Mtn via Cache Col—Kool-Aid Lake—S/F Col—Southeast Gully (Ptarmigan Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 19, 2018

Favorite Trips North-Central WA Cascades Ptarmigan Mountains Spider Mountain (8300/8312 ft)The Ptarmigan Pten

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)

mountain climber tents sit on a barren ridge crest below snow-covered Silvertip Mountain in the Sumallo Mountains of BC Canada

Silvertip Mtn via West Ridge—Southwest Face + Mt Rideout attempt via East Face (Sumallo Mountains, BC)

Jim Brisbine·May 28, 2017

Canadian Cascades BC Favorite Trips Rideout, Mt (8029 ft)Silvertip Mountain (8517 ft)Sumallo Mountains The Landmark Twelve The Sumallo Three

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

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)

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

Trekker standing on the cliffs end looking at Cape Hauy on the Three Capes Track in Tasmania

Three Capes Track Traverse + Cape Pillar + Cape Hauy + Mt Fortescue (Tasman National Park, Tasmania)

Jim Brisbine·February 1, 2019

Family Trips Favorite Trips Tasmania Traverses & Loops (Trail)

Bear Mountain and Indian Basin seen from Indian Saddle during Middle Lakes High Traverse in the American Chilliwack Mountains

Middle Lakes High Traverse + Bear Mtn Attempt via East Ridge (American Chilliwack Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 5, 2017

American Chilliwack Mountains Bear Mountain (7931 ft)Favorite Trips Northwestern WA Cascades The American Chilliwack Six Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

Backcountry skiers on Tam McArthur Rim with Broken Top behind them in the Three Sisters Wilderness

Tam McArthur Rim Ski Tours + Three Creek Lake Yurts (Deschutes Mountains, OR)

Jim Brisbine·March 19, 2020

Favorite Trips Snow Tours in Oregon

Favorite Trips

White Rim Bike Traverse: Mineral Bottom to Shafer Canyon (Canyonlands National Park, UT)

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

Spider Mtn via Cache Col—Kool-Aid Lake—S/F Col—Southeast Gully (Ptarmigan Mountains, WA)

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

Silvertip Mtn via West Ridge—Southwest Face + Mt Rideout attempt via East Face (Sumallo Mountains, BC)

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

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

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

Three Capes Track Traverse + Cape Pillar + Cape Hauy + Mt Fortescue (Tasman National Park, Tasmania)

Middle Lakes High Traverse + Bear Mtn Attempt via East Ridge (American Chilliwack Mountains, WA)

Tam McArthur Rim Ski Tours + Three Creek Lake Yurts (Deschutes Mountains, OR)

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)