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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

Three mountain climbers are silhouetted against Mt Redoubt as seen from Mt Spickard in the American Chilliwack Mountains

Mt Redoubt via Depot Creek—Redoubt Glacier + Mt Spickard via Southwest Glacier (American Chilliwack Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 1, 2004

American Chilliwack Mountains Favorite Trips Mid-Summer Outings Northwestern WA Cascades Redoubt, Mt (8969/8958 ft)Spickard, Mt (8979/8978 ft)The American Chilliwack Six The Landmark Twelve The Tall Twelve

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

Hiker on the Loowit Trail Circuit hiking past Spirit Lake and Pumice Plain with yellow grasses in the foreground

Loowit Trail Circuit: June Lake to Toutle River to Windy Pass (Mount St Helens Massif, WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 6, 2019

Favorite Trips Mount St Helens Massif Southern WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Trail)

Soft sunlight hits the broad Challenger Glacier under the jagged crest of Mt Challenger

Mt Challenger via Wiley Ridge—Challenger Glacier—Northeast Face (Picket Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 31, 2005

Challenger, Mt (8207 ft)Favorite Trips Mid-Summer Outings Northwestern WA Cascades Picket Range The Picket Twelve

“O” + “W” Trekking Circuit via John Garner Pass (Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile)

Jim Brisbine·March 22, 2023

Family Trips Favorite Trips Patagonia Traverses & Loops (Trail)

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

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

Two wooden cabins of different eras stand at Monument 83 Lookout in the snow at the US-Canadian Border

Monument 83 Lookout Ski Tour via Monument Creek Valley—North Ridge (Chuchuwanteen Mountains, BC)

Jim Brisbine·March 17, 2018

Chuchuwanteen Mountains Favorite Trips Lookout Sites Manning Provincial Park Snow Tours in British Columbia Winter Summits Monument 83 Hill

Nevado Jirishanca stands above Lake Mitucocha with grassy tundra and a backpackers camp on the Huayhaush Circuit

Huayhuash Trekking Circuit: Quartelhuain to Huayllapa to Llamac (Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru)

Jim Brisbine·September 1, 2019

Family Trips Favorite Trips Huayhuash Circuit (Peru)Peru Traverses & Loops (Trail)

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