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Defiance Trail Traverse: Thompson Pass to Hemlock Pass via Mason Pass—Pratt Pass + Mt Defiance (Lower Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine · September 12, 2026

Trip Date: September 10-12, 2026 Defiance Trail Traverse: Granite Creek to Denny Creek Granite Creek ValleyThompson Pass ...

Central WA Cascades Favorite Trips Lower Snoqualmie Range Traverses & Loops (Trail)

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Alpine Lakes High Traverse: Myrtle Lake to Necklace Valley via Big Snow Mtn—Gold Lake—Wild Goat Peak—Chetwoot Lake—Iron Cap Mtn—Tank Lakes (Miller–Foss Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine · August 26, 2021

Trip Date: August 22-26, 2021 Alpine Lakes High Traverse: Middle Fork River to Chetwoot Lake to Foss River ...

Central WA Cascades Favorite Trips Miller-Foss Mountains Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

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Nason Ridge Trail Traverse: Round Mtn to Rainy Pass + Alpine LO + Rock Mtn (Upper Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine · September 13, 2025

Trip Date: September 12-13, 2025 Nason Ridge Trail Traverse: Round Mountain Trailhead to West Nason Ridge Trailhead Round ...

Favorite Trips Lookout Sites North-Central WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Trail) Upper Wenatchee Mountains

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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

Trip Date: May 4, 2008 Chinook Peak Ski Circumnavigation: Crystal Gap to Sourdough Gap Silver Basin Silver ...

Chinook Mountains Favorite Trips Snow Tours in Southern WA Cascades

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Alta Via 4 Trekking Traverse: San Candido / Innichen to Cadore Valley + Torre di Toblin + Monte Paterno (Dolomite Alps, Italy)

Jim Brisbine · July 19, 2026

Trip Date: July 12-19, 2026 2026 DOLOMITE ALPS ADVENTURE VACATION Alta Via 4 Trekking Traverse: Alte Sage to ...

Favorite Trips Italy Traverses & Loops (Alpine) Traverses & Loops (Trail) Via Ferratas

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A backcountry skier stares at Mt. Sneffels in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado

Sneffels Range Ski Traverse: Telluride to Ridgway (San Juan Mountains, CO)

Jim Brisbine · March 25, 2022

Trip Date: March 20-25, 2022 Sneffels Range Ski Traverse: Last Dollar Trailhead to Miller Mesa Trailhead Last Dollar ...

Favorite Trips Sneffels Ski Traverse (CO) Snow Tours in Other Locations Traverses & Loops (Ski)

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

Jim Brisbine · July 18, 2024

Trip Date: July 11-18, 2024 Luna Cirque Traverse: Luna Pass to Challenger Gap Big Beaver ValleyAccess Basin ...

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

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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

Trip Date: August 19-22, 2018 Cheam Range Climbing Trip Airplane CreekBaby Munday MeadowsBaby Munday LakeStewart ...

Baby Munday Peak (7382 ft) Canadian Cascades BC Cheam Range Favorite Trips Stewart Peak (7343 ft) The Cheam Six

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

Jim Brisbine · March 22, 2023

Trip Date: March 15-22, 2023 2023 PATAGONIA ADVENTURE VACATION “O-W” Trekking Circuit: Torres Welcome Center to John Garner ...

Family Trips Favorite Trips Patagonia Traverses & Loops (Trail)

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Sunset on Mt Baker with Upper Blum Lake and a climber in the foreground

Bacon–Hagan–Blum Traverse: Watson Lakes to Baker River via Diobsud Lakes—Bacon Peak—Hidden Lake—Hagan Glacier—Mt Blum—Blum Lakes (Lower Skagit Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine · August 2, 2009

Trip Date: July 30 – August 2, 2009 MID-SUMMER OUTING NO. 7: LOWER SKAGIT MOUNTAINS Bacon–Hagan–Blum Traverse: ...

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)

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A lone mountain climber scrambles toward the craggy summit of Big Chiwaukum Peak in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness

High Chiwaukum Traverse: Lake Ethel to Lake Mary via Grace Lakes + Big McWaukum Peak + Big Chiwaukum Peak + Ladies Peak (Chiwaukum Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine · September 6, 2016

Trip Date: September 2-6, 2016 High Chiwaukum Traverse: Lake Ethel to Snowaukum Pass to Lake Mary Lake Ethel ...

Central WA Cascades Chiwaukum Mountains Chiwaukum Peak, Big (8081 ft) Favorite Trips The Chiwaukum Two Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

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A mountain climber sits on the rocky summit of Mt Daniel in the Snoqualmie Mountains

Dip Top – Daniel Loop: Deception Pass to Cathedral Pass via Marmot Lake—Dip Top Gap—Mt Daniel Summit—Peggys Pond (Miller–Foss Mountains & Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine · July 29, 1984

Trip Date: July 28-29, 1984 Dip Top – Daniel Loop: Deception Pass to Dip Top Gap to Cathedral Pass ...

Central WA Cascades Daniel, Mt (7986 ft) Favorite Trips Miller-Foss Mountains Snoqualmie Range The Snoqualmie Twelve Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

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Mt Whitney + KJC Traverse: Onion Valley to Horseshoe Meadow (Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks, CA)

Jim Brisbine · June 28, 2021

Trip Date: June 23-28, 2021 Mt. Whitney Climbing Trip & KJC Traverse: Kearsarge Pass to Junction Pass to Cottonwood ...

California Favorite Trips Traverses & Loops (Trail)

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

Jim Brisbine · October 7, 2024

Originally Posted: October 7, 2024 Bob’s Outback Figure-8 Bike Loop Zoom TrailheadNorth JunctionQuickstep CrossingGrand Junction ...

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

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Favorite Trips

Defiance Trail Traverse: Thompson Pass to Hemlock Pass via Mason Pass—Pratt Pass + Mt Defiance (Lower Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Alpine Lakes High Traverse: Myrtle Lake to Necklace Valley via Big Snow Mtn—Gold Lake—Wild Goat Peak—Chetwoot Lake—Iron Cap Mtn—Tank Lakes (Miller–Foss Mountains, WA)

Nason Ridge Trail Traverse: Round Mtn to Rainy Pass + Alpine LO + Rock Mtn (Upper Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

Chinook Peak Ski Circumnavigation: Silver Saddle to Crystal Gap to Sourdough Gap (Chinook Mountains, WA)

Alta Via 4 Trekking Traverse: San Candido / Innichen to Cadore Valley + Torre di Toblin + Monte Paterno (Dolomite Alps, Italy)

Sneffels Range Ski Traverse: Telluride to Ridgway (San Juan Mountains, CO)

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

Baby Munday Peak + Stewart Peak + Knight Peak via Airplane Creek (Cheam Range, BC)

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

Bacon–Hagan–Blum Traverse: Watson Lakes to Baker River via Diobsud Lakes—Bacon Peak—Hidden Lake—Hagan Glacier—Mt Blum—Blum Lakes (Lower Skagit Mountains, WA)

High Chiwaukum Traverse: Lake Ethel to Lake Mary via Grace Lakes + Big McWaukum Peak + Big Chiwaukum Peak + Ladies Peak (Chiwaukum Mountains, WA)

Dip Top – Daniel Loop: Deception Pass to Cathedral Pass via Marmot Lake—Dip Top Gap—Mt Daniel Summit—Peggys Pond (Miller–Foss Mountains & Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Mt Whitney + KJC Traverse: Onion Valley to Horseshoe Meadow (Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks, CA)

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

Guye Peak: North Summit + Middle Summit + South Summit via Alpental Slope—Cave Ridge (Snoquamlie Range, WA)

McAlester–Rainbow Loop via McAlester Pass—Rainbow Creek—Rainbow Pass—Bridge Creek + McAlester Mtn (North Stehekin Mountains, WA)

Hoodoo Pass Loop via Horsehead Pass—Libby-Crater Saddle + Mt Bigelow + Crater Peak (Sawtooth Mountains, WA)

Amabilis Mtn Bike Loop via Amabilis Beacon + Amabilis Peak (Keechelus Mountains, WA)

Three Fingers Mtn: South Peak / Lookout Via Meadow Mtn—Goat Flats—Tin Can Gap—Southwest Side (West Sauk Mountains, WA)

Defiance Trail Traverse: Thompson Pass to Hemlock Pass via Mason Pass—Pratt Pass + Mt Defiance (Lower Snoqualmie Range, WA)

LaCrosse Pass Loop via Enchanted Valley—O’Neil Pass—Duckabush River—Dosewallips River—Anderson Pass (Olympic Mountains, WA)

Granite Mtn via Hyas Lake—Tuck Lake—Robin Lakes—Northwest Ridge (Upper Icicle Mountains, WA)

Glacier Basin Climbing Reconn: Monte Cristo Peak attempt + Cadet Peak attempt (Monte Cristo Mountains, WA)

Alta Via 4 Trekking Traverse: San Candido / Innichen to Cadore Valley + Torre di Toblin + Monte Paterno (Dolomite Alps, Italy)