Mid-Summer Outings

An on-going series of annual climbing trips with a regular cast of characters, always occurring in late July or early August.

Looking across the Dosewallips River valley at Mt Anderson in the Olympic Mountains

Mt Anderson: East Peak via Flypaper Pass—Eel Glacier + West Peak Attempts (Olympic Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 1, 2010

Trip Date: July 29 – August 1, 2010 MID-SUMMER OUTING NO. 8: OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS Mt. Anderson Climbing Trip...

Anderson, Mt: east peak (7321 ft)Anderson, Mt: west peak (7365 ft)Mid-Summer Outings Olympic Mountains WA The Olympic Thirteen

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

Bacon–Hagan–Blum Traverse + Bacon Peak + Mt Blum (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: Watson...

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)

Two shark-tooth McMillan Spires rise above the Terror Glacier

West McMillan Spire via Terror Creek—Southwest Snowfinger—West Ridge (Picket Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 5, 2008

Trip Date: August 2-5, 2008 MID-SUMMER OUTING NO. 6: SOUTHERN PICKETS West McMillan Spire Climbing Trip Roost MeadowsTerror...

McMillan Spire, West (8000+ ft)Mid-Summer Outings Northwestern WA Cascades Picket Range The Picket Twelve

Mt Despair in the Lower Skagit Mountains stands behind a snow ridge at Triumph Pass in North Cascades National Park

Mt Despair via Thornton Pass—Triumph Pass—Despair Lakes—Southeast Face (Lower Skagit Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 29, 2006

Trip Date: July 27-29, 2006 MID-SUMMER OUTING NO. 4: LOWER SKAGIT MOUNTAINS Mt. Despair Climbing Trip Thornton PassTriumph...

Despair, Mt (7292 ft)Lower Skagit Mountains Mid-Summer Outings Northwestern WA Cascades The Lower Skagit Five

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

Trip Date: July 28-31, 2005 MID-SUMMER OUTING NO. 3: PICKET RANGE Mt. Challenger Climbing Trip Ross LakeBig Beaver...

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

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

Trip Date: July 29 – August 1, 2004 MID-SUMMER OUTING NO. 2: AMERICAN CHILLIWACK MOUNTAINS Mt. Redoubt &...

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

The East Peak of Mt Fury rises above a black cliff and steep glacier as seen from Luna Pass in the Picket Range

Mt Fury: East Peak + Luna Peak via Access Creek—Access Col—Luna Pass (Picket Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 17, 2003

Trip Date: August 14-17, 2003 MID-SUMMER OUTING NO.1: PICKET RANGE Mt. Fury & Luna Peak Climbing Trip Ross...

Favorite Trips Fury, Mt: east peak (8288/8322 ft)Luna Peak (8311/8286 ft)Mid-Summer Outings Northwestern WA Cascades Picket Range The Picket Twelve

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