Types of Trips

Specific Types of Trips include activities such as Traverses & Loops, Summit Camps, Canyoneering, Mountain Biking, River Rafting, Crag Climbing, Golden Larch Outings, and Via Ferrata Climbing, as indicated by the various buttons below.

Canyoneering Difficult 10 Climbs Family Trips Favorite Trips Golden Larch Outings Lookout Sites Marathon Hikes Mid-Summer Outings Mtn & Gravel Biking Non-Major Alpine Crags River Rafting Rock & Ice Climbing Summit Camps The Early Years Traverses & Loops (Alpine) Traverses & Loops (Bike) Traverses & Loops (Classics) Traverses & Loops (Ski) Traverses & Loops (Trail) Via Ferratas WA Blue Corn Specials Winter Summits

The multiple peaks of Three Fingers Mountain stand above a steep glacier

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

Jim Brisbine · July 23, 1994

Trip Date: July 23, 1994 Three Fingers Lookout Day Hike & Climb Saddle LakeGoat FlatsTin Can ...

Lookout Sites North-Central WA Cascades The Sauk Seven Three Fingers: south peak (6854 ft) West Sauk Mountains

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

Jim Brisbine · May 31, 2025

Trip Date: May 31, 2025Updated: September 2026 Iron Horse Bike Traverse: Cedar Falls Trailhead to Easton Trailhead ...

Central WA Cascades Favorite Trips Iron Horse Mountains Kittitas Mountains Mtn & Gravel Biking Traverses & Loops (Bike)

Looking over at snow covered Zorro Peak with a Z shaped road

Zorro Point Ski Tour via Granite Creek Road (Lower Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine · March 5, 2011

Trip Date: March 5, 2011 Zorro Point Ski Tour Granite Creek ValleyZorro Point (4642 ft) Trip Report ...

Lower Snoqualmie Range Snow Tours in Central WA Cascades Winter Summits

Fresh snow covers mountaineering tents and a stone shelter at Camp Schurman on Mt Rainier

Mt Rainier Attempt via Inter Glacier—Emmons Glacier (Southern Cascades, WA)

Jim Brisbine · July 4, 1976

Trip Date: July 3-4, 1976 AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL OUTING Mt. Rainier Climbing Trip Inter Fork ValleyGlacier ...

Mount Rainier Massif Rainier, Mt (14,411/14,400 ft) Southern WA Cascades The Early Years The Regal Six

Snowshoers walk down a snowy ridge toward a puffy cloud on Yellow Hill

Yellow Hill Snowshoe Climb via Teanaway River Road—Southeast Ridge (Teanaway Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine · March 11, 2007

Trip Date: March 11, 2007 Yellow Hill Snowshoe Climb Indian CampgroundTeanaway RiverYellow Hill (5527 ft) Trip ...

Snow Tours in Central WA Cascades Teanaway Mountains Winter Summits

Two mountain climbers stand on the snowy summit of Chalangin Peak in the DaKobed-White Range

Chalangin Peak via White River—Chalangin Basin—Southwest Face (DaKobed–White Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine · May 30, 1977

Trip Date: May 28-30, 1977 Chalangin Peak Climbing Trip White River ValleyThunder CreekChalangin BasinChalangin Peak ...

Chalangin Peak (8320+/8366 ft) DaKobed-White Range North-Central WA Cascades The DaKobed Four The Early Years

A backcountry skier stands at the edge of snow-covered Hyak Lake during the Nordic Pass Loop near Snoqualmie Pass, Washington

Nordic Pass Snowshoe Trek + Ski Loop: Hyak Creek to Cold Creek (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine · January 30, 2022

Originally Posted: January 2022Updated: December 2025 Nordic Pass Snowshoe Trek: out & back Nordic Pass Ski Loop: Hyak ...

Iron Horse Mountains Snow Tours in Central WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Ski)

Weavers Needle Circuit via Peralta—Dutchmans—Terrapin—Bluff Spring Trails (Superstition Mountains, AZ)

Jim Brisbine · February 2, 2025

Trip Date: February 2, 2025 Weaver’s Needle Trail Circuit Peralta CanyonFremont SaddleEast Boulder CanyonUpper Black ...

Arizona Traverses & Loops (Trail)

A hiker walks toward Double Arch in Arches National Park before sunrise

Double Arch – Turret Arch – Twin Windows Loop (Arches National Park, UT)

Jim Brisbine · November 10, 2020

Trip Date: November 10, 2020 2020 CALIFORNIA & UTAH ADVENTURE VACATION Double Arch – Turret Arch – Twin ...

Family Trips Utah

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

Jim Brisbine · July 31, 2026

Trip Date: July 29-31, 2026 MID-SUMMER OUTING NO. 24: MONTE CRISTO MOUNTAINS Glacier Basin Climbing Reconnaissance Monte ...

Cadet Peak (7186 ft) Mid-Summer Outings Monte Cristo Mountains Monte Cristo Peak (7136 ft) North-Central WA Cascades The Monte Cristo Seven

Looking down a ridge to snow covered peaks from Thompson Point

Thompson Point Ski Tour via Granite Creek Road (Lower Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine · February 25, 2011

Trip Date: February 25, 2011 Thompson Point Ski Tour Granite Creek ValleyThompson Point (5124 ft)Thompson Point ...

Lower Snoqualmie Range Snow Tours in Central WA Cascades Winter Summits

A forest fire smoke plume rises out of a mountainous valley during Emerald--Entiat Wildfire Traverse

Emerald–Entiat Wildfire Traverse: Lake Chelan to Entiat River via Emerald Park—Tumble Lake + Mirror Mtn + Tumble Mtn (Chelan Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine · August 2, 2015

Trip Date: July 30 – August 2, 2015 MID-SUMMER OUTING NO. 13: CHELAN MOUNTAINS Emerald–Entiat Wildfire Traverse: Lucerne ...

Chelan Mountains Mid-Summer Outings North-Central WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

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Types of Trips

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

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

Zorro Point Ski Tour via Granite Creek Road (Lower Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Mt Rainier Attempt via Inter Glacier—Emmons Glacier (Southern Cascades, WA)

Yellow Hill Snowshoe Climb via Teanaway River Road—Southeast Ridge (Teanaway Mountains, WA)

Chalangin Peak via White River—Chalangin Basin—Southwest Face (DaKobed–White Range, WA)

Nordic Pass Snowshoe Trek + Ski Loop: Hyak Creek to Cold Creek (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Weavers Needle Circuit via Peralta—Dutchmans—Terrapin—Bluff Spring Trails (Superstition Mountains, AZ)

Double Arch – Turret Arch – Twin Windows Loop (Arches National Park, UT)

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

Thompson Point Ski Tour via Granite Creek Road (Lower Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Emerald–Entiat Wildfire Traverse: Lake Chelan to Entiat River via Emerald Park—Tumble Lake + Mirror Mtn + Tumble Mtn (Chelan Mountains, WA)

Ashley Gorge Via Ferrata Climbs: The Outlaw + Abduction + The Pump + The Soup + Toothy Grin (Uinta Range, UT)

Guye Peak: North Summit + Middle Summit + South Summit via Alpental Valley / Commonwealth Valley (Snoqualmie Range, WA)

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

Hoodoo Pass Loop via Eagle Lakes—Horsehead Pass—Libby-Crater Saddle—Crater Lake + 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)