This is an EASY hike, less than 6 miles round trip (if the gate is open, if the gate is closed it is ~9 miles). The altitude gain is only about 790 feet — very manageable. The hike was easy enough that I averaged better than 2 mph on the way in — the uphill […]

Early June 2024 hike to Buckhorn Lake in Olympic National Forest. This was a hefty hike. The All Trails app reports that I used 3767 calories. Add to that my >25 lbs. pack/stuff — it was a real workout. It is a great hike! There is a place where a creek is right there at […]

Early May 2024, The weatherman LIED! .01 inches an hour, more like a millisecond… In spite of the weather, I enjoyed it. I wanted to see what the condition of the remaining upper Grey Wolf trail was. We would have had to go bushwhacking to actually see where the bridge was located before it collapsed. […]

October 2023 early morning hike on Oahu, HI. Great hike, but aren’t they all! To beat the heat I started as early as I could for this one. The parking is at the little airport. The gate is not open until 0700. I was there earlier and someone had already arranged for the gate to […]