One Hike A Week / 每週一行

2018/5/27 – Wallaby Peak / 小袋鼠峯

After yesterday’s trip to McLeod Mountain, pup and I car camped near Washington Pass to get in another climb the next day.

Officially kicked off my summer peakbagging endeavors on this Memorial Day weekend.

Second trip up the mountain, and this time we approached via the west ridge by scrambling up west slopes.

The trip gave us the rare opportunity to visit the area and to drive Highway 542 (aka Mount Baker Highway) nearly to its eastern terminus.

We hadn’t set foot in the area since climbing Bearhead Mountain three years ago. The year before that I went up Tolmie Peak just south of here.

Weather on this side of the mountains got progressively better by mid morning, and then sunny the rest of the day.

All the years of staring at Crystal Mountain (aka Silver King) from across the basin, we finally got the chance to pay a visit.

I had originally planned to include this high point when pups and I went out to Breezley Hills a few weeks back.

This one has been on the back burner list for quite some some, put it off due to lack of views on yet another woodsy summit.

While researching beginner hikes for a friend, I came upon this low-profile, moderate high point on the Kitsap Peninsula.

Surprisingly quiet for a heavy foot traffic Saturday afternoon. By “heavy” I meant more than a handful of people compared with our previous visits.

On the spur of the moment I decided to take advantage of today’s partly sunny weather, for an afternoon hike to this new destination close to home.