Trail bound circa 2008, onehikeaweek circa 2010.
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.
Near 100% chance precipitation this weekend throughout most of the state, so we resorted to Eastern Washington for lighter rain.
I first took notice of Oakes Peak less than a year ago from the summit of Damnation Peak, the first high point between Goodall and Bacon Creek drainages that I climbed.
Another rain-dodging trip to the Puget Sound area. It’d been eight years since I last set foot on Orcas Island to climb Mount Constitution as part of a weekend getaway.
Today turned out to be the only sunny day in the week’s forecast. On the spur of the moment, pup and I got in this short climb in mid-afternoon.
Having gone through several dosages of meds to fight off a week-long cold, I finally felt well enough to hit up another mountain this weekend.
With the heightened avalanche danger in the Cascades this weekend, pup and I sought out places with minimal open terrain and settled on this woodsy mountain.
Inspired by ejain’s report from yesterday, pup and I once again set off to the Puget Sound area in an effort to dodge the rain.
With a high percentage of precipitation in the forecast, today’s plan was not so much to chase the sun, as to find a place with the least amount of rain.
Word has it that construction of a new trail to Dirty Harrys Balcony had been underway. Unsure of the new trail’s whereabouts, we entered via the old roadbed.
To avoid snowy weather conditions over the mountain passes, I looked for potential new destinations in the Puget Sound area.
After three consecutive weekend visits to Eastern Washington due to incessant rainfall, we finally got our first sunny outing and a new high point.
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