Maynard Peak by Tyler Peak / 靠泰勒峯的梅納德峯

The short climb on Maynard Peak offered spectacular views to the northern-central Olympic Mountains.

Saddle Mountain by Lake Cushman / 靠庫什曼湖的馬鞍山

Saddle Mountain sat directly north of Dow Mountain, where we visited two months ago.

One of my goals for the year 2019 was to explore more of the Olympic Peninsula and the vicinity.

There hadn't been much snow in the past few weeks. So I decided to give The Brothers a try.

This weekend's snowy mountain weather outlook had us turn to the rain shadow.

This was our first trip back to the Olympic Peninsula since the hike on Mount Rose in November of 2015.

Last-minute hike to the peninsula; a nice break from the Cascades.

In preparation for our Rainier climb the next day, I ventured out to the Olympics for a short and easy hike.