
Trip Log
Index
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2024
- Oct 10, 2024 Trip Report - Guiding in Yellowstone - September 2024 Oct 10, 2024
- Aug 20, 2024 Trip Report - My Second Summer Guiding in Gates of the Arctic - Alaska - June/July 2024 Aug 20, 2024
- Jan 2, 2024 The Lessons of 2023: On Goals, Bucketlist Lines, Failures and Overuse Injuries Jan 2, 2024
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2023
- Oct 31, 2023 Trip Report - Guiding in Olympic National Park in WA - 9/5/23 - 9/22/23 Oct 31, 2023
- Jul 14, 2023 Trip Report - Guiding in Gates of the Arctic National Park in AK - 6/29/23 - 7/9/23 Jul 14, 2023
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2022
- Oct 6, 2022 Trip Report - Granite Peak, MT - 8/26-28/22 Oct 6, 2022
- Aug 2, 2022 Trip Report - Guiding 6 days on the Southern Yosemite High Route with Andrew Skurka Adventures Aug 2, 2022
- Jul 6, 2022 Trip Report - Complete Exum Ridge on Grand Teton - 7/2-4/22 Jul 6, 2022
- Jul 1, 2022 Trip Report - El Capitan of the Bitterroot - 6/30/22 Jul 1, 2022
- Jun 26, 2022 Trip Report - North Ridge of Canyon Peak (MT) - 6/26/22 Jun 26, 2022
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2021
- Jun 30, 2021 Trip Report - Royal Basin Ski Trip - 5/29/21 - 6/1/21 Jun 30, 2021
- Jan 28, 2021 Reflecting on my 2020 Elevation Goals Jan 28, 2021
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2020
- Dec 6, 2020 Trip Report - Mt Hood via Old Chute - 12/5/20 Dec 6, 2020
- Aug 3, 2020 Trip Report - Mount Rainier via Emmons - August 1st - 3rd 2020 Aug 3, 2020
- Jul 23, 2020 Trip Report - Mount Rainier Carryover - up the Kautz and down the DC - June 18th through 20th 2020 Jul 23, 2020
- Jul 6, 2020 Trip Report - Waptus Lake + Second Half of Alpine Lakes Crest Traverse (Hinman to Daniel) - July 3rd through 5th, 2020 Jul 6, 2020
- Jun 30, 2020 Trip Report - Ptarmigan Traverse - June 25th through 28th, 2020 Jun 30, 2020
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2019
- Aug 14, 2019 Trip Report - 8/10-12/19 - Backpacking Tapto Lakes & Copper Ridge Aug 14, 2019
- Aug 5, 2019 Trip Report - Dragontail Peak via Colchuck Glacier + Pandora's Box, then through the Enchantments Aug 5, 2019
- Jul 13, 2019 Trip Report - Mt. Baker (Easton Route) - 7/7-8/19 Jul 13, 2019
- Jun 3, 2019 Trip Report - Trapper's Peak - 6/1/19 Jun 3, 2019
- May 6, 2019 Photo Essay - 27 Days Rafting the Grand Canyon - February + March 2019 May 6, 2019
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2018
- Aug 28, 2018 TR - Twin Sisters Traverse - 8/27/18 Aug 28, 2018
- Mar 11, 2018 TRIP REPORT - Mount St. Helens - 3/11/18 Mar 11, 2018
- Mar 3, 2018 TRIP REPORT - Tye Peak Attempt - 3/3/18 Mar 3, 2018
- Feb 13, 2018 TRIP REPORT - West Granite Mountain (and attempted traverse) - 2/12/18 Feb 13, 2018
- Feb 2, 2018 TRIP REPORT - Hyak Mountain Dawn Patrol - 2/1/18 Feb 2, 2018
- Jan 31, 2018 TRIP REPORT - Hex Mountain - 1/29/18 Jan 31, 2018
- Jan 25, 2018 TRIP REPORT - Keith's Hut - 1/20 through 1/22 Jan 25, 2018
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2017
- Dec 24, 2017 TRIP REPORT - Skiing Great Scott Bowl - Snoqualmie Pass Dec 24, 2017
- Dec 12, 2017 TRIP REPORT - Snowshoeing Camp Muir Dec 12, 2017
- Jul 24, 2017 TRIP REPORT - Pasayten Wilderness - 50 miles Jul 24, 2017
- Mar 16, 2017 Too Few Days in Red Rocks Mar 16, 2017
- Mar 5, 2017 The Warren G Hardings! Mar 5, 2017
- Mar 3, 2017 Settling Down? Mar 3, 2017
- Mar 1, 2017 Only a few days away from a stable life? Mar 1, 2017
- Feb 14, 2017 Life on the Road Feb 14, 2017
Trip Report - 8/10-12/19 - Backpacking Tapto Lakes & Copper Ridge
Overall trip - 44 miles, 12,700 ft of gain, and 24 hrs of hiking (in 2.5 days).
Just finished a 3 day backpacking trip to Tapto Lakes, Whatcom Pass, and Copper Ridge. The clouds hung low during the entire trip, so views were sparse, but Marc and I pushed hard on the mileage and did some big days. Hopefully I can get back out here someday and see some of the peaks!
The bases of Whatcom Peak and Challenger in the clouds
Tapto Lakes!
Hiking through the clouds
Finally some sun!
Copper Lake
Hiking Copper Ridge in the clouds
Trip Report - Dragontail Peak via Colchuck Glacier + Pandora's Box, then through the Enchantments
Had a big day on Friday with my good friend Pete. No idea on mileage (somewhere around 20 miles?) with almost 6k’ gain and 7k’ descent, all in a long 15.5 hours.
We set out from Stuart Lake TH at 5 am. Once we got up to Colchuck Lake, we could see the Colchuck Glacier looked to be in pretty bad shape, but we thought we’d go suss it out.
Once we got closer, we saw that there was a large band of blue ice across almost the entire snowfield, but there was still a small continuous snow finger on the right. So we climbed it. This was definitely the crux of the route, and it was pretty hairy. We could kick solid steps into most of the section, but there were a few points where blue ice lay only a cm beneath the snow, which made things sketchy.
Once we were through that section, the rest of the day was pretty cruiser. We got up to Colchuck Col, then scrambled some minimal class 3 terrain up to Pandora’s Box. We were worried about snow the eastern descent off the Box notch, but there was an easy path around it.
Then we climbed up Dragontail and enjoyed views of the Stuart Range and the Enchantments high country.
After enjoying the summit, we descended toward Asgard Pass. There’s still a lot of snow on Snow Creek Glacier, but there’s a solid bootpack up it.
Once we got down to Asgard Pass, we decided to descend through the Enchantments proper, so we slogged out the supposedly 12 miles (though it felt much longer once we’d gotten down to Snow Lake). The Enchantments were as beautiful as always!
Trip Report - Mt. Baker (Easton Route) - 7/7-8/19
After years of dreaming about the big Washington volcanoes, I finally felt like I had the experience to make an attempt on Mt. Baker. And early on Monday morning, we were the first party to reach the summit. We got super lucky on the weather, and I feel really grateful to my amazing team (Becky, Marc, and Kate) for how well it all went. Here are some photos!

















Trip Report - Trapper's Peak - 6/1/19
10.8 miles, ~3,500 ft of gain, 7.5 hrs
I’ve had Trapper’s Peak on my list for years, mainly so I could get a view of the Picket Range up close (which was absolutely worth it). But the climb was beautiful by itself too - a wonderful ramble through the forest up to the Thornton Lake notch, then up along the ridge to the summit knob. There was intermittent snow, starting around 3.5 miles in, and the ridge alternated between snow-covered and fully melted out. For the final push up to the summit, we had the option between chossy looking rock + heather and steep snow, so we chose the snow and then enjoyed the view!
Photo Essay - 27 Days Rafting the Grand Canyon - February + March 2019
I’m still processing this trip, but here are some photos from one of the most incredible months of my life!