The Multnomah – Wahkeena Falls Loop: A Complete Guide
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The Multnomah – Wahkeena Falls Loop: A Complete Guide

The Multnomah – Wahkeena Falls Loop covers five miles of peak Columbia River Gorge beauty, with babbling creeks, dense ferny forest, and FIVE waterfalls along the way. If you hike this trail, you’ll get a crash course in what makes the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area special.  As we were hiking this trail recently,…

Hiking the Chain Lakes Loop at Mt. Baker: A Complete Guide
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Hiking the Chain Lakes Loop at Mt. Baker: A Complete Guide

Mount Baker has become one of our favorite places in the Pacific Northwest. It has all of the alpine splendor that you find in places like Mount Rainier (which we also love – here are our guides!), but with a tiny fraction of the crowds because of its location tucked away along the Canadian border….

The Ptarmigan Ridge Trail at Mt. Baker: A Complete Guide
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The Ptarmigan Ridge Trail at Mt. Baker: A Complete Guide

Here’s the short version of this entire guide: this hike is a nonstop showstopper for a relatively moderate effort, and immediately jumped into our list of favorite trails in the Northwest. If you can handle the distance and elevation, you should absolutely do it! In the car on the way down, we were talking about…