Lush, fern-filled rainforest gives way to a fertile green valley with a river winding through it, surrounded by tall, rocky peaks with waterfalls running from their tops to the valley floor hundreds of feet below. Plus, a rustic chalet built almost a century ago (in the early 1930’s) that is extremely photogenic. Where can you…
The Burroughs Mountain Trail in Mount Rainier National Park is full of never ending views, which puts it in our top tier of hikes in the park. At first, you get a clear view of Mount Rainier while you traverse Sourdough Ridge, then it disappears behind the burroughs while you ascend the first burroughs (we’ll…
While there are many, many amazing hikes in Mount Rainier National Park, few of them offer as good a payoff-to-effort ratio as the Naches Peak Loop. Located at Chinook Pass just east of Mount Rainier, this hike gives you a trio of amazing characteristics: blankets of multicolored wildflowers in the summer, spectacular views of Mount…
Tucked away in the eastern foothills of the Cascade range near the town of Leavenworth, you’ll find a slice of paradise. At least if you’re mountain people like we are. We’ll take an alpine lake backed by a rocky peak over a wide sandy beach any day of the week. The Colchuck Lake trail takes…
After spending two years on a road trip to most of the national parks in the western United States, we often get asked what our favorites are whenever we catch up with friends and family. Every time we start to think about our answer, all three of the national parks that are up in Washington…
Olympic National Park is one of the most diverse national parks in the country. Within its sprawling boundaries, you’ll find a cornucopia of activities – from beaches, to snow capped peaks, to temperate rainforests – that will have your jaw on the floor, marveling at the sheer amount of natural beauty packed into the park. …