Do you want the best possible endorsement of this trail? Normally, when we’re done with a backpacking trail, we say something along the lines of “that was gorgeous, but I’m not doing that again in the near future.” However, as we packed up our stuff into the car at the end of this hike, we…
Honestly, who doesn’t love a good alpine lake? We definitely do. Our favorite version of a summer day is a long climb to a crystal clear alpine lake, and Lake Angeles in Olympic National Park certainly scratches that itch for us. Hurricane Ridge, the alpine section of Olympic National Park, has many to choose from…
One of the reasons we love Olympic National Park is the breadth of different landscapes you’ll find within its (somewhat confusing and fragmented) boundaries. You have everything from rugged rocky beaches up and down the Pacific Coast, to dense coastal temperate rainforests with all of the ferns and moss you could possibly want, to crystal…
This is a hike that we were very, very close to not doing on a rainy morning in Bend that came 48 hours after a bout of food poisoning that had Matt down for the count. We were sitting at the gas station pumping gas and decided we would drive out to Sisters (which was…
A roaring creek (that turns into a babbling brook). An abundance of wildflowers. Jaw-dropping views of the South Sister and Broken Top. Crystal clear blue-green lakes. As Alysha said during this hike, “I think this is what heaven is like for me.” Take all of those aspects we mentioned in the first paragraph and package…
If you’re looking for a taste of the granite and crystal clear water that is a hallmark of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness that you can reasonably get to in a day (while we love the hike to Colchuck, it’s not exactly accessible from Seattle), we have a trail for you! The Rachel Lake Trail (and…