Backpacking
Many months ago now, Aubrey and I were fortunate to have found time to go on our annual adventure. For about 10 years I had wanted to explore the Gardiner Basin in the Sierra, which is the basin that the popular Rae Lakes loop circumnavigates. It takes quite an effort to get in, and out… …Read the Rest…
Eighty years ago, a group of four hardy souls from the Ptarmigan Climbing Club (Bill Cox, Calder Bressler, Ray W. Clough, and Tom Myers) set out to discover what lay south of Cascade Pass, and although they (and many subsequent explorers) found out, words can’t do such a place justice. So, last week Aubrey and …Read the Rest…
Continue reading about Ptarmigan Traverse ~ 5 days on Cascade Glaciers
Sometimes it’s hard to know what season it is these days. One moment there’s huge fires burning and ash is falling on Seattle, the next day it’s snowing in the mountains before the end of September, and then it’s back to 80 degrees! Well, at some point winter will truly come. In the meantime, here’s …Read the Rest…
Shortly after Aubrey and I settled into our new home in Seattle, we embarked on our first backpacking adventure in the Cascades since we left the Northwest 3 years ago. I wanted to jump right in, with a trip that really embodied the Northwest experience: crisp alpine lakes, steep vegetated slopes, bushwacking, adventurous route-finding, and …Read the Rest…
(1) 2017 Calendars… pre-order now! (2) Instagram… I’m going to try sharing images there. Find me: floris_van_breugel! (3) I apologize for the lack of adventurous posts lately. I have spent much of my photographic time and energy the past two summers on a research and photography project studying the alkali flies of Mono Lake. When …Read the Rest…
Continue reading about Sierra Perfection ~ Hiking, Fishing, and Rafting
Last week I was finally able to get out and enjoy the mountains for the first time since my trip to the Goat Rocks in July. For this trip Aubrey and I decided to do part of the Alpine Lakes Traverse, which took us past at least 17 named lakes, and countless un-named tarns during …Read the Rest…
Continue reading about Cascade Paradise – 17 Alpine Lakes in 4 Days
Now that summer has officially arrived in the Northwest, it’s finally time to start backpacking in the mountains! Unlike the rest of the US, where it seems summer has been in full swing for many months, the unofficial but first recognized real day of summer up here is the day after the 4th of July. …Read the Rest…
Continue reading about In Search of Goats – The Goat Rocks Wilderness
