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Skyline Divide: Best Views around Mt. Baker
Skyline Divide! What can I say for the jaw-dropping views, the endless vistas, and the snowcapped peaks nearby and far…
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Hiking Third Beach to Strawberry Point: Rain Forests and Sea Stacks
I wanted a beach walk. And I wanted sea stacks. And it had to be long – at least, longer…
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Sunset on the Plymouth Jetty
One of my hiking companions has always wanted to walk the Plymouth Jetty. When he first visited Plymouth, MA some…
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12 Places Worth Visiting at Least 10 miles Down a Dirt Road
I can’t say I travel to get to the dirt roads. But when that’s all that is between me and…
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Lovely Mt. Rainier Views from Spray Park
Often, the reason the lesser-known parts of national parks are lesser-known is because they aren’t worth seeing. Or at least,…
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Canyon Ridge Trail – “Peak” into Canada
There are two really good things I can say about the Canyon Ridge Trail: 1) it wasn’t too terribly difficult,…
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Sunrise on Mt. Hood at the Cloud Cap Inn
What’s worth getting up very early in the morning for? A sight worth seeing, I’d say. A sight that can…
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Artist Ridge Trail – So Short, So Awesome Shuksan!
Artist Point, at the end of the Mount Baker Highway in northwestern Washington, is a very popular place (at least…
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Heliotrope Divide and Coleman Glacier – Fantastic Views!
If you want a jaw-dropping view you don’t get most other places, try the Heliotrope Divide Trail on the side…
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Ptarmigan Ridge – So Many Exclamation Points!
“Ptarmigan Ridge or bust.” That’s what he told me one beautiful morning a few days before we planned to leave…
