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Gear Reviews

  • Hiking Poles
    by gofastdan
    As the weather gets nicer and we’re getting out more I thought I’d talk a bit about various pieces of hiking gear. Top on my list for gear that’s essential to both day hiking and backpacking are hiking poles. For years now I haven’t gone on a hike without poles.… Read more: Hiking Poles

Hiking Reports

  • North Fork Skykomish/PCT/Cady Ridge/Cady Creek/Pass Creek
    by gofastdan
    The North Fork Skykomish Trailhead is great because it’s actually the trailhead for three separate trails, all of which can be put together to make loops of different lengths. Last week I did a three day loop that took me on the West Cady Ridge trail before intersecting the PCT… Read more: North Fork Skykomish/PCT/Cady Ridge/Cady Creek/Pass Creek
  • West Cady Ridge/PCT/Bald Eagle/Quartz Creek
    by gofastdan
    The North Fork Skykomish Trailhead is actually the trailhead for three trails, West Cady Ridge heads south, the North Fork Skykomish trail heads east and the Quartz Creek trail goes north. It’s a great trailhead because you can connect all of these trails with other trails and create loops of… Read more: West Cady Ridge/PCT/Bald Eagle/Quartz Creek
  • Iron Cap Gap
    by gofastdan
    Earlier this summer I hiked up the East Fork of the Foss River into the Necklace Valley and then a couple of weeks ago did the same thing up the West Fork. What I’ve really been wanting to do though is the loop that connects them together. In order to… Read more: Iron Cap Gap
  • Salmon La Sac
    by gofastdan
    The vast majority of my hiking the past few years has been in the Highway 2/Stevens Pass corridor and/or off the Mountain Loop Highway. These are indisputably wonderful areas for hiking and backpacking but I’ve been wanting to branch out and explore other areas. Thus my trips to the Olympics… Read more: Salmon La Sac
  • Spider Gap – Buck Creek Pass
    by gofastdan
    More than a trip report, this is a short non-fiction story so grab a cup of coffee and a comfy chair. I have, for several years, wanted to visit Stehekin. Stehekin is a town you can only access via hiking in or taking a passenger-only ferry from Chelan. If I’m… Read more: Spider Gap – Buck Creek Pass