Browsing Archive: June, 2011

Dog Mountain, Washington

Posted by Jana Mejdell on Sunday, June 26, 2011, In : Day Hikes

Saturday, June 25, 2010

This was my second Saturday in a row hiking Dog Mountain. Had to be done. The first Saturday was a cold, dreary typical Northwest spring day where Amanda and I somehow managed to find 'quad-killer samurai route' on the way down the 3,000' trail making for a very sore couple of days after. The second Saturday, was the virtual opposite, with clear blue summer skies and Indian Summer temps - not too hot, not too cold, just right.

Big Bro' Randy was on a rare trip out to...
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Trapper Creek Wilderness

Posted by Jana Mejdell on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, In : Backpacking

Middle Sister, June 10-12, 2011

Posted by Jana Mejdell on Monday, June 13, 2011, In : Ski Mountaineering

The itinerary:

Friday: Start at Pole Creek Trailhead 5000' and make base camp at 7000'
Saturday: Middle Sister, skiing Hayden Glacier and whatever else seemed the rigth thing to do, including climbing to the summit
Sunday: ski again, and back out

The Trip:
We drove over to Sisters on Thursday night and stayed at the Ponderosa, Best Western (nice place with a herd, a flock, a gaggle?) of Llamas nearby. We were pretty much packed and ready to go Friday after Dan got some work done in the morning...

Glacier National Park, Backpack Trip, Kintla - Bowman, Sept 2010

Posted by Jana Mejdell on Thursday, June 2, 2011, In : Backpacking

We planned this backpack trip to Glacier to sync up with my neice's wedding in Columbia Heights. So, it wasn't until July that I started contemplating where we could go. Luckily, I was able to get backcountry permits for the times that would work out for us.

Our trip itinerary was pretty laid back because of what we could reserve as far as campsites.

Itinerary:
9/3 (Friday): Kinta Lake 6.8 miles (no elev) drive to Polebride/drop off vehicle at Bowman
9/4: Upper Kintla 5.8 miles (no elev)
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