5 Road Trips to Take with Your Mountain Collective Pass
If you’re anything like me, I want to be flexible without being tied to flights or rentals. Hitting the road in your loaded up SUV or …
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A Guide to Penticton Cycling
This post is sponsored by Visit Penticton and written by Crai Bower. Photos provided by Visit Penticton. Penticton is less than six hours drive from Western …
Cleveland Kayaking: Paddling Cuyahoga River to Lake Erie
My first Cleveland kayaking experience that I can remember was years ago just a few miles away on Rocky River, but this time, I was …
13 Tips to Get the Most of Your Mountain Collective Pass
Last year, I tried out the Mountain Collective ski pass. It gets you two days of skiing at various resorts across the United States and …
Trip Report: How to Climb Washington’s Mount Baker
Mount Baker can be seen from Seattle on a clear day and is one of five Washington volcanoes. Baker won me over five years ago …
Why Do Men Feel the Need to “Fix” Women in the Outdoors?
I’m a fixer myself. I want people to be happy and comfortable when they are around me. Recently, I was on a mountain with 10 …
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Pacific Northwest
Mountaineering – Is It for Me?
Standing on the top of a summit with views of the surrounding area on a clear day is hard to miss. However, such perfect conditions …
Seattle’s Museum of Flight Photo Essay
Even though Boeing is now headquartered in Chicago, there is still a huge presence of aerospace in Seattle. If you read my blog, you may …
A Weekend in Snow near Stevens Pass
SNOW! As I woke up early on Saturday morning, I learned that parts of the Cascades in the PNW received 20 inches of snowfall overnight. …
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London
A Guided Tour: Palace of Westminster and Houses of Parliament
The Palace of Westminster is my favorite building in London, and I always recommend it to my friends and family as a must-see. Elizabeth Tower …
London’s Mail Rail Ride at The Postal Museum
It was way ahead of its time, a solution to transport mail more efficiently away from the horses and the street traffic. Opening in 1927 …
2 Days in London: An Aggressive Sightseeing Itinerary
London is a large city with museums, history, and pubs. I’ve had a few friends visit London and I keep going back to similar things …
Trip Reports
Scrambling and Glaciers: How to Climb Mount Shuksan’s Fisher Chimneys Route
It was several years ago. I did a winter trip to Artist Point with the Washington Alpine Club for a backcountry skiing course. I was …
Bike to Hike: an Overnight Trip to Three Fingers Lookout
The concept of sleeping on top of a mountain in a lookout tower somehow convinced me to ride a bike 10 miles up a washed …
Scrambling up Mount Washington on the Huntington Ravine Trail
I wasn’t sure hiking the Huntington Ravine trail today was going to happen but knew I’d regret it if I didn’t try. During my hike …