Mt. Pilchuck

Aug. 7, 2011
9:00-10:50->12:40---1:15->2:45->4:30
RT: 5.4miles
Elevation Gain: 2200ft

It's foggy, cloudy, wet, snowy and tiring. It's also a lot of fun.

View from the lookout house

Start Hiking Again in 2011

Jul. 24, 2011
Granite Mountain
RT 8.0 Miles
Elevation Gain: 3800ft
9:50-12:50 up 1:20-3:20 down

It's a nice summer day. Still have a lot of snow on the top of the mountain. Climbing scrambles were a good exercise.Fire Lookout House

Great View
Scramble
Flowers

July 10, 2011
Tiger Mtn.

1:15 via cable line. my best.

Photosynth Pano on top of Tiger Mtn.

July 3, 2011
Lake Serene

This is a really cold year. Lake Serene is still covered by ice.

Pano taken using Photosynth. at Lunch Rock

June 26, 2011
Mail Box Peak
RT: 6 Miles
Elevation Gain: 4100ft

It took me about 2 hours and 45 minutes to go up. Slow comparing to those who are conditioning for climbing Mt. Rainier. However, it's my best.

June 11, 2011
Tiger Mtn.
The first time I hiked Tiger Mtn. via cable line. It's quite tough. It took me about 1 hour and 30 minutes to reach summit.


June 4, 2011
Tenerife

It might be the first nice day for 2011. All hikers are out. I could not find a parking spot in the Mt. Si trail head so I tried Tenerife. Hiked up about 2 hours. I turned back when the trial began to be covered by snow. This is the second failed attempt for me to reach the summit of Tenerife.

Snow covered trail

Apr. 3, 2011
Tiger Mtn.

Roughly two hours to the Tiger Mtn. Summit via West Tiger 3.

Snow on the Tiger Mtn. Summit

St. Edward Park

Jul. 19, 2009

An easy hike with my whole family: parents in law, wife AND the 100-day old baby.

No pictures, just sweet memories.

Poo Poo Point

May 24, 2009
4 mile rt and 2000 ft gain
10:00-11:05--11:30-12:10

It was sure tiring. On the road up, I felt that I made the right decision to choose Poo Poo point for my first hike in 2009 rather than Mt. Si.

Nice day. A lot of people.

Hiking with baby

Teneriff

Oct. 19, 2008
RT: 14 miles
Altitude gain: 4000 ft

It's perfect day to have a challenging hiking. I chose Teneriff rather than the nearby but crowded Mt. Si.

The whole trail is along a old logging road. Sounds easy. However, it is actually quite steep. On the trail, I can see the many hikers far away on top of the tip of Mt. Si.

At the end of loggin road, it is a mountain pass. I can see a small lake on the other side of the mountain. I cannot find the trail anymore. I just continued on a newly created logging road for a while. However, at the end, fallen logs blocking the road and I decided to turn back.

It's absolutely quiet. A good place to clear my mind.

Small Lake

Teneriff

Mt. Si

Barkley Lake

Sep. 28, 2008
3 hr round trip

It's a easy hike suitable for the whole family. Trail is well maintained. Lake and mountain are beatiful.

Pratt Lake

8/23/2008
11:00-2:10--2:30-5:10
11.4m rt, 3400ft + lower Tuscohatchie Lake

It's a clear day and I cannot waste so I went to Pratt Lake trail alone. The trail is well maintained and relatively easy.

The view of Olallie lake with Mt. Rainier in the background is really beautiful. Pratt lake is quite large. Its water likes that of Mason lake. At the trail end, some backpacker told me that there is a nice lake half a mile away althoug the road is a bit rough. I decide to go to have a look. Lake Tuscohatchie definitely worth the extra effort. I had lunch on the fallen trips in the lake and watched two people swimming around the lake.

Three lakes in a trail. Not bad.

Olallie Lake
Pratt Lake
Pratt Lake
Lower Tuscohatchie Lake

Kendall Catwalk

8/2/2008

Distance: 10.5 mi r/t
Elevation Gain in: 2700 ft
Elevation Gain out: 300 ft
Trailhead Elevation: 3000 ft
Maximum Elevation: 5400 ft

10:15-1:00--1:10-3:10

July was an important month. It passed without logging any hiking activity. I need to make up in August.

Heard Kendall Catwalk before and decide to go there. Weather is not coorporating. It's foggy and even drizzling. However, walking alone in the quite trails in the forest or along mountain side were still a very enjoyable experiecne.

This trail is maintained very well. Wasn't hard at all to reach the Catwalk area. It certainly has very nice views if it was not foggy. Some people were continuing towards the Graval lake. Since there isn't much view, I stopped there.

Catwalk Area in Fog
Catwalk is a big dangerous

While having some snacks there I felt really cold. My hands was freezing. One guy told me "keep moving" so I walked downhill really fast.

I think I will be back to this trail again someday.