Trip Reports in Washington (On Map)

Purple Paddle - Successful climb/canyon non winter & non technical

Blue Paddle - Successful peak climb in winter months (December - April)

Green Starred Paddle - Successful technical ascent

Red Stop Paddle - Worthy, but unsuccessful attempt

Hiker - Hiking trip

Trip Reports in Washington (List)

August 2008	Chikamin Peak	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
June 22nd 2009	Marmot Pass, Buckhorn Mountain	Olympic Peninsula
July 18th 2009	Mount Adams South Spur	Southern WA Volcanoes
August 4-6th 2009	PCT Snoqualmie to Pete Lake	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
August 7-11th 2009	Olympic Peninsula Road Trip	Olympic Peninsula
July 3rd 2010	Flapjack Lakes	Olympic Peninsula
July 11th 2010	Foss Lakes	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
July 24th 2010	Grey Wolf Peak, Baldy	Olympic Peninsula
July 25th 2010	Bogachiel Peak, High Divide	Olympic Peninsula
August 5th 2010	Necklace and Tank Lakes	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
August 9-14th 2010	Liberty Cap, Cloudy Peak, Spider Gap	Glacier Peak Wilderness
August 18th 2010	Enchantment Lakes Day Hike	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
December 21st 2010	Granite Mountain (Snoqualmie)	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
July 9th 2011	Star Peak, Courtney Peak	Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness
July 10th 2011	Grey Peak, Battle Mountain	Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness
July 17th 2011	Colchuck Peak Colchuck Glacier	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
July 24th 2011	Vesper Peak	Mountain Loop Highway
July 29th 2011	Cannon Mountain, Enchantment Peak	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
July 31st 2011	Mount Stuart Cascadian Couloir	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
July 8th 2012	Mount Rainier Emmons Route	Southern WA
August 22nd 2012	Sahale Peak, Boston Peak	North Cascades
August 25th 2012	Eldorado Peak East Ridge	North Cascades
August 26th 2012	Klawatti Peak North Ridge/West Face	North Cascades
September 2nd 2012	Dome Peak	Glacier Peak Wilderness
September 3rd 2012	Spire Point East Face	Glacier Peak Wilderness
September 14th 2012	Black Peak South Ridge	North Cascades
September 21st 2012	Forbidden Peak West Ridge	North Cascades
September 28th 2012	Primus Peak Attempt	North Cascades
October 11th 2012	North Ingalls Peak South Ridge	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
October 18th 2012	McClellan Peak South Face	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
October 21st 2012	Dragontail Peak via Aasgard Pass	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
November 2nd 2012	Mount Saint Helens Monitor Ridge	Southern WA, Volcanoes
November 5th 2012	Goat Peak	Southern WA, Volcanoes
November 27th 2012	Web Mountain	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
January 10th 2013	Mount Index Attempt	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
April 6th 2013	Mount Ellinor	Olympic Peninsula
April 20th 2013	Snow Creek Wall Orbit 5.8	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
April 23rd 2013	The Tooth South Face 5.4	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
April 27th 2013	Lane and Plummer Peaks	Southern WA (Tatoosh)
May 3rd 2013	Big Snagtooth	North Cascades
May 4th 2013	The Unicorn	Southern WA (Tatoosh)
May 10th 2013	Liberty Bell Beckey Route	North Cascades
May 20th 2013	Eightmile Mountain	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
May 31st 2013	Argonaut Peak NE Couloir	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
June 3rd 2013	Mount Constance West Arete 5.5	Olympic Peninsula
July 6th 2013	Seven Fingered Jack and Mount Maude	Glacier Peak Wilderness
July 17th 2013	Arts Knoll East Ridge 5.7	Glacier Peak Wilderness
July 18th 2013	Mount Formidable NE Face Direct 5.6	Glacier Peak Wilderness
July 23rd 2013	Dumbell Peak and Greenwood Mountain	Glacier Peak Wilderness
September 9th 2013	Little Annapurna South Face 5.5	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
September 13th 2013	Burgundy Spire North Face 5.8	North Cascades
May 2nd 2014	Snow Creek Wall/Outer Space 5.9	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
July 28th 2014	Kimtah and Cosho Peaks	North Cascades
July 29th 2014	Katsuk Peak	North Cascades
October 5th 2014	Hoodoo Peak and Raven Ridge	Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness
October 7th 2014	The Craggies	Pasayten Wilderness
October 9th 2014	Abernathy Peak	Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness
October 13th 2014	Mount Bigelow	Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness
December 30th 2014	Mount Dickerman	Mountain Loop Highway
April 2nd 2015	Cashmere Mountain	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
April 9th 2015	Colfax Peak	North Cascades
April 27th 2015	South Early Winters Spire SW Buttress	North Cascades
April 28th 2015	Tiffany Mountain	Pasayten Wilderness
April 29th 2015	Reynolds Peak	Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness
June 5th 2015	Mount Olympus	Olympic Peninsula
July 23rd 2015	Oval Peak	Chelan Sawtooths
July 24th 2015	Gardner and North Gardner	Chelan Sawtooths
July 26th - 31st 2015	Chilliwack Mini Slam	North Cascades
August 1st 2015	Mesahchie Peak East Ridge	North Cascades
August 2nd - 4th 2015	Inspiration Traverse	North Cascades
August 23rd 2015	Sherpa Peak North Ridge	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
August 27th 2015	Sloan Peak West Face	Mountain Loop Highway
October 4th 2015	Chair Peak NE Ridge	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
April 10th 2016	Mount Shuksan Sulphide Glacier	North Cascades
May 10th 2016	Mount Forgotten	Mountain Loop Highway
June 7th 2016	Little Tahoma	Southern WA Volcanoes
August 9-15th 2015	Full Pickets Traverse: Luna Peak, East and West Fury, Mount Terror	North Cascades
August 23-25th 2016	Mount Goode NE Buttress, Storm King Peak	North Cascades
September 8th 2016	Windy Peak	Pasayten Wilderness
September 9-11th 2016	Lago, Carru, Osceola and Ptarmigan Peaks	Pasayten Wilderness
June 19th 2017	Mount Baker North Ridge	North Cascades
June 23rd 2017	Exfoliation Dome Blueberry Buttress 5.8	Mountain Loop Highway
June 30th 2017	Cathedral Peak SW Buttress 5.10a & Amphitheater Mountain	Pasayten Wilderness
July 1st 2017	Remmel Mountain West Face	Pasayten Wilderness
July 5th 2017	Switchback Peak, Martin Peak & Cheops	Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness
July 6-14th 2017	Glacier Peak Wilderness Mountain Massacre	Glacier Peak Wilderness
August 26th 2017	Clark Peak, Luahna Peak	Glacier Peak Wilderness
May 11-12 2018	Jack Mountain Nohokomeen Headwall	Pasayten Wilderness
May 13-14 2018	Robinson Mountain	Pasayten Wilderness
May 21-22 2018	Snowfield Peak Group	North Cascades
May 25-26 2018	Lincoln Peak	North Cascades
June 1st 2018	Silver Star Mountain	North Cascades
June 6-7 2018	Mount Buckner, Horseshoe Peak	North Cascades
June 12th 2018	Azurite Peak	North Cascades
June 16-18 2018	Monument Peak Group	Pasayten Wilderness
June 24th 2018	Tower and Golden Horn	North Cascades
July 4-5 2018	Sinister Peak	Glacier Peak Wilderness
July 10th 2018	Chiwawa Mountain	Glacier Peak Wilderness
July 11-12 2018	Mount Logan	North Cascades
July 13-14 2018	Tupshin and Devore Peaks	Glacier Peak Wilderness
August 6th 2018	Custer Ridge	North Cascades
August 27-28 2018	Easy Mox	North Cascades
September 17-18 2018	Buck and Fortress Mountains	Glacier Peak Wilderness
October 6 2018	Glacier Peak	Glacier Peak Wilderness
January 1st 2019	Lichtenburg Mountain	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
February 6th 2019	Mazama Dome	North Cascades
March 3rd 2019	Mount Index	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
March 25th 2019	McClellan Butte	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
May 11th 2019	Sherman Peak	North Cascades
May 18th 2019	Mount Ballard	North Cascades
August 28-30 2019	Southern Pickets Traverse	North Cascades
May 8th 2020	Whitehorse Mountain	Mountain Loop Highway
August 29th 2021	Chimney Rock	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
September 4-5th 2021	Alpine Lakes High Route	Alpine Lakes Wilderness
September 11th 2021	Gothic Peak	Mountain Loop Highway
July 2nd 2022	Snowking Mountain	Glacier Peak Wilderness
July 9th 2022	Liberty Cap Ptarmigan Ridge	Southern WA
August 7th 2022	Whatcom Peak	North Cascades
October 7th 2023	Castle Peak	North Cascades

Sunset from Sahale Glacier

Snowfield Peak

Josh Rappelling Forbidden Peak

Primus Peak Sunrise

Sunrise on Lincoln Peak

Reynolds Peak

Mount Spickard and Silver Lake

Sunset on the Mox Spires

Dorado Needle at Dusk

Klawatti Lake

Sunset from the Inspiration Traverse

Shuksan from Mazama Dome

Snowking Mountain

Camp on Ptarmigan Ridge

Brief Overview

Glacier Peak Wilderness

Shi Shi Beach on the Pacific Coast

Dungeness River - Olympic Rainforests

Sunrise from Jack Mountain

The state of Washington is a very unique and diverse place. One can almost argue you can split the state in half and no one would notice. The western half is very wet and mild while the eastern half has more of a continental climate and is drier. Two great mountain ranges are found here, the Olympics and the Cascades. The main industrial of Seattle and the Puget Sound lowlands lie between these two ranges. On the Olympic Peninsula west of Seattle, Olympic National Park protects the only temperate rain forest in North America. The Olympic Mountains is a very diverse area with all ecosystems ranging from rain forest to glacier capped alpine mountains. The radial drainage pattern of these mountains is quite unique and Mount Olympus at the center is the highest in the range lies at 7,995 feet in elevation. Further west, Washington has an entire coastline of rugged Pacific beaches protected by the National Park. This area is also where much of the rich native american history can be found. This area gets very active around the 4th of July.

Further east, on the other side of the Puget Lowlands is the mighty Cascade Range which is broken down mainly politically rather than geologically. First off, the Cascade Crest and areas to the west are much wetter and far more glaciated than the mountains slightly to the east. There are three distinct regions fitting this description. The North Cascades National Park is far and away the most mountainous, rugged and remote area in the Washington Cascades. Giant glaciers like the Boston Glacier, Chikamin Glacier and the Inspiration Glacier stretch all the way down below 6,000 feet in places. Further south lies the Glacier Peak Wilderness, one of the nations largest wilderness areas which is centered around Glacier Peak. This mountain is one of the five volcanoes in the state and is a very long trek to get to. The Alpine Lakes Wilderness expands from Highway 2 at the north to I-90 at the south marks the southern end of the Washington Cascades west of the crest. However the Stuart lies considerably east of the crest and the area around Leavenworth is one of the best in the state for rock climbing, ice climbing and hiking. 

East of the Cascade Crest the scenery is much different. The mountains receive much less snowfall and the forests are thinner. Alpine and Western larch trees are abundant which turn brilliant yellow and gold during the fall. Generally these areas are more accessible but also less rugged and include the Pasayten Wilderness at the northern end, and the Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness just east of the Glacier Peak Wilderness. Even though these areas get less moisture and are less rugged, they are typically higher in elevation. The effect the rain shadow has is very dramatic. 

Eastern Washington on the other hand can easily be mistaken for the great plains. Vast areas of farmlands line the flat landscape for as far as you can see. Nearly the entire eastern half of the state has basalt at the surface from the Columbia River Basalt flows. Only the northeastern corner has some lower mountains surrounding Omak. Spokane is the main population center for the entire area.

Now the southern Cascades south of I-90 are mainly foothills with three dominant features. These are the three monster volcanoes of Mount Rainier, Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens. At 14,411 feet, Mount Rainier is by far the highest point in the state and is an icon for the state. Most people when they think of Washington they think of only three things: Mount Rainier, the Space Needle and Rain.

Alpine Larch Trees - Photo by Rob

Alpine Lakes Wilderness

Mount Olympus Panorama - Photo by Gimpilator

Recreation Map

Washington "Bulgers" Top 100 Peaks

For more information about the history of the Bulgers see John Roper's site Here

Table originally constructed by Klenke

#01		Mt. Rainier	14,411 ft (13211P)
#02		Mt. Adams	12,276 ft (8116P)
#03		Little Tahoma	11,138 ft (858P)
#04		Mt. Baker	10,781 ft (8881P)
#05		Glacier Peak	10,520+ ft (7480P)
#06		Bonanza Peak	9,511 ft (3711P)
#07		Mt. Stuart	9,415 ft (5335P)
#08		Mt. Fernow	9,249 ft (2809P)
#09		Goode Mountain	9,200+ ft (3800P)
#10		Mt. Shuksan	9,131 ft (4411P)
#11		Mt. Buckner	9,112 ft (3032P)
#12		Seven Fingered Jack	9,100 ft (380P)
#13		Mt. Logan	9,087 ft (1487P)
#14		Jack Mountain	9,066 ft (4186P)
#15		Mt. Maude	9,040+ ft (880P)
#16		Mt. Spickard	8,979 ft (4779P)
#17		Black Peak	8,970 ft (3450P)
#18		Mt. Redoubt	8,969 ft (1649P)
#19		Copper Peak	8,964 ft (484P)
#20		North Gardner Mountain	8,956 ft (3996P)
#21		Dome Peak	8,920+ ft (3040P)
#22		Gardner Mountain	8,898 ft (698P)
#23		Boston Peak	8,894 ft (854P)
#24		Silver Star Mountain	8,876 ft (2436P)
#25		Eldorado Peak	8,868 ft (2188P)
#26		Dragontail Peak	8,840+ ft (1760P)
#27		Forbidden Peak	8,815 ft (1055P)
T28		Mesahchie Peak	8,795 ft (2235P)
T28		Oval Peak	8,795 ft (2715P)
#30		Fortress Mountain	8,760+ ft (1680P)
#31		Mt. Lago	8,745 ft (3265P)
#32		Robinson Mountain	8,726 ft (1686P)
#33		Colchuck Peak	8,705 ft (665P)
#34		Star Peak	8,690 ft (1170P)
#35		Remmel Mountain	8,685 ft (4365P)
T36		Katsuk Peak	8,680+ ft (440P)
T36		Sahale Mountain*	8,680+ ft (80P)
#38		Cannon Mountain	8,638 ft (838P)
#39		Mt. Custer	8,630 ft (1230P)
#40		Ptarmigan Peak	8,614 ft (894P)
#41		Sherpa Peak	8,605 ft (405P)
#42		Clark Mountain	8,602 ft (1522P)
#43		Cathedral Peak	8,601 ft (961P)
#44		Kimtah Peak	8,600+ ft (1040P)
#45		Mt. Carru	8,595 ft (955P)
#46		Monument Peak	8,592 ft (1072P)
#47		Cardinal Peak	8,590 ft (2070P)
#48		Osceola Peak	8,587 ft (1147P)
#49		Raven Ridge	8,580 ft (1100P)
#50		Buck Mountain	8,528 ft (1888P)
T51		Storm King	8,520+ ft (600P)
T51		Enchantment Peak	8,520 ft (480P)
#53		Reynolds Peak	8,512 ft (2032P)
#54		Martin Peak	8,511 ft (2111P)
#55		Primus Peak	8,508 ft (828P)
T56		Dark Peak	8,504 ft (264P)
T56		Mox Peaks, SE Spire	8,504 ft (904P)
#58		Cashmere Mountain	8,501 ft (1581P)
#59		Klawatti Peak	8,485 ft (685P)
T60		Mt. Rahm	8,480+ ft (280P)
T60		Horseshoe Peak	8,480+ ft (80P)
#62		Big Craggy Peak	8,470 ft (3070P)
T63		Hoodoo Peak	8,464 ft (424P)
T63		Lost Peak	8,464 ft (1624P)
#65		Chiwawa Mountain	8,459 ft (1219P)
#66		Argonaut Peak	8,453 ft (733P)
#67		Tower Mountain	8,444 ft (2884P)
T68		Mt. Bigelow	8,440+ ft (760P)
T68		Dorado Needle	8,440+ ft (760P)
T68		Sinister Peak	8,440+ ft (840P)
T68		Little Annapurna	8,440+ ft (280P)
#72		Emerald Peak	8,422 ft (742P)
#73		Dumbell Mountain	8,421 ft (1261P)
#74		Greenwood Mountain	8,415 ft (655P)
#75		Mox Peaks, NW Spire	8,407 ft (527P)
#76		Saska Peak	8,404 ft (644P)
T77		Pinnacle Mountain	8,400+ ft (1720P)
T77		Azurite Peak	8,400+ ft (1880P)
T77		Luahna Peak	8,400+ ft (720P)
#80		Blackcap Mountain	8,397 ft (397P)
T81		Courtney Peak	8,392 ft (792P)
T81		South Spectacle Butte	8,392 ft (1072P)
#83		Martin Peak	8,375 ft (855P)
#84		Lake Mountain	8,371 ft (811P)
#85		Golden Horn	8,366 ft (1126P)
#86		West Craggy	8,366 ft (686P)
#87		Mt. St. Helens	8,365 ft (4605P)
#88		McClellan Peak	8,364 ft (1244P)
#89		Devore Peak	8,360+ ft (1720P)
#90		Amphitheater Mountain	8,358 ft (758P)
#91		Snowfield Peak	8,347 ft (2907P)
#92		Austera Peak	8,334 ft (414P)
#93		Windy Peak	8,334 ft (1771P)
#94		Cosho Peak	8,332 ft (492P)
#95		Big Snagtooth	8,330 ft (570P)
#96		Mt. Formidable	8,325 ft (1885P)
T97		Abernathy Peak	8,321 ft (441P)
T97		Switchback Peak	8,321 ft (441P)
#99		Tupshin Peak	8,320+ ft (1080P)
#100		Flora Mountain	8,320+ ft (1800P)