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Tomyhoi False Summit 10/13/2024
Tomyhoi false summit 9/13/2024 10.3 3,200 ft Ross and I decided to head up the Yellow Aster Butte Trail. This was after a couple of unfortunately bad life weeks where I was not able to get out and do anything. But I kicked myself out of the funk and we really needed to start getting some hiking in before Guatemala. A fellow birder friend of our had gone up the previous day and saw a couple bird species that we would like to see so that gave us the idea of this one. We did not plan on leaving super early and got to the trailhead at 9:30 AM and…
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Driveway Butte 9/13/2024
Driveway Butte 9/13/2024 9.0 miles 3100 ft Picked this one to do on our way to Winthrop for a Hart’s Pass birding weekend. Hart’s Pass area has a tiny bit of Whatcom County still on the eastern side of the Cascades so it still counts for my Whatcom County list! This trail was nice because it was right off HWY 20 starting by the Klipchuck Campground, we were the only ones in the parking lot. Starting off on trail 481 and then take a right on the Driveway Butte Trail, there is a sign that says 4 miles to the top. Right away we were excited about the new birds…
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Coleman Pinnacle 8/4/2024
8/4/2024 10.0 miles 1400 feet For some reason I do not have a strava record of this so that annoys me I don’t have the exact numbers. This is one I’ve thought of doing since I started wanting to do summits. I was going to do it myself last year towards the end of the year but I got far enough to were the snow started and I turned around. This starts at Artist point and I was a beautiful day so of course everyone was out. The first mile of Ptarmigan Traverse is always crowded these days but once you get past the Chain Lakes Loop turnoff the crowds…
