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  • CoachJen71
    CoachJen71 Posts: 1,200 Member
    edited August 2016
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    NorthCascades wrote: »

    Your pics are stunning! I would love to hike out there, although I am very nervous to leave my safe-ish Maine where things like grizzlies and poisonous snakes are concerned.
  • upoffthemat
    upoffthemat Posts: 679 Member
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    I don't have mountains here in the midwest, but some great forests, rivers, and lakes along with some hills that offer more than enough for a fat old man. I can't do the tough trails right now, but just being out in the fresh air and not able to hear or see cars or civilization is really calming.
  • MountainSam
    MountainSam Posts: 46 Member
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    makingmark wrote: »
    I don't have mountains here in the midwest, but some great forests, rivers, and lakes along with some hills that offer more than enough for a fat old man. I can't do the tough trails right now, but just being out in the fresh air and not able to hear or see cars or civilization is really calming.

    A little zen meditation break during the hikes is a wonderful gift to one's mind. Hearing one's breath only and filling the ears with all the sounds around like a sponge is a wonderful way to de-stress and be mindfully alive.

  • nathalier71
    nathalier71 Posts: 570 Member
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    You have beautiful trails in the west! Lucky for you to live there!! I was just in Iceland and boy! That was hiker's paradise!! From hiking mountains, to craters, to just beautiful trails...
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
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    Few more from Cascade Pass Sunday. Started out with sunshine and blue skies, left under a building storm.

    From the trailhead parking lot:
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    Approaching the pass, looking west.
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    Looking down on the pass.
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    Hanging glaciers on J'berg and Cascade:
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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    Awesome pics @NorthCascades I wish I was there!
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
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    NorthCascades wrote: »
    Few more from Cascade Pass Sunday. Started out with sunshine and blue skies, left under a building storm.

    From the trailhead parking lot:
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    Approaching the pass, looking west.
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    Looking down on the pass.
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    Hanging glaciers on J'berg and Cascade:
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    Now, that's a place to hike!
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
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    NorthCascades wrote: »
    Few more from Cascade Pass Sunday. Started out with sunshine and blue skies, left under a building storm.

    From the trailhead parking lot:
    29146721926_92530bc328_o_d.jpg

    Approaching the pass, looking west.
    29146721826_9b16633b1a_o_d.jpg

    Looking down on the pass.
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    Hanging glaciers on J'berg and Cascade:
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    Looks like a little new snow on the peaks! We were supposed to get some of that here in MT. It definitely got cooler. Hopefully we can get some moisture to help with the fires.
  • MountainSam
    MountainSam Posts: 46 Member
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    Did this Moderate trail, Poo Poo Point, today. I did this same trail 3 months back when I started hiking this summer; I did it in half the time today. Pleased with the progress on fitness but I know I got some ways to go.

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    Great!
  • cessi0909
    cessi0909 Posts: 654 Member
    edited August 2016
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    As a family we've been hiking a lot more lately and I love it. If weather holds we will be hiking Quandary Peak next weekend. 6.75 miles, 3450 foot elevation gain to stand 14,265' above sea level. We are also in Colorado and I love the trails we have access to here.
    Here's some pictures from our other hikes:
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  • MountainSam
    MountainSam Posts: 46 Member
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    cessi0909 wrote: »
    As a family we've been hiking a lot more lately and I love it. If weather holds we will be hiking Quandary Peak next weekend. 6.75 miles, 3450 foot elevation gain to stand 14,265' above sea level. We are also in Colorado and I love the trails we have access to here.
    Here's some pictures from our other hikes:
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    Great pictures.

    Hiking with family, double the fun.

  • MountainSam
    MountainSam Posts: 46 Member
    edited September 2016
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    Granite Mountain, WA hike today. Loved it, 10+ miles hike. It was foggy and rainy ...so will do it again, Burt 2000+ calories as well

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    Love those steps made of boulders, its beautiful there!
  • MountainSam
    MountainSam Posts: 46 Member
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    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Love those steps made of boulders, its beautiful there!

    This is the best (hard) trail I have been to, so far. So totally worth it.

  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
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    PNW is beautiful for hiking when the weather is good. I used to hike in winter, too, just lots layers. Enjoy those hikes. I live in a place now where a 300ft elevation is considered "hike". :D
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    allaboutthecake wrote: »
    PNW is beautiful for hiking when the weather is good. I used to hike in winter, too, just lots layers. Enjoy those hikes. I live in a place now where a 300ft elevation is considered "hike". :D

    Florida?
  • MountainSam
    MountainSam Posts: 46 Member
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    allaboutthecake wrote: »
    PNW is beautiful for hiking when the weather is good. I used to hike in winter, too, just lots layers. Enjoy those hikes. I live in a place now where a 300ft elevation is considered "hike". :D

    PNW is indeed awesome. I am beginning to plan for snow hikes. Was just thinking about getting gear for snow and ice.
    I was also in that sort of a 300ft location myself till about a year ago :)


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