We had 8:30 breakfast reservations for the infamous buffet at the Timberline Lodge so we rolled in a little early to clean up before. The buffet was so good, lots of fresh fruit, smoothies, bagels, a frittata…and more. We saw some familiar hikers there and chatted with an older gentleman who had done a lot…More

Heard our neighbors pack up and get out early but I needed more rest and managed to sleep until 7:30. A pit toilet and laundry day was the motivator this morning and we were hiking in no time. Jake went ahead and we met up at the frog lake parking lot. On the way there…More

11 milesThis is it! Last 3 miles to the border and then 8 more to the highway. This makes it 670 miles from Sisters to Canada in 42 days. About 90,000ft of elevation gain. One zero in Leavenworth, 5 nearos (Timberline Lodge/Govy, Cascade Locks, Trout Lake, Snoqualmie/Seattle, and Stehekin), 1 hero (White Pass). Sent the…More

17 milesNo deer disturbances last night, again, so we must have some luck. The views today were non-stop. Ridgewalks, passes, valleys, it was beautiful all over and most of it at or above treeline. Blue skies, sunny, light breeze, perfection. We rolled through the miles eventually topping out around 7000ft. Mountains in every direction. What…More

20 milesLuckily, no deer last night. We continued the climb up to Harts Pass in the morning. The clouds around Azurite Peak rolled around, so each switchback gave a new view of the mountain. A long ridge walk over to the parking lot at Harts Pass. We had hoped to meet up with Yardsale, Chickadee,…More

17 milesAnother tent full of condensation in the morning, but luckily we got to dry it all out at the top of the pass. The sun was shining bright while we hung out taking in the view. The short climb up was quick and smooth. Every bit as awesome the second time through here, we…More

18 milesThe guys last night eventually shut up and turned off their headlamps. And the mouse that was trying to run around the tent eventually went away too. Maybe it found the guys’ tents instead. Although most of the day was spent climbing back up all of the elevation we lost two days ago, it…More

5 milesThe laundry and showers didn’t open until 9, so we had no rush to get out of the tent. Eventually we made our way down from the group campsite to start our town chores. Not many hikers here so we didn’t have to wait in line and got done with it all fairly quickly. …More

20 milesLast night we both got up to pee and when we got out of the tent we realized how much we were in a cloud. Our headlamps just shined back at us and visibility was about as far as the tent. In the morning the tent was surprisingly not full of condensation, though I…More

21 milesWe woke up in a cloud, and then before we got rolling it started raining. All of the thru-hikers were gone, leaving only us and another couple that were doing Snoqualmie-to-Stehekin. They were doing shorter days, so they chose to wait out the rain. We, instead, put on our rain gear and headed out.…More

19 milesMistakenly, I didn’t bring enough water with me to camp last night, so I had to ration what I did have. I made it up the first 2 miles to a stream and downed a liter as soon as I had it filtered. The blowdowns and overgrowth continued throughout the day, unless we were…More

19 milesWind kept us up a good portion of the night, it was ripping through the bowl we were in. We had trees on two sides, but the other two were a bit exposed. It shiftes directions around 3am, which is when we both smelled smoke. We hopped out to check for any visible fires,…More

20 milesWe set the tent up with just the mesh and no rain fly, which was a mistake. Condensation was on everything, to the point that it was dripping from the mesh. Luckily, we had some decent morning sun and got our stuff mostly dry. The hiking was fun, but challenging today. Easy enough to…More

10 milesChecked out of the hotel, stopped by Safeway for last minute snacks, and then sat at the bus stop to get downtown. Ate breakfast and then walked over to the end of town to start hitching. A van pulled over a few minutes later, but wasn’t going all the way so we thanked her…More

0 milesLove a good zero. No rush to get out of bed, a flushing toilet, a shower, air conditioning. Breakfast with a white Russian, sandwiches from Dan’s Market, then back to the room to figure out the last 12 days of mileage. Walked over to Safeway for our resupply, went to Icicle Brewing for a…More

8 milesPacked up a little early and said our good-byes with Yardsale, Chickadee, and Raiden. On the way out we talked to one of the twin sisters and then started climbing up. Both twins eventually passed us, but they were hanging out at the top when we got there. We mentioned the shortcut and they…More

22 milesThe hammock guy was up and out of camp around 5, I saw him later as I passed by Deception Lake. There were a ton of people setup there, must be a popular spot. Glacier Lake, where we are camping, is popular too. We stayed here in ’21 and had a tough time finding…More

20 milesThe wind was fighting the tent last night, but the tent held up. In the morning, we climbed up to a view of the silhouetted mountains across the way. Eventually we dropped down to Lemah Creek, which we crossed on a log. Up and up to a pond. We all got in for a…More

14 milesDirty chai is my new go-to drink at coffee shops so I had one along with two breakfast burritos. Back at Heidi’s we laced our new shoes up and packed our bags. A quick drive to Snoqualmie and we were back on trail. The climb up was a constant stream of day hikers and…More

Had an okay night of sleep after waking up at 10:30 to throw the rain fly up. That was a hard way to learn we don’t remember how to pitch the tent properly. Ate a protein pick and chugged a liter of water for breakfast. It’s much cooler and I’m hoping the rest of the…More