Eight Scouts and four dads spent five days hiking in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in early August. The trip began at the West Fork Foss River Trailhead south of Skykomish off US2 and challenged the group w/ 2,400 feet of elevation gain in 4 miles, to reach our first camp at Copper Lake, Elevation 4,000’. [...]

Day 1:
The day started out a little flustering. David and Mrs G hardly slept the night before and it showed. We missed the first Pt. Townsend ferry, and waited another 1 hr 45 mins for the next. That was okay, though, because we were able to eat a good breakfast. We [...]

Spring arrived in Western Washington and the Crew headed out for a weekend of backpacking in the Olympics for another pre-Philmont shakedown. Since it’s still pretty early in the season and with fresh snow reported only a week earlier at 2,500 feet, we decided to hike up the Dosewallips River Valley and stay below [...]