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  • Mount Killam (Gambier Island) - hike (September 2023)
  • Lone Goat & Snow Camp Mountain - hike (September 2023)
  • Isollilock Peak - scramble (October 2023)
  • Mount Manson - Mount Hatfield Traverse - scramble (October 2023)
  • The Gargoyles & Columnar Peak - scramble (October 2023)
  • Opal Cone and Lava Glacier - hike (October 2023)
  • Park Butte (WA) - hike (October 2023)
  • Trappers Peak (WA) - scramble (October 2023)
  • Rattlesnake Ledge (WA) - hike (November 2023)
  • Sauk Mountain (WA) - hike (November 2023)
  • Sunshine Coast (Mount Daniel, Pender Hill) - hike (November 2023)
  • Mount Dickerman (WA) - hike (November 2022)
  • Verona Peak AKA Winter's End - snowshoe (November 2023)
  • Dolomites (IT) - snowboard (December 2023)
  • Red Rock Canyon (NV) - scramble (January 2024)
  • Flute Summit & Oboe Summit - snowboard (February 2024)
  • Whistler Miscellaneous (Train Wreck, Loggers Lake, Shadow Lake and more) - hike (February 2024)
  • Mount Underhill - hike (March 2024)
  • Bombtram Mountain - snowshoe (March 2024)
  • Steep Peak - snowboard (March 2024)
  • Ruby Mountain (WA) - snowshoe (April 2024)
  • Blustry Mountain - hike (April 2024)
  • Sowerby Peak (Barr East) - snowshoe (April 2024)
  • Picacho Peak (AZ) - hike (April 2024)
  • Kitt Peak Observatory (AZ) - (April 2024)
  • Mount Wrightson (AZ) - hike (April 2024)
  • Saguaro National Park (AZ) - April 2024)
  • Superstition Peak/Benchmark (AZ) - scramble (April 2024)
  • Mount Humphreys (AZ) - hike (May 2024)
  • Petrified Forest National Park (AZ) - (May 2024)
  • Piestewa Peak (AZ) - hike (May 2024)
  • Channeled Scablands (WA | Columbia Gorge, Ancient Lakes, Potholes Lake, Palouse Falls and more) - hike (May 2024)
  • Rhododendron Mountain ("Pk. 2220") - snowshoe (June 2024)
  • Flora Peak - hike (June 2024)
  • Gibson Peak - snowshoe (June 2024)
  • Mount Urquhart - scramble (June 2024)
  • Rock Mountain (WA) - hike (July 2024)
  • Ladies Pass Quartet (WA | Cape Horn, Ladies Peak, Snowgrass NE Peak, Snowgrass Mountain) - scramble (July 2024)
  • Old Snowy (WA) - scramble (July 2024)
  • Dog Mountain (WA) - hike (July 2024)
  • Mount Ratney & Mount Bardean - scramble (July 2024)
  • Torrent Peak - scramble (July 2024)
  • Steep Peak - Darkside Peak Traverse - scramble (July 2024)
  • Silvertip Mountain - scramble (July 2024)
  • The Old Settler - scramble (July 2024)
  • Silent Hub Peak - scramble (August 2024)
  • Saint Jacobs Mountain - scramble (August 2024)
  • Mount David (WA) - scramble (August 2024)
  • Goat Mountain West Peak & Table Mountain (WA) - hike (August 2024)
  • Griswold Pass (Tuber Hill, Glacier View Peak, Subatomic Peaks: Baryon, Meson, Muon, Lepton) - scramble (September 2024)
  • Yellow Aster Butte (WA) - hike (September 2024)
  • Mazama Dome (WA) - hike (September 2024)
  • Ptarmigan Ridge - (WA | The Portals East Peak, Coleman Pinnacle) - hike (September 2024)
  • Tetrahedron Peak - scramble (September 2024)
  • Lone Cone & Peak 86 (Tofino) - hike (September 2024)
  • Mount Athelstan ("Pk. 2460") - scramble (September 2024)
  • Excelsior Peak and Cowap Peak - hike (October 2024)
  • Hollyburn Peak - hike (October 2024)
  • Cheam Peak - hike (October 2024)
  • Blanchard Needle - scramble (October 2024)
  • Debeck's Hill & 4 Lakes Loop - hike (October 2024)
  • Mount Hallowell - hike (November 2024)

*As of 11/19/2024


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Alberta & BC | Arizona | California | Colorado | Hawaii | Idaho | Montana | Nevada | Oregon | Washington | Wyoming | Utah ||> climb, hike, snow, mtb, paddle, travel

Alberta & BC

49th Parallel Seashore - (Birch, Semiahmoo and Boundary Bays)

Coast Mountain Circle Route - (Clockwise from North Vancouver)

English Bay & False Creek - July 2017 (Celebration of Light)

Glacier National Park - August 2006 (Mount Sir Donald & Uto Peak)

Fraser River (Lower Mainland) - Various (Delta, Islands & Riverbank)

Howe Sound - Various (Horseshoe Bay, Bowen, Keats, Gambier, Anvil)

Jasper National Park - August 2000's (Athabasca, Edith Cavell)

Pacific Rim National Park - August 2000's (Tofino, Long Beach, Cox Bay)

Shuswap Lake - Houseboating! (August 2010, September 2020)

Squamish River - July 2019 (Squamish/Elaho River Rafting)

Sunshine Coast - September 2009 (Powell River & Savary Island)

Victoria (greater) - Various (Sooke, Butchard Gardens & Discovery Island)

Waterton National Park - August 2012 (Waterton Lake, M.V. International)

Waterton National Park - August 2015 (Red Rock Canyon and more)

Whistler Skydiving - May 2018 (10,000 feet above Pemberton Valley)

Whistler Zipline - Feb. 2014, Sep. 2022 (Across Fitzsimmons Creek!)

Yoho & Banff National Parks - Temple, Wapta Icefields, L. Louise, Banff

See also:

     Coast Mountains - Mountaineering & Hiking

     Interior Ranges of BC & AB - Mountaineering & Hiking

     Snowboarding - Heli, Resort & Backcountry

     SWBC (misc.) - Lookouts, Overlooks, Subalpine, Lakes, Tidelands

     Vancouver Island & Sunshine Coast - Kayaking

Arizona

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument - August 2016 (Marble Canyon, Cliff Dwellers, The Wave, Antelope Pass)


More photos here! (9 in album)

Meteor Crater - August 2016 ("Best preserved meteorite crater on Earth")


More photos here! (7 in album)

Sedona & Flagstaff - August 2016 (Oak Creek Canyon, Chicken Point, Soldier Pass, Dead Horse Ranch SP, San Francisco Peaks Region)


More photos here! (21 in album)

Grand Canyon National Park - August 2016 (South Rim, Mather Point to Bright Angel Trailhead, Hermits Rest to Maricopa Point, Desert View, Little Colorado River Canyon)


More photos here! (30 in album)

Antelope Canyon - August 2016 ("The Corkscrew")


More photos here! (24 in album)

Lake Mead & Powell - August 2016 (Hoover Dam, Glen Canyon Dam, Willow Beach, Lone Rock Beach, Antelope Point, Labyrinth Canyon)


More photos here! (40 in album)

Monument Valley & Vicinity - June 1991, September 2016 (Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Agathla Peak to Shiprock NM)


More photos here! (12 in album)

California

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest - August 2018 (Schulman Grove)

Eastern Sierra - July 2010 (Lyell, Ritter, Sill, Whitney), September 2018 (Conness, Lamarck)

Mount Lassen National Park & Mount Shasta - See volcanoes

Owens Valley & Vicinity - Route 395 from Topaz Lake to Lone Pine

Yosemite National Park - August 1996 (Half Dome), September 2008 (Tuolumne Meadows), August 2018 (Olmstead Point)

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North Coast - August 2016 (Crescent City to Santa Cruz)


More photos here! (47 in album)

Redwood National & State Parks - August 2016 (Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP, Newton B. Drury Scenic Pkwy, Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Humboldt Redwoods SP, Avenue of the Giants, Founders Grove, Women's Federation Grove, Rockefeller Grove)


More photos here! (20 in album)

Kings Canyon National Park - August 2016 (North Grove, General Grant Tree, Mist Falls)


More photos here! (15 in album)

Sequoia National Park - August 2016 (Giant Forest Sequoia Grove, General Sherman Tree, Moro Rock)


More photos here! (17 in album)

Coachella Valley - August 2016 (Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Mount San Jacinto State Park)


More photos here! (8 in album)

Joshua Tree National Park - August 2016 (Hidden Valley, Keys View, Ryan Mountain, Jumbo Rocks, Cholla Cactus Garden)


More photos here! (23 in album)

Death Valley National Park - August 2016 (Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Badwater Basin, Artists Drive, Golden Canyon, Zabriskie Point, Dante's View)


More photos here! (26 in album)

Colorado

Colorado Rockies - September 2018 (Uncompahre, Blanca, Elbert, N. Maroon, DECALIBRON)

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Mesa Verde National Park - September 2016 (Mancos Valley Overlook, Knife Edge Trail, Montezuma Valley Overlook, Park Point Overlook)


More photos here! (5 in album)

Million Dollar Highway - September 2016 (Durango, Coal Bank Pass, Molas Pass, Molas Lake, Silverton, Red Mountain Pass, Ouray)


More photos here! (12 in album)

Mount Sneffels - September 2016 (Southwest Ridge)


More photos here! (31 in album)

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - September 2016 (Gunnison Point, Pulpit Rock, Cross Fissures View, Point Rock, Devils Lookout, Chasm View, Painted Wall View, Cedar Point, Dragon Point, High Point, Warner Point, East Portal)


More photos here! (12 in album)

U.S. Route 50 to San Luis Valley - September 2016 (Curecanti National Recreation Area, Gunnision, Monarch Pass, Poncha Pass, San Luis Valley, Spanish Peaks)


More photos here! (9 in album)

Great Sand Dunes National Park - September 2018, September 2016 (High Dune, Pinyon Flats, Point of No Return)


More photos here! (17 in album)

Pikes Peak - September 2016 (Cog Railway)


More photos here! (11 in album)

U.S. Route 24 to Twin Lakes - September 2016 (Wilkerson Pass, Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway, Twin Lakes)


More photos here! (8 in album)

Independence Pass - September 2016 (12,095 ft!)


More photos here! (9 in album)

Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness - September 2016 (Maroon Lake, North Maroon Peak, Buckskin Pass)


More photos here! (17 in album)

Rocky Mountain National Park & Vicinity - September 2016 (Berthoud Pass, Winter Park, Lake Granby, Milner Pass, Trail Ridge Road, Gore Range, Rock Cut, Many Parks Curve, Estes Park)


More photos here! (12 in album)

Longs Peak - September 2016 (Keyhole Route)


More photos here! (36 in album)

Hawaii

Oahu & Big Island - Summer 1990 (Hanauma Bay, Kilauea Volcano, Nanue Falls, Punalu'u Black Sand Beach, Hamkua Coast)


More photos here! (5 in album)

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & Big Island - January 2017 (Kilauea Volcano, Chain of Craters Road, Thurston Lava Tube, Kilauea Iki Crater, Holei Sea Arch, Mauna Kea, Akaka Falls State Park, Laupahoehoe Beach Park, Waipi'o Valley, Hapuna Beach, Kohala Mtn Road, Lapakahi State Historical Park, Kona, Hilo)


More photos here! (59 in album)

Idaho

Borah Peak - August 2010 (Highest in Idaho)

Bruneau Dunes State Park - August 2013 (Sand dunes in Southern Idaho)

Craters of the Moon National Monument - August 2010 (Lava Tubes & Cinder Cones)

Hells Canyon Wilderness - July 2012 (Seven Devils/He Devil)

Sawtooth National Forest - September 2010 (Mount Regan, Thompson Peak & more)

Selkirk Mountains - August 2008 (Chimney Rock, Mount Roothan, Priest Lake)

See also:

     Snowboarding - Schweitzer, Silver & Sun Valley

Montana

Glacier National Park - August 2012 (Mount Cleveland, Mount Jackson, Mount Siyeh, Divide Mountain)

Glacier National Park - August 2014 (Kintla Peak & Mount Stimson)

Glacier National Park - August 2015 (Mount Merritt, Grinnell Glacier, Red Rock Canyon)

Granite Peak - July 2011 (South Face via East Ridge)

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Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park - September 2016 (Guided tour of limestone cavern formerly known as Morrison Cave)


More photos here! (15 in album)

Nevada

Oregon

Cannon Beach - June 2007 (Oswald West & Nehalem Bay State Park)

Central - Eclipse '17, John Day NM, Cove Pal. SP, Deschutes, Smith Rock

Crater Lake National Park - 2010, 2018 (West Rim, Watchman Lookout)

Dee Wright Observatory - September 2019 (Summit of McKenzie Pass)

Hells Canyon - August 2011 (America's deepest river gorge)

Lava Lands - September 2019 (Lava Butte, Trail of Molten Land)

Newberry Volcano - 2010, 2019 (Big Obsidian Flow, Paulina Peak)

Southeast - August 2013 (Burns Junction, Ritter Butte, Pendleton Area)

Spencer Butte - August 2018 (Eugene area hiking & overlook)

Volcanoes - Hood, Jefferson, McLoughling, Three Sisters, Thielsen

Wallowa Mountains - July 2012 (Materhorn & Sacajawea Peak)

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Oregon Coast - August 2016 (Willapa Bay, WA to Crescent City, CA)


More photos here! (70 in album)

Oregon Caves National Monument - August 2016 (Guided tour beneath Siskiyou Mountains)


More photos here! (12 in album)

Washington

49th Parallel Seashore (WA & BC) - (Birch, Semiahmoo and Boundary Bays)

Channeled Scablands & Eastern WA - Banks Lake, Frenchman Coulee (Rock Climbing), Dry Falls, Palouse Falls & Steptoe Butte etc.

Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge - Dungeness Spit & Lighthouse

Greater Seattle - Mountain Biking & Hiking

North Cascades National Park - Mountaineering & Hiking

Olympic National Park - Mountaineering & Hiking

Olympic & Kitsap Peninsula - Ozette Triangle, Cape Flattery, Shi Shi Beach & Port Ludlow etc.

Pacific Coast - La Push, Ocean Shores, Westport (Surfing) & Willapa Bay, Cape Disappointment

Rainier (Mount) National Park - Mountaineering & Ski/Snowboard Touring

Saint Helens (Mount) Nat'l Monument - May 2001 (Monitor Ridge climb), July 2012 (Windy Ridge), August 1992 (Johnston Ridge Observatory)

Samish, Fidalgo & Whidbey Islands - (Samish Bay, Deception Pass, Forts Ebey & Casey)

San Juan Islands National Monument - Kayaking & Constitution (Mount), Eagle Rock etc.

See also:

     Cascade Range - Mountaineering & Hiking

     Mountain Biking - Urban Rides to Backcountry Epics

     Rock & Ice - Sport Climbing, Single & Multipitch

     Snowboarding - Heli, Resort & Backcountry

     WA (misc.) - Lookouts, Overlooks, Subalpine, Lakes, Tidelands

Wyoming

Grand Teton National Park - August 2010 (Upper Exum Ridge climb)

Jackson Hole Resort - January 2019 (All 'round "The Village")

Jackson Hole Valley - January 2019 (GTNP, National Elk Refuge)

Southwest - Summer 2010's (I-80, Route 191)

Teton Pass - January 2019 (Glory Mountain, ski touring)

Wind River Range - July 2011 (Gannet Peak via Gooseneck Ridge)

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Grand Teton National Park - September 2016 (Teton Point, Jackson Lake)


More photos here! (9 in album)

Yellowstone National Park - August 2010, September 2018, Avalanche Peak (2018), September 2016 (Upper Geyser Basin, Old Faithful, Lower Geyser Basin, Grand Prismatic Spring, Firehole Lake Drive, Great Fountain Geyser, Firehole Canyon Drive, Fountain Flat Drive, Norris Geyser Basin, Mammoth Hotsprings, Mount Washburn, Boiling River)


More photos here! (58 in album)

Medicine Bow Mountains & Vicinity - September 2016 (Medicine Bow Peak, Great Divide Basin)


More photos here! (18 in album)

Jackson - September 2016 (Snow King Mountain/Town Hill)


More photos here! (11 in album)

Utah

Central Utah - September 2018 (Route 50, I-15, I-70)

Great Salt Lake - August 2013 (I-80 westbound from SLC)

Green River - Summer 1991 (Whitewater Rafting)

High Uinta & Wasatch Mountains - August 2013 (Kings Peak, Mount Timpanogos)

Natural Bridges National Monument - Summer 1991 (Sipapu & Owachomo Bridge)

Northern Utah - Summer 1991 (Various POI's: Little Sahara Sand Dunes, Bingham Mine, Dinosaur Nat'l Monument, Flaming Gorge)

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Zion National Park - August 2016 (Watchman Trail, Riverside Walk, Zion Narrows, Angels Landing, Canyon Overlook Trail)


More photos here! (48 in album)

Bryce Canyon National Park - August 2016 (Navajo Loop Trail, Peekaboo Loop Trail, Queens Garden Trail, Sunrise/Sunset/Inspiration Point, Rainbow Point, Yovimpa Point, Natural Bridge)


More photos here! (34 in album)

Grand Staircase-Escalante Nat'l Monument - August 2016 (Million Dollar Road/Scenic Byway 12, Head of the Rocks, Aquarious Plateau/Boulder Mountain, Larb Hollow)


More photos here! (14 in album)

Capitol Reef National Park - June 1991, August 2016 (Panorama Point, Goosenecks Overlook, Sunrise Point, Fruita, Capitol Gorge, Hickman Bridge)


More photos here! (39 in album)

Arches National Park - September 2016 (Park Avenue, Courthouse Towers, Petrified Dunes, Balanced Rock, North/South Window, Turret Arch, Double Arch, Delicate Arch, Salt Valley, Landscape Arch, Pine Tree Arch, Tunnel Arch)


More photos here! (47 in album)

Canyonlands National Park - September 2016 (Island in the Sky, Shafer Canyon, Holeman Spring Canyon, Green River, Candlestick Tower, Buck Canyon, Orange Cliffs & Grand View Point Overlooks, Whale Rock, Upheaval Dome)


More photos here! (16 in album)

Moab & Southeast Utah - September 2016 (Slickrock, Lower Ahab & HyMasa Mountain Biking, Twin Rocks/Bluff, Goosenecks State Park)


More photos here! (17 in album)

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