It was 16 bike miles round trip to the trailhead I used. It's 18 miles round trip to the end of the road where bikes are not allowed any further. I believe its a little over 2,000 ft elevation gain...

Yep, good eye. The road is in amazing shape. Any vehicle could drive it if it was open. But I believe the park service has decided to keep it closed indefinitely and just keep it in pristine shape so...

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The media wants everyone to be afraid of avalanches when in reality, it is ice that will get you, particularly in the Cascades. I'm terrified of ice and don't ski unless I am going to find something...

It all depends on who owns the land and what their mandate is. Most DNR lands are school trust lands. The schools are the beneficiaries and DNR must cut trees to fund the schools or else they breach...

Who owns the land on the unsanctioned trails around Bellingham? I believe most are not on DNR or National Forest land. Are they on private timber land where the land owner doesn't seem to care (for...

I am in the same boat and looking to replace my FS with a HT in the near future. Other models I have looked at that haven't been mentioned are:

UK

Moxie Mx3...

Washington State Parks lets you select "notify me" where they will email you when a spot becomes available. Can't reserve within 24 hours. I've used this feature this summer to get spots that are...

It's supposed to be 104F in Leavenworth next Monday (average high for that day is 82). If you are like me and hate hot weather, I would head to the north side of the Olympic Peninsula in search of...

Interesting post by our local PNW weather guru Cliff Mass. Explains how in Washington, we have positioned our wind turbines in areas that are the most windy throughout the year (East slope of the...

High and north facing. Russell, Interglacier, Fryingpan. Supposed to be in the 80s at 5,000 ft this week, 50s at 10,000 ft, with very little cooling at night.
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Despite what you'll read all over the internet AGM batters are not completely sealed and do vent hydrogen, which is combustible, but non-toxic. So you will see a lot of camper manufactures vent them...

I try to keep my set up as simple and cheap as possible. Get a rubbermade action packer (or other robust bin) that you can fit all of your cooking gear in. I use a colman propane single burner...

Interesting. So cut a new run down the face below? What are the odds they will get 6+ days of good visibility in a two week window in February so they can host mens/womans DH/SG and the training...

I wonder if they will try to put the downhill and super G on Mt Eniwa again? The downhill course in 72 was built in a National Park on the condition that it be completely removed after the games...

Oh, that makes sense. Deported means she entered CR illegally or overstayed her visa. So CR was not going to go to bat for her since she was there illegally.

Had she been extradited, CR would...

Good luck hosting ski racing during February when it doesn't stop snowing. The skiing events prefer places like China, where it doesn't snow.

I bought a Dometic CFX3 35 last summer from REI using the 20% coupon they give out periodically. No problems with it so far. REI has other models as well.

While you might be able to run it...

Freeskiing is tough to judge because you make all your money from product endorsement. Contrast that to ski racing, where someone like Shiffrin can make well over $500k a year in just race winnings...

Cite for this? The whole point of CR not extraditing if the person faces the death penalty is because CR (like a lot of US states) thinks the death penalty is barbaric. Letting Texas get around that...

I see ebikes being allowed everywhere mountain bikes are currently allowed in the near future. However, I also see ebikes ensuring mountain bikers never see their access increased in National Forests...

It's all about whoring yourself out to get people to buy shit they don't need. Plake, Shane, these Instagram athletes. All whores.

I get decent cell service from the trails at Capital Forest outside Olympia. I wouldn't go out of your way to hit it but sounds like it's on your way north.

I'm not an expert on this subject, but I don't see how Canada would care if you enter via Alberta en route to BC to legally work, particularly since that is the fastest path from your home in the US...

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There is a highway cam at Sherman Pass

https://wsdot.com/travel/real-time/mountainpasses/Sherman

You can also search the hiking site WTA for recent TRs in the area. Or go back and read previous...