Oregon & Washington — Miscellaneous Views 1

c) Andrew Carter, 2022

As will see from the photographs, I was blown away by the beauty of the Cascades. Not just by the volcanic peaks, but also by the Goat Rocks Wilderness south of White Pass and the Alpine Lakes Wilderness between Snoqualmie Pass and Stevens Pass.

The one negative was realizing the extent of glacier loss as I compared what I saw today with what my National Geographic PCT map set showed to be the case in 1983.

Mt. Jefferson, south face
Mt. Jefferson, next day, north face
Mt. Hood, south face
Mt. Hood, different day, north face
Mt. St. Helens, south face
Mt. St. Helens, different day, north face
Mt. Adams, west face
Mt. Adams, different day, north face
Glacial creek on the flanks of Mt. Adams
Mr. Adams to the right, Mt. Rainier to the left
Mt. Rainier, south face
A closer view
Mt. Rainier, different day, east face
My campsite beside a lake
Morning mist on a pond
A foggy day
It helps to have a saddle if you plan to ride a tree.
Clouds and mountains
Unnamed peak, Goat Rocks Wilderness
Goat Rocks Wilderness
Mountain goats in the distance. The blurriness is because I was using a telephoto lens without a tripod.
Goat Rocks Wilderness
Late August, still snow and ice on the trail
The Knife Edge, Goat Rocks Wilderness, Mt. Rainier in the distance
The Knife Edge
South of White Pass
South of White Pass
Entrance road, Mt. Rainier National Park
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, clouds rolling in
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Switchbacks on the trail
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Cathedral Rock
South of Stevens Pass
South of Stevens Pass
Stevens Pass Ski Area
Smoke on the trail, Wenatchee Fire
Trying to protect my lungs
The trail through a mountain meadow, smoke in the air
Glacier Peak Wilderness
Glacier Peak Wilderness
Glacier Peak Wilderness
The damp forests of the Pacific Northwest
Stehekin, northern end of Lake Chelan. Stehekin is only reachable by boat.
Lake Chelan is 50 miles long and generally less than one mile wide.
It is the thrid deepest lake in the US, after Crater Lake and Lake Tahoe.
Mt. Jefferson Wilderness
Mt. Jefferson Wilderness
Olallie Lake “Guard” Station
Little Crater Lake. Note how deep and clear the water is in this artesian spring.
It is 45 feet deep and has a diameter of perhaps 150 feet.
Timothy Lake, view from my campsite
Me with an old friend

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Andrew Carter

I just completed a multi-year thru hike (MYTH) of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). It took three years. I hiked 1840 miles in 2021, 733 miles in 2022, and 122 miles in 2023. The only reason I had to hike in 2023 was a wildfire closure at the north end of the PCT in 2022. During the past two years, I've also thru hiked other, shorter US trails. I hiked the Benton MacKaye Trail (GA, NC, TN) and the Tuscarora Trail (VA, WV, MD, PA) in 2022 plus the Ozark Highlands Trail (AR) in 2023. I hope to hike the Long Trail (VT) next year and the Colorado Trail at some point in the future. Please note, all content on this site is copyright.

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