Mt Ellinor

Location Description

72 photos

Last week, I took a day off from work and went hiking...
Here's a photo of Frank and Kathie, and the faintest...
Frank's car after having driven up the dirt road to the...
Now, there is a whole backstory with this hike. It is...
Not a very long hike (1.5 mi, one way), but a decent...
More hazy blue skies.
Frank looks down towards Hood Canal and Lake Cushman. ...
Frank and Catherine.
At the first lookout. We could see Mt Rainier, but I...
Demonstrating self-photography skills.
Sweet photo of Kathie and Frank.
Catherine hiking up the trail.
Catherine and Frank pause on the trail.
Making my way across a snowy patch. My hiking poles and...
Frank spends a lot of time climbing and hiking, and is...
There still isn't much to see below us...
Mmmm fir tips.
Somehow I convinced Kathie to try them, swearing that my...
The trail is very popular and is very well developed and...
There's that human/goat again.
A view of the slope. Keep this meadow in mind for some...
Kathie works her way up the trail.
We eventually started getting above the mountains around us.
Trying so hard not to be squinty!
It's amazing to think that in town, it was gray and...
Frank sent me some photos which do not have time/date...
Not quite there, but getting close(r).
Catherine and Kathie take a break for a photo.
Hiking more well-maintained paths near the top.
Hey look, the car! It's the silver one in front.
Looking over at what I later learned was Mt Washington...
When we got to the top, we were really excited to see...
Frank looks down over the back of Mt Ellinor, with other...
Kathie, the edge, and mountains in the distance.
A successful topping out!
There were a couple of friendly chipmunks at the top who...
Step 1: climb to the top of something. Step 2: find the...
Mount Washington. We passed the trailhead either on...
Kathie looks for goats.
... or just at the dizzying dropoff.
Looking out from the top of Mt Ellinor.
Frank ponders the yonder.
On that middle snowpatch are a couple of imperfections. ...
Looking off the backside of Mt Ellinor. We could hear...
Catherine pondering the yonder.
And there's another, in the middle of the shot near a rock.
Mama and baby goat come around the corner...
... Mama checks out the edge...
... and baby scampers over to join her. Those two...
I found a really comfy rock to sit in. My back was on a...
Frank, Kathie, and some mountains. The snow-capped one...
Goats on the move! These are the ones who were on the...
Hiking down through some snow off the top. Those goats...
Hiking down more steps (maybe the same ones as before).
Self-photo!
We are now back down to that steep meadow. Who pops out...
After he checked things out, the family followed.
We came from the upper left; they came from the upper...
Dad, baby, yearling, and Mom was how we saw things.
Close-up of the whole family (courtesy of Frank). I...
Attempt #1 at putting me and the goats in the same photo.
Attempt #2. I can't say either is really a print-it-out...
Frank did a better job of capturing me + goats.
Dad, shedding some fur, and baby, all fluffy and new.
The whole family scrambled across the path and straight...
Once at the top, they basically just looked down at us...
I swear they honestly just walked up the side of that. ...
Finally, Lake Cushman appears below us.
Hiking down through the snow patches again. We were on...
At the bottom. We joked we should be in a Gatorade ad.
Final group shot.
Pointing at where we'd been. The top of the mountain is...