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