Mt Washington

Location Description

52 photos

Sunday morning, I joined up with my friends Chrissy,...
The first hour or so was spent in some pretty dense...
We came out into a meadow and again scoped out the summit.
Being less silly.
And one more.
Terra hiking through the meadow.
Terra poses atop a rock we decided to use for our first...
Chrissy working up to the snack rock. A lot of the...
I believe those rocks are the ones I saw goats...
Pondering the yonder. The clouds are over the Hood Canal.
A better view of the Hood Canal. I have learned on these...
Wildflowers were really starting to come out; the fields...
You can't really see it, but this whole field is full of them.
Somewhere near halfway?
Terra, ready to rock.
Josh tended to hike ahead of us cause we were slow in...
We crossed a few small snowfields, which allowed for...
More scree.
Making our way across the rocks.
Self-photo!
The clouds are clearing! I like using big rocks as...
Chrissy and Terra.
Chrissy and Catherine make faces at Terra.
With some scenery behind me.
Lunch! Not a bad view. We're not quite at the top, but...
The summit, from our lunch saddle spot.
Goats on the backside of the mountain.
The mountains behind Mt Washington. These should look...
Panoramic view to the west of the saddle below the...
Panoramic view to the east of the saddle below the...
Anyone know what this bush is? The pinecones were...
Looking from Mt Washington back towards Mt Ellinor. ...
The actual summit took some scrambling, thus why we ate...
Terra climbs to the top.
Chrissy made it to the top too.
Looking northeast up the Hood Canal.
And north towards Port Angeles.
I include this shot of the summit only because it shows...
And here's a better shot, that Chrissy took.
Chrissy also brought the world's smallest kite to fly on...
There was a summit register, so we got to log our...
Taking photos on top of the world!
Josh filled it in for us. Note the couple ahead of us -...
Another shot of Ellinor.
Ahhhhh! Crazy giant flying ant!
Better landscape shot.
With me in it! Mt Olympus is the snowy one in the background.
Climbing back onto the main part of the summit.
More purdy flares.
And scree as viewed on the way downhill. When it was all...
Funny pair of photos - hiking down rocks...
... and hiking through a meadow. Not a bad place to spend a day!