Sheep Lake-Sourdough Gap, Beargrass

Return to WA for a weekend to hike 30-ish miles around famous alpine wilderness

Coyote Wall Trails (Columbia River Gorge) - Little Maui Trail Reroute and Restoration - National Trails Day Work party. Funded by a grant from the National Forest Foundation

Photos from The Enchantments. Soaking up the fall season while the larches are in their prime time. The landscape changed as the sun rose higher. Started with golden misty morning views with a finale of an unreal blue lake. It was great to see so many people enjoying a day hike or backpacking further!

Lupine covered with morning dews on Green Mountain.

by Misao Okada

Fireside Circle Ice Cream Social at Cape Horn, 7/30/11, Steve Payne

As one approaches the final little bit before the summit of Si

Wildflowers and Mt. Adams Sept 2011 Photo by MikeOnAHike

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Camp Long Oct 2011 Photo by Eric Jain

Coyote Wall Trails (Columbia River Gorge) - Little Maui Trail Reroute and Restoration - National Trails Day Work party. Funded by a grant from the National Forest Foundation

Final steps to the summit

by Wes Cooper, Auburn, WA

Pinnacle Peak Aug 2010 Photo by Robert Edrington

Return to WA for a weekend to hike 30-ish miles around famous alpine wilderness

Sheet drains are being installed on both approaches to the bottom of this swale. The sheet drains are 12" high by 2" thick. Installed on the uphill side of the trail, they will intercept sub-surface flow and direct it to round 4" culverts that will pass beneath the trail

Maple Pass Loop

Meadow and pond along The Hummocks trail; Mt. St. Helens NVM, WA. 7307

Featured, July 2008 - WashingtonTrails Assn.

Meander Meadows along the PCT is one our favorite volunteer vacation destinations. Join us, and you could spend a week working in this amazing valley. Photo by Steve.

Cutthroat Pass

Trip from Seattle to Oregon, Hood for a quick and light accent. We were the firtst on the mountain that day. Started around 12-1 AM and hit the ridge right at the sunrise. Levi was a bit crazy and did it w/o ice axe..

2017 return to what is considered the quintessential Alpine Lake

Coyote Wall Trails (Columbia River Gorge) - Little Maui Trail Reroute and Restoration - National Trails Day Work party. Funded by a grant from the National Forest Foundation

Volunteers start on the trench that will hold the sheet drain

Cutthroat Pass

first Burroughs Sept 2012 Photo by MountainRunner

Unusually early snow fell in the Cascades this year

Hiking Stevens Pass

Haystack at Summit of Mt. Si

Clowdy walk up to the ridge of mount St. Helens

In addition to hardening the lowest points in the trail and adding sub-grade drainage, we also re-aligned the trail to create strategic low-points to facilitate water movement into the drain system and off the trail

Ridge Lake, about a mile past the Katwalk.

Another shoe of the old trail partially decompacted.

Return to WA for a weekend to hike 30-ish miles around famous alpine wilderness

The re-alignment showing how we dip then climb out of a subtle swale to facilitate water movement off of the trail. This area seems to be dry enough that we won't need to install sheet drains, but we'll watch it for a season to see how it holds up. The sod and excess dirt will be used to re-hab the old trail.

Coyote Wall Trails (Columbia River Gorge) - Little Maui Trail Reroute and Restoration - National Trails Day Work party. Funded by a grant from the National Forest Foundation

Maple Pass Loop

Moving the trail slightly to the right in this photo creates a more substantial dip to which we can direct water via the sheet drains to new culverts. Notice that the existing trail on the left climbs, but the re-alignment descends slightly, then climbs again (past the volunteer in the white shirt)

Coyote Wall Trails (Columbia River Gorge) - Little Maui Trail Reroute and Restoration - National Trails Day Work party. Funded by a grant from the National Forest Foundation

Mt. Baker from Table Mountain trail.