Trail Run

Yesterday I went for a short hike/trail run in the Kachess Ridge area northeast of Easton, between Cle Elum Lake and Kachess Lake. My modest goal was to summit both Mount Baldy and Domerie Peak, with a stretch goal of continuing further north along the ridge and perhaps making a loop out of it by heading south along Silver Creek on the return. Sadly, the mostly-sedentary dad lifestyle's terrible toll on my fitness as well as the short window of opportunity meant that I had to turn around before even reaching the three-way point leading to Baldy. Nevertheless, I did [...]

Looking south towards the trailhead This past weekend I checked another long-awaited destination off my list: Black Canyon, located in the hills between Yakima and Ellensburg in central Washington. Sadly, due to last year's Evans Canyon Fire it was mostly burnt out: trees lacked any leaves for shade. This was my first actual hike in quite some time and was intended as a longer-distance test of my trail runners, which they failed, although perhaps not miserably. With temperatures around 90F I opted to hike on the way in but run back to the trailhead. Gear What Worked Surprisingly, the Charter [...]