Trips - 2020

xc = Cross Country Skiing        ss = Snowshoeing      * = In City Coronavirus Hike
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Date
 Destination
 Distance
 Elevation Gain
01-04-20
 Master Link + Road - Forgot permit, aborted East Peak, hiked road
 10 miles
1900' 
01-09-20 HPE-RC-T2-T3 Loop- (HH)(w/GJ) - Fresh snow up high  and a full moon   7 miles 2400' 
01-12-20 ML-QL-East Tiger & Back - New snow on upper half,  1 person seen going up   8 miles 1700'
01-19-20 Grand Ridge WTA Bridge++ - No snow on the trail, few folks, and a little drizzle 10 miles 1600'
01-20-20 Margaret's Way-West &Central Peaks - (w/Gary) - MLK day hike, dry & 50 degrees   9 miles 2800'
01-25-20 RT-AA-CP-WP-LVP-FCL+ Loop - (Cougar Mt) - Misty but dry, waterfalls were big 11 miles 2000'
01-26-20 HPE-RC-T2-HPE - Misty but dry, no snow, I saw 5 people all day   7 miles 2400'
01-28-20 - 8 Trips HPE-RC-T1-T2-HPE - (HH)(w/GJD) - Rainy descent, only 2 folks seen   8 miles - 70 miles 2800' - 17,600'
02-03-20 Sunset-AT-SL-SV-T2-T3-WT3-HPW One Way - (HH)(w/GJ) - Some fresh snow   7 miles 2900'
02-09-20 Chuckanut Mt. - (w/GJ)- Overcast dry day, few folks, Chuckanut Dr closed 12 miles 2700'
02-12-20 HPE-K3-T2-T3-HPW-HPE - (HH)(w/GJD) - Evening loop trip, saw 1 person   7 miles 2400'
02-17-20 Cheese & Bible Rocks + WF Ski Touring - (xc)(w/Gary) - Sunny holiday ski trip   7 miles   900'
02-20-20 HPW-TMT-K3-T2-FC-HPE - (HH)(w/GJ) - Clear afternoon & evening for a hike   7 miles 2600'
02-22-20 South Tiger Circuit+ - In the clouds, few people, discovered several trails being built 10 miles 2100'
02-27-20 - 15 Trips Sunset-WT-PPT-Poo Top-T1-T2-K3-HPE - (HH)(w/GJ) - One Way evening hike   9 miles - 129 miles 3300' - 34,500'
03-01-20 ML-East Tiger-OTG- NW Timber Loop - Fresh snow and few people 10 miles 1900'
03-08-20 Grand Prospect & W Rattlesnake Mt - Snow up high, minimal views   8 miles 2300'
03-14-20 Sunset-Poo Poo Point - Fresh snow up high, everything flocked with snow   9 miles 2000'
03-18-20 HPE-K3-T3-T2-TMT-HPE- (w/GJD) - No headlamps needed, a little snow on T2   7 miles 2600'
03-21-20 West Rattlesnake Mt. From Hwy 18 - (w/John) - Long trip, no crowds, pandemic break 17 miles 2500'
03-28-20 - 21 Trips *Home (H)-Green Lake (GL)-Northgate(NG) Lp - Virus shut down all trails, in city only left   8 miles - 188 miles   700' - 46,500'
04-04-20 *Queen Anne Traverse + - 3+ laps, 33 degrees at start, lots of flowering cherry trees 11 miles 2000'
04-05-20 *Home-GL_Loop-H-Gl-85th - Morning walk, twice to GL, one lap, then up to 85th   8 miles   800'
04-10-20 *Queen Anne Loop - (w/Gwen) - Good Friday social distancing hike, lots of flowers   7 miles 1200'
04-11-20 *Home-Aurora Ave Loop x4 - Morning walk to get in some elevation gain   8 miles 1000'
04-16-20 *Queen Anne Afternoon - First 70 degree day, I went all over QA Hill   9 miles 1700'
04-19-20 *Llandover Woods Loop x2 + Carceek Park - Two parks and neighborhood hike 13 miles 1800'
04-20-20 *Home-Green Lake  Loop 3x - Sunny 68 degree afternoon   6 miles   800'
04-24-20  *QA 2 Traverses+ - Overcast afternoon, over 10,000' in city this month   8 miles 1500'
04-26-20 *H-Gl Loop 2x + H-GL-95th St - Two trips from home today   8 miles   800'
04-30-20 - 31 Trips Road 9021-110 - (w/GJ) - First hike outside Seattle in 5 weeks   9 miles - 275 miles 2600' - 60,700'
05-03-20 *Queen Anne Loop 2 - (w/Kim) - We did a loop around the top of the hill   4 miles   300'
05-07-20 HPE-Tiger 1-LT-HPE - Sunny day, first dirt trail hike in almost 7 weeks   8 miles 2500'
05-09-20 Exclamation Point Rock - (w/GJ) - Hot day, several new routes 10 miles 1700'
05-15-20 Preston-Bootleg-T1 Preston Trail - (w/GD) - Covid trip, only 6 seen   7 miles 2600'
05-17-20 *LLandover Woods - Carkeek Park - (w/Kim) - Park to park and back   7 miles 1000'
05-19-20 RMT To Grand Prospect - (wGJD) - Evening hike, not too crowded   8 miles 2200'
05-23-20 McDonald Mt. Viewpoint + Rattlesnake From 18 - Two 8 mile hikes in one day 16 miles 3300'
05-24-20 Lord Hill - (w/Kim) - Nice spring day, slow paced fun hike   6 miles   700'
05-29-20 - 40 Trips HPE-LT-T1-T2-FC Loop - Hot day then clouds & cooling   8 miles - 349 miles 2800' - 77,800'
06-03-20 RMT To Grand Prospect From Lower Gate - (w/GJD) - Mid week hike   8 miles 2300'
06-06-20 Squak-Sunrise-Central Pk-Fireplace-Old Griz+ Loop - Some hard rain then sunshine   8 miles 2900'
06-13-20 Grand Ridge WT Loop - Rainy cool morning, bikes but few folks on foot   8 miles 1100'
06-14-20 HPE-FC-T2-LT-HPE - Solitude up and half way down., big crowd near the end   7 miles 2400'
06-19-20 Koppen Mt. via Medra Pass - (w/GJ) - Hot Friday hike, lots of wildflowers 11 miles 3400'
06-21-19 East Tiger via Road (Summit Spur 2x) - Cool overcast morning   9 miles 2100'
06-27-20 - 47 Trips Mt. Baldy - Cold windy summer day, good wildflower display   8 miles - 408 miles 3400' - 95,400'
07-03-20 Earl Peak via Standup Creek - (w/GJ) - Cool summer day, great ridge walk 10 miles 4200'
07-05-20 East Tiger via Road (Summit Spur 2x) - 9.5 miles in 2:58, cool comfortable morning   9 miles 2100'
07-11-2 Mt. Teneriffe - 7:00 am start, 1:10 pm done, not too crowded 13 miles 4400'
07-18-20 Tired Creek-Waptus Pass Loop - (w/Gary) - Long breaks & plenty of solitude 13 miles 3400'
07-25-20 HPE-T2-T1-HPE - Early morning hike, sunny and only 14 folks seen   8 miles 2800'
07-26-20 - 53 Trips Grand Ridge-WT-WTA Bridge+ - Early hike on hot day, back by 11:00 am 11 miles - 472 miles 1600' - 113,900
08-01-20 Noble & Ignoble Knobs - (w/Gary) - Cloudy, great flowers, good views, two summits 15 miles 4200'
08-09-20 East Tiger via Hwy 18 Long Road - Solitude and back to car by 1:00 pm 15 miles 2400'
08-13-20 Mt. Washington Via Change Creek - (w/John) - Perfect evening conditions, no people 11 miles 3300'
08-15-20 HPE-FC-T2-LT-HPE - Early start beat heat done at 9:46 am   7 miles 2400'
08-16-20 Grand Ridge WT Loop - Early start done at 9:20 am, heading to 90s today   8 miles 1100'
08-19-20 HPE-LT-T1-T2-FC-HPE - (w/John) - Evening loop hike on Tiger, 80 degrees at the start   8 miles 2800'
08-23-20 *Queen Anne 3 Traverses - Morning hike, 3 traverses + Kerry + Lynn St Viewpoint 12 miles 2300'
08-29-20 - 61 Trips Miller Loop - (w/John) - Only 7 people seen, 3 summits, a ridge walk, and ripe berries 13 miles - 561 miles 3900' - 136,300'
09-06-20 Glacier Basin - (w/John) - Beautiful holiday hike, solitude, white monkey flower 14 miles 2600'
09-12-20 Snoqualmie Tunnel - Wildfire smoke was in the dangerous category, the tunnel had little smoke 11 miles   100'
09-19-20 HPE-FC-T2-FC-HPE - First outdoor hike after 2 weeks of smoke, rain was welcomed   7 miles 2400'
09-20-20 Mt. Si via Teneriffe Road - Misty day, not crowded, minimal view, started up Blowdown Mt. 11 miles 3600'
09-22-20 RMT-Grand Prospect-West Peak Loop - (w/John) - Afternoon hike, GP view is back!   9 miles 2400'
09-26-20 Squak Central Peak + Fireplace - Gray but dry day after recent rains   7 miles 2300'
09-27-20 - 68 Trips Exclamation Point Rock - (w/Jay Thompson) - Perfect weather, few people 10 miles - 630 miles 1600' - 151,300'
10-03-20 Little Mt. St. Helens - Dark and smoking in Seattle, warm and sunny in the mountains   8 miles 1300'
10-04-20 Navaho Peak Loop - Perfect warm clear day with few people and golden larch trees 12 miles 4200' 
10-06-20 Red Pass Via Commonwealth - (w/John) - Sunny headlamp hike, some fall color   6 miles 2500'
10-17-20 East Tiger via Road (Summit Spur 2x) - Damp misty morning, bikers but zero hikers   9 miles 2100'
10-22-20 Squak Central Peak + Fireplace  Old Griz - (HH)(w/John) - Mushrooms and headlamps   8 miles 2300'
10-24-20 Wallace & Jay Lakes via Road - Cold and dry, lakes very high 17 miles 1800'
10-28-20 - 75 Trips HPE-T1-T2-FC-HPE - (HH)(w/John) - Last HH trip before DST ends   8 miles - 698 miles 2800' - 168,300'
11-01-20 Rainbow Lake  - Sunny day, not very crowded, long stay, no colors left 11 miles 2900"
11-07-20 Grand Ridge WT Loop - Cold dry morning, new president while I hiked   8 miles 1100'
11-08-20 Mt. Teneriffe - (w/John) - Cold sunny day with a little fresh snow up high 13 miles 4400'
11-11-20 HPE-K3-T2-T3-FC-HPE - (HH)(w/John) - Figure 8 loops, half in dark   7 miles 2500'
11-14-20 Preston-T1-Xmas Tree-Preston - Only saw 4 folks, cloudy up high   8 miles 2600'
11-21-20 Fragrance Lake - Rock Trail Loop - (w/Janet) - Nice trip, not too crowded   9 miles 2000'
11-22-20 ML-QL-East Tiger Loop - Quiet morning hike up trails down the road & new summit trail   8 miles 1700'
11-27-20 - 83 Trips Preston-T1-Xmas Tree-PawPrint - (w/GJ) - Nice day, Paw Print is gone, Gary back post injury   9 miles - 771 miles 2600' - 188,100'
12-05-20 HPE-FC-T2 - 37 F at start, 52 degrees 800' higher, nice inversion   7 miles 2400'
12-09-20 HPE-LT-T1-T2-FC-HPE - (HH)(w/GJD) - Missed rain, saw 1 person   8 miles 2800'
12-12-20 West Rattlesnake Mt From Highway 18 - Sunny cold day with fresh snow up high 17 miles 2500'
12-17-20 HPE-RC-PT-RR-Chrismas Tree-DW-HPE - (HH)(w/GJD) - Cold wet fun hike   8 miles 2300'
12-22-20 HPE-RC-T2-T3 Loop - (HH)(w/GJD) - Fresh snow, few people, Christmas lights   8 miles 2400'
12-29-20 Grand Ridge To WTA Bridge+ - Cold afternoon, not crowded, 35 degrees at start   9 miles 1500'
12-31-20 - 90 Trips Sunset-SL-SV-T2-T3-TC-Nook-WT Loop - 37th Tiger NYE hike in 38 years 10 miles - 838 miles 3200' - 205,200'

Month
 Trips
 Miles
 Gain
January
 8 70 17,600'
February
 7 59 16,900'
March
 6 59 12,000'
April
 10 87 14,200'
May
 9 74 17,100'
June
 7 59 17,600'
July
 6 64 18,500'
August
 8 89 22,400'
September
 7 69 15,000'
October
 7 68 17,000'
November
 8 73 19,800'
December
 7
 67 17,100'