mountainsloth

great video. This hits home on many subjects for me. I am in the process of writing an outdoor/environmental science summer program for middle school students for my MA project and this video is motivating. Thanks a lot!

tell the rangers you are going to be on a route for a couple days and have to spend the night on the wall... do this every night.

wow! nice work guys! lets hope the winter treats it well!

damn rainy seattle... that looks like a lot of fun! thanks for the stoke!

bring shovels

thanks idea guy. sounds like a no go. the climbing Gods look kindly upon you, thanks for the hard work.

seriously... nice work. i also wanted to be there, but the inlaws were in town and i could not escape. do you think the road is bikeable now?

my favorite tree! so beautiful! Thanks Steph! ...

work a v2. try one on a vertical wall first.

Yay for adventure into the unknown!

perfect red rock gnar! gotta love that place! way to be bad-asses!

killer pics. way to get after it late in the season! I bet you did not see a soul.

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haha! Me too Sol! me too! almost the same exact experience.

I agree about the pitch off Snafflehound Ledge. I would've been raining haterade on Eric when I realized it would be his lead, had I not led it previously. marvelous! thanks for the picture and memory!

love that route! The pitch off snafflehound ledge was my favorite!

All good things to know. I think I will stay away from munching those all together... I am too old to experiment with my health.

I think that is right, but from my resource amanita muscaria is poisonous.

favorite place to climb... EVER! i miss that place.

yummy! i will be on the look out!

sorry, I have no idea what those look like. I am a new forager, so i need to bone up on my knowledge. we were both wandering around kicking ourselves for not studying before the trip. There were so many different kinds out there! I guess we were really only out there for chanterelles.

cool looking place!

Trip: Boulder Lake Area - Boulder - Everett traverse Date: 10/12/2009 Trip Report: After coming to the conclusion that I could not juggle work, classes, and finish my masters project by the end of the Fall quarter, and seeing the last bit of quality Autumn weather fade away, I decided to postpone finishing my masters project to the Spring thus opening up the weekend for some quality time in the mountains. With my friend Schraepfer psyched for the mushroom foraging season, we decided a relaxing two day trip into the Olympics was just the ticket. Our mission was to explore a new area of the park, find a little solitude, bag some peaks, and hunt for some Chanterelles. We hiked into the Olympic Hot Springs area and found a few Chanterelles before working our way up the trail to Boulder Lake. Along the way we found a small pool in a stream and discovered nature at its best. We left the two love birds alone to finish what they started and continued up the trail. After a short break, we took the Happy Lake Ridge Trail up to the ridge where we began bushwhacking the ridge to Boulder peak. boulder peak from the ridge The ridge was mellow aside from the occasional obstacle, and a couple gullies brought us to the top of the peak. ridge to boulder peak At this point the sun was getting low and so we decided to make camp on a sweet shoulder of the peak. The ambiance was remarkable as the sun set and we gorged on a tasty fare of dehydrated potatoes, smoked salmon, Gouda, and the 3 Chanterelles we found. As I tucked into my sleeping bag, I knew I had made the right decision, realizing quite clearly that I needed this break. The next morning was overcast, but the clouds were high and the visibility was pretty good. Feeling energized from a 13 hr sleep we were amped to continue the traverse. boulder peak from the ridge between it and everett peak A few more minor obstacles and a 3 hours later we found ourselves on or around Everett peak. It has 3 or 4 peaks and we struggled to figure out which was the actual peak. With the sun breaking through the clouds, and us soaking in the views, we realized it did not really matter! Our original plan was it finish the traverse to Mt Appleton, but wanting to make more time for mushroom foraging on the way out, we decided to bushwhack down to Three Horses Lake and then find our way back to the Boulder Lake Trail. After hours of fighting brutal bush, and getting cliffed out too many times, we finally found ourselves in a beautiful, mossy, section of Doug Fir and hemlock old-growth and knew we were close. We ended up finding the short section of the trail that ran closest to boulder creek and we were back on easy street. When the trail flattened out and we started wandering the mossy beds of the forest in search of our beloved orange shroom. The forest was straight out of a fairy-tale and I felt like a little kid. We found many beautiful specimens and came away with at least 2 quarts of Chanterelles! Our finds felt like treasure! The next day we cooked up most of the mushrooms into omelets and feasted on our prize! This trip was exactly what the doctor ordered and can't wait till the next season of mushroom foraging! Gear Notes: Schwacking & backpacking gear A knife for cutting off mushrooms! Approach Notes: Boulder Lake Trail from the Elwa River area. - follow signs for Appleton Pass until you see a sign for Boulder Lake.

love that valley at this time of the year!

cool route! best one I have seen coming out of the OR outside Smith. I might have to check it out one of these days. what part of OR is it in?