Thursday, August 1, 2013

Hike every week: Olympic Peninsula trail guide

I have to give a shout out for my awesome nephew. He is the Founder of Exotic Hikes & he has written an (ebook) Guide book for 52 hikes in the Olympic Peninsula,
one hike for every week of the year!
Please take a look at it and his website.
He's put alot of time and effort into his company as well as the ebook,
and he's come up with a fantastic product.

I know I'm just a proud auntie :-)

Here's the link for the ebook along with a quote from his website -


 “Step out of the daily grind and into the Olympics with Exotic Hikes, the Olympic Peninsula’s best travel service!”

 Founded in late 2008, Exotic Hikes went from a dream to a reality in the summer of 2009. Exotic Hikes discovered that there was a void for personalized tours of the Olympic Peninsula. Within weeks, the business sprung to life, offering tours of local areas, spreading to focus on the beautiful and remote Olympic Peninsula.

Here at Exotic Hikes, we don’t give you just a tour, we give you an entrance to part of our family. We are small, but our knowledge of the park and surround areas gives you the best vacation or hiking experience around.






Thursday, July 25, 2013

Bagley lakes and Huntoon Point Trailblazer hike

What a wonderful summer here in the Pacific Northwest. 
10 of us Senior Trailblazers headed up to Mt. Baker to hike the Bagley lakes area area. It was so beautiful in the mountains today it was hard to stop taking pictures. 

View from our starting point
Bagley lakes
Bagley lakes

The hikers!

We did manage to cross a snow bridge
We were scheduled to do an easy 5 miles today and since it was short, we headed up to Artist point in our cars and did another short hike to Huntoon Point.

looking towards Baker lake
on the way up to Huntoon Point - with a view of Shuksan
Looking across at the Chain lakes trail
Me posing with Mt. Baker
Huntoon Point
Looking back at the road and the Border peaks
Endomondo stats:
Bagley lakes -
2.63 total miles hiked
4132 Min. altitude
4472 Max altitude
1932 Total ascent
1875 Total descent

Huntoon point -
1.36 total miles hiked
5064 Min. altitude
5303 Max altitude
611 Total ascent
620 Total descent