Adventure: Chikamin Ridge, Spectacle Lake

It took two years to sync up schedules for a 3-day backpack with childhood friends, Jeremy and Mark - and it was worth the wait! A difficult climb up a long, brushy valley to an open ridge, full of eye-popping explorations to mountains, lakes, rock, and ice. We felt very small among the true giants of earth.

The area we explored is around the Pacific Crest Trail: Glacier Lake, Chikamin Ridge, Spectacle Lake.