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You can HIKE to a WINERY!

Posted on May 12, 2021May 12, 2021by Gabby

Cowiche Canyon, to a beer snob like me, is best-known as a hop variety. But it’s also a network of awesome trails just outside of Yakima, including a route you can take to a winery!

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Sage Hills

Posted on April 21, 2021April 21, 2021by Gabby

The flower show in some parts of the PNW is on! Right now some hikes are carpeted with arrowleaf balsalmroot and purple lupine–including this network of trails in Wenatchee. 

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Spring Hikes: Showers & Flowers

Posted on March 31, 2021January 4, 2022by Gabby

Spring is here, in our calendars, hearts, and gear closets. Even with this year’s massive snowpack in the mountains, there’s some great lower-elevation trips and hikes soon to be carpeted with wildflowers!

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Larch March to Tiffany Mountain

Posted on October 14, 2020February 23, 2022by Gabby

A larch hike…on a gorgeous WEEKEND day in October…WITHOUT crowds? They do exist!

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Skyline Trail Loop at Mt. Rainier National Park

Posted on August 26, 2020May 5, 2021by Gabby

The wildflowers were calling, and I had to go! For a few weeks a year, Paradise at MRNP lives up to its name by becoming awashed with purple, yellow, red, and blue.

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Chelan Butte

Posted on May 22, 2019July 10, 2019by Gabby

This Mother’s Day weekend, I again spent it with Mother Nature and Mama Boots. However, this time we were joined by my Aunt for a flower-filled hike in Chelan!

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Dog Mountain

Posted on May 23, 2018October 16, 2019by Gabby

Timing is everything. While this gem along the Columbia River Gorge offers stunning views in any season, for a few weeks in spring these views are gilded with millions of wildflowers in bloom. I timed it perfectly!

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I'm Gabby. When I'm not drinking beer and hiking, I'm likely drinking coffee at my desk and thinking about beer and hiking.

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