Lake Chelan State Park
One of the best kept secrets in eastern Washington is Lake Chelan State Park. See what you've been missing at this beautiful setting on Lake Chelan.
Columbia River Bird's Eye View Source to Sea - 4K - 4x Speed
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00:00 Intro
00:10 Canal Flats, Canada
00:17 Columbia Lake
00:44 Windermere, Canada
00:46 Windermere Lake
00:49 Invermere, Canada
01:09 Edgewater, Canada
02:27 Golden, Canada
02:28 Golden Airport
02:29 Kicking Horse River
04:29 Kinbasket Lake
04:38 Mica Dam
05:24 Goldstream River
06:03 Lake Revelstoke
06:28 Revelstoke Dam
06:36 Revelstoke, Canada
06:37 Illecillewaet River
06:39 Revelstoke Airport
07:54 Nakusp, Canada
08:57 Upper Arrow Lake
09:47 Keenleyside Dam
09:53 Castlegar, Canada
09:54 Kootenay River
09:57 Ootischenia, Canada
10:02 Blueberry Creek, Canada
10:06 Genelle, Canada
10:16 Sunningdale, Canada
10:17 Tadanac, Canada
10:18 Trail, Canada
10:19 East Trail, Canada
10:20 Shavers Bench, Canada
10:21 Glenmerry, Canada
10:25 Montrose, Canada
10:26 Trail Airport
10:31 Pend Oreille River and Waneta Dam
10:32 Canada Border Services Agency (Canada - U.S. Border)
10:33 US Customs and Border Protection (U.S. - Canada Border)
10:46 Northport, U.S.
11:15 Kettle River
11:20 Marcus, U.S.
11:22 Kettle Falls, U.S.
11:30 Old Kettle Falls Recreation Site
11:58 Inchelium, U.S.
12:46 Spokane River
12:50 Deer Meadows, U.S.
12:52 Seven Bays, U.S.
12:57 Lincoln, U.S.
13:35 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake
13:45 Grand Coulee Dam
13:46 Coulee Dam, U.S.
13:48 Lone Pine, U.S.
13:50 Elmer City, U.S.
14:54 Chief Joseph Dam
14:55 Bridgeport, U.S.
15:01 Downing, U.S.
15:05 Okanogan River
15:08 Lake Pateros
15:11 Brewster, U.S.
15:29 Lake Pateros
15:30 Wells Dam
15:43 Chelan, U.S.
16:26 Rocky Reach Dam
16:35 West Wenatchee, U.S.
16:38 East Wenatchee Bench, U.S.
16:45 Pangborn Memorial Airport
16:53 Rock Island Pool
16:55 Rock Island Dam
17:11 Trinidad, U.S.
17:13 Wanapum Lake
17:24 Wanapum, U.S.
17:43 Wanapum Dam
18:04 Desert Aire, U.S.
18:08 Priest Rapids Dam
18:26 Manhattan Project National Historical Site
18:30 Hanford Site
19:28 Richland, U.S.
19:31 Yakima River
19:35 West Pasco, U.S.
19:36 Kennewick Man Excavation Site
19:38 Columbia Park
19:40 Kennewick, U.S.
19:42 Pasco, U.S.
19:47 Burbank, U.S.
19:48 Finley, U.S.
19:59 Wallula, U.S.
20:31 Macnary, U.S.
20:32 McNary Lock & Dam
20:33 Umatilla, U.S.
20:43 Irrigon, U.S.
21:01 Boardman, U.S.
21:37 Arlington, U.S.
22:12 John Day Dam
22:45 The Dalles Dam
22:47 Columbia Gorge Regional Airport
22:48 The Dalles, U.S.
22:59 Lyle, U.S.
23:08 Mosier, U.S.
23:14 White Salmon, U.S.
23:18 Hood River, U.S.
23:38 Carson, U.S.
23:42 Stevenson, U.S.
23:44 Cascade Locks, U.S.
23:48 Bonneville Dam
23:50 North Bonneville, U.S.
24:19 Washougal, U.S.
24:23 Camas, U.S.
24:27 Fisher's Landing East, U.S.
24:28 Cascade Highlands
24:29 Government Island, U.S.
24:30 Argay, U.S.
24:31 Maywood Park, U.S.
24:33 Portland International Airport
24:34 Northeast Portland, U.S.
24:35 Vancouver Heights, U.S.
24:41 Vancouver, U.S.
24:42 Hyeden Island, U.S.
24:46 Willamette River
25:07 St Helens, U.S.
25:11 Columbia City, U.S.
25:31 Cowlitz River
25:34 Longview, U.S.
25:40 West Longview, U.S.
26:06 East Cathlament, U.S.
26:08 Cathlament, U.S.
26:43 Chinook, U.S.
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This is the Columbia River bird's eye view from the source to the mouth. It flows from British Columbia, Canada, via Washington, U.S., Oregon, U.S. to the Pacific Ocean.
Created in April 2022.
Hiking To Snow Lakes
A great July hike to Snow Lakes in the Alpine Wilderness of the Okanogan/Wenatchee National Forest. Trailhead is just east of Leavenworth, Washington. It is a 16 mile out and back hike with so much great scenery. You will also pass Lake Nada which is about a mile before Snow Lakes.
Columbia River Bird's Eye View Source to Sea - 4K
_/_/_/ Location list _/_/_/
00:00 Intro
00:09 Canal Flats, Canada
00:36 Columbia Lake
02:24 Windermere, Canada
02:31 Windermere Lake
02:41 Invermere, Canada
04:01 Edgewater, Canada
09:15 Golden, Canada
09:17 Golden Airport
09:24 Kicking Horse River
17:30 Kinbasket Lake
17:57 Mica Dam
21:00 Goldstream River
23:36 Lake Revelstoke
25:21 Revelstoke Dam
25:51 Revelstoke, Canada
25:53 Illecillewaet River
26:02 Revelstoke Airport
31:05 Nakusp, Canada
35:12 Upper Arrow Lake
38:34 Keenleyside Dam
39:01 Castlegar, Canada
39:08 Kootenay River
39:16 Ootischenia, Canada
39:31 Blueberry Creek, Canada
39:47 Genelle, Canada
40:29 Sunningdale, Canada
40:32 Tadanac, Canada
40:39 Trail, Canada
40:41 East Trail, Canada
40:44 Shavers Bench, Canada
40:48 Glenmerry, Canada
41:05 Montrose, Canada
41:12 Trail Airport
41:29 Pend Oreille River and Waneta Dam
41:32 Canada Border Services Agency (Canada - U.S. Border)
41:34 US Customs and Border Protection (U.S. - Canada Border)
42:27 Northport, U.S.
44:27 Kettle River
44:50 Marcus, U.S.
44:53 Kettle Falls, U.S.
45:27 Old Kettle Falls Recreation Site
47:17 Inchelium, U.S.
50:28 Spokane River
50:47 Deer Meadows, U.S.
50:58 Seven Bays, U.S.
51:13 Lincoln, U.S.
53:45 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake
54:25 Grand Coulee Dam
54:27 Coulee Dam, U.S.
54:35 Lone Pine, U.S.
54:43 Elmer City, U.S.
59:02 Chief Joseph Dam
59:09 Bridgeport, U.S.
59:30 Downing, U.S.
59:42 Okanogan River
59:57 Lake Pateros
01:00:07 Brewster, U.S.
01:01:11 Lake Pateros
01:01:21 Wells Dam
01:02:17 Chelan, U.S.
01:05:11 Rocky Reach Dam
01:05:45 West Wenatchee, U.S.
01:05:56 East Wenatchee Bench, U.S.
01:06:25 Pangborn Memorial Airport
01:07:01 Rock Island Pool
01:07:04 Rock Island Dam
01:08:05 Trinidad, U.S.
01:08:18 Wanapum Lake
01:09:06 Wanapum, U.S.
01:10:27 Wanapum Dam
01:11:44 Desert Aire, U.S.
01:11:59 Priest Rapids Dam
01:13:07 Manhattan Project National Historical Site
01:13:24 Hanford Site
01:17:19 Richland, U.S.
01:17:29 Yakima River
01:17:47 West Pasco, U.S.
01:17:49 Kennewick Man Excavation Site
01:17:58 Columbia Park
01:18:03 Kennewick, U.S.
01:18:16 Pasco, U.S.
01:18:37 Burbank, U.S.
01:18:38 Finley, U.S.
01:19:19 Wallula, U.S.
01:21:26 Macnary, U.S.
01:21:30 McNary Lock & Dam
01:21:38 Umatilla, U.S.
01:22:16 Irrigon, U.S.
01:23:26 Boardman, U.S.
01:25:52 Arlington, U.S.
01:28:15 John Day Dam
01:30:27 The Dalles Dam
01:30:35 Columbia Gorge Regional Airport
01:30:41 The Dalles, U.S.
01:31:28 Lyle, U.S.
01:31:56 Mosier, U.S.
01:32:27 White Salmon, U.S.
01:32:37 Hood River, U.S.
01:33:55 Carson, U.S.
01:34:15 Stevenson, U.S.
01:34:23 Cascade Locks, U.S.
01:34:39 Bonneville Dam
01:34:50 North Bonneville, U.S.
01:36:40 Washougal, U.S.
01:36:52 Camas, U.S.
01:37:13 Fisher's Landing East, U.S.
01:37:17 Cascade Highlands
01:37:23 Argay, U.S.
01:37:24 Government Island, U.S.
01:37:27 Maywood Park, U.S.
01:37:39 Portland International Airport
01:37:40 Northeast Portland, U.S.
01:37:43 Vancouver Heights, U.S.
01:38:05 Vancouver, U.S.
01:38:14 Hyeden Island, U.S.
01:38:28 Willamette River
01:39:51 St Helens, U.S.
01:40:06 Columbia City, U.S.
01:41:32 Cowlitz River
01:41:47 Longview, U.S.
01:42:03 West Longview, U.S.
01:43:50 East Cathlament, U.S.
01:43:55 Cathlament, U.S.
01:46:17 Chinook, U.S.
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This is the Columbia River bird's eye view from the source to the mouth. It flows from British Columbia, Canada, via Washington, U.S., Oregon, U.S. to the Pacific Ocean.
Created in March 2022.
Off the Beaten Path. Next Level Obscure 44 Trails. Cedar Creek to Underhill.
Located East of Mount Hood, the Cedar Creek trail is one of the least ridden of the 44 trails since the most obvious route involves climbing out after descending and most people don't want to do that. This loop at least takes away the backtrack up the Lookout Mountain trail using the Underhill Trail as the return. It's still a climb, but at least it's different.
Crystal Lakes via PCT to Dewey Lakes, Mt. Rainier NP - W.O. Douglas Wilderness Area, WA 060615
This was a 20+ mile day hike that I had wanted to do for some time and finally decided to take advantage of the low snow pack and long days to hike the Crystal Lakes trail over to the PCT via Sourdough Gap, Sheep Lake, Chinook Pass and on to Dewey Lakes and return via the Naches Peak Loop trail to Tipsoo Lake and continue back the way I came in from Chinook Pass. This took just a bit over 11 hours to cover. It's amazing how losing nearly 40 pounds in 5 months can make traveling easier! The weather was a bit warm, but water was still plentiful (using a purifier) to refill my bottles. I have hiked this before in seperate trips -Crystal Lakes to Sourdough Gap, Chinook Pass to Sourdough Gap & Chinook Pass to Dewey Lakes (both PCT & Nachees Loop) and though it would be fun to do this in one trek - now I know! There were lots of other hikers on this day on the PCT from Sheep Lake to the junction of the Naches Peak Loop trail, but few hikers elsewhere, especially Crystal Lakes trail.
I did not note any features in this video, so those not familiar to this area, here is a list in order of the main features in this video along the way from the trail head:
Crystal Creek
Junction of trail to Crystal Peak
Junction to Lower Crystal Lake camp area (did not go to lake)
Upper Crystal Lake
Park boundary & Cascade divide
Pacific Crest Trail junction
Sourdough Gap (featured in thumbnail)
Sheep Lake
Chinook Pass parking area - and PCT bridge over SR 410 (which also marks the Mt. Rainier NP / Okanogon - Wenatchee NF , Pierce / Yakima Counties, Eastern / Western Washington & Cowlitz River / Yakima River [both Columbia River] watershed dividing lines)
Junction of Naches Peak Loop trail
Low pitched call of Blue Grouse
Dewey Lakes ( East [big] and West [small])
Return on Naches Peak Loop trail
Tarn w/ Mt. Rainier on Loop trail
Tipsoo Lake
Return to Chinook Pass
Happy trails!
HH
Image source: Panasonic HC-X900M HD digital video camcorder (@1080p)
Snow Hike to Annette Lake Seattle, Washington
Hiking up to Annette Lake just outside of North Bend, Washington State in the beautiful PNW.
In my last video, we started out on the Annette Lake trail, but ended up turning back just after the first avalanche chute. Melting snow was deep and slick and the post-holing became dangerous. Of course, my trusty snowshoes were in the car, right where they would do most good.
This video is 'Take 2.' Trekked up and made it to the lake this time. Snow levels were a lot lower, but the Winter to Spring transition was still in full effect. The woods were magical and the snow melting into waterfalls down the mountain was serene.
Another sweet hike in this PNW Wonderland.
Enjoy!
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