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Ganz im Nordwesten der USA verbirgt sich eine kleine isolierte Gebirgsregion. Die Rede ist vom Olympic National Park auf der gleichnamigen Halbinsel. Umgeben vom Pazifischen Ozean fnden sich hier Gletscher, Regenwald mit riesigen Bäumen, alpine Landschaften und zahlreiche Seen sowie Schwarzbären - aber auch endemisches...

Even though I've visited Black Butte already (see here), I had the urge to go up there again. Since I didn't have all day for my hike on this day, but I still wanted to do some fishing at Caples Lake, I thought that I could try a different approach for this interesting little gem. My goal was to try to climb the peak from north or...

Irgendwo habe ich mal sinngemäß gelesen, dass die Rocky Mountainsein ziemlich undankbares Gebiet für den Bergsteigerseien. Schnee bis Ende Juni, im Juli und August Gewitter mit reichlich Niederschlägen und der erste Schneedann wieder ab September. Eigentlichhatten wir für heute ja eine Tour im Bereich des Bear Lake ins...

My announcement to come back to Fallen Leaf Lake and climb Angora Peak and Indian Rock didn't take very long to happen. I hiked up to Angora Peak from the south end of Fallen Leaf Lake, via hiking path and later the not very distinct northeast ridge, followed the connecting ridge to Indian Rock and Echo Peak and dropped down to...

North Peak is a very attractive and high mountain on the boundary between the Inyo National Forest and Yosemite National Park. I already tried to climb it once, but failed already early in the morning due to extremely strong winds. The peak offers several different routes from easy to difficult and is climbed quite frequently in...

Today's plan was a tour at the south end of Hope Valley. 3 Peaks which can easily be combined in an day: The Nipple, Jeff Davis Peak and Markleeville Peak. However, in order to get to the very top of Jeff Davis Peak, I would have had to be a little braver (or would have needed a partner with a rope), because the scramble on the...

My Swiss hiking projects typically didn't have the same starting and end point, because I was almost exclusively traveling with public transportation and I would often choose to end my hike at a different train station or bus stop than the beginning of my hike. Here in California public transportation is basically non-existent, in...

Last week I added a mountain to my Sierra to-do list. Looking west from the top of Donner Peak, Devils Peak caught my attention. This week I can report that this to-do is already completed. After searching the net about Devils Peak, I found out on Bob Burd's site and on summitpost.org, that climbing this mountain was...

Spannende Kraxeltour durch die winterliche Wildnis der Sierra Nevada Nach den starken Regenfällen und der empfindlichen Abkühlung in der Wüste Nevadas waren wir uns unsicher inwiefern sich ohne Skiausrüstung eine Rückkehr in die Sierras lohnen würde. Während die hohen GipfelNevadas schon tief im Winterkleid stecken,...

Ein interessanter Canyon im Death Valley Auch der Mosaic Canyon ist auf Hikr (gleich wie der Ubehebe Crater) kein Unbekannter. Zum diesem lohnenden Ziel im Death Valley National Park kann ich mit diesem Bericht aber noch den oberen, spannenderen Teil hinzufügen. Mit dem Mosaic Canyon bringen wir kurz vor Sonnenuntergang auch...