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Giant Sitka Spruce Trail
Olympic National Forest
Quinault, WA
Quinault, WA
0.5
miles
/ 0.8 km
June 16, 2025
2nd time visiting the world’s largest sitka spruce. Last time was about 8 years ago.. the tree is def thiccc with several c’s. Pretty sure after 8 years the tree seems bigger… lucky enough to bring my wife to it this time instead of just telling her about the experience.
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Wiggly Bridge & Steedman Woods Loop Trail
Steedman Woods
York, ME
York, ME
0.3
miles
/ 0.5 km
May 12, 2025
Short walk out to the Wiggly Bridge after we took a jaunt on the Fisherman's Walk.
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Fisherman's Walk Trail
York, ME
0.8
miles
/ 1.3 km
May 12, 2025
Beautiful day out on the trail. This spot has become more and more popular over the years, but it's fairly quiet on weekdays. We hit up the Wiggly Bridge while we were here.
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Barbour Rock Accessible Trail
Tioga State Forest
Wellsboro, PA
Wellsboro, PA
1.3
miles
/ 2.1 km
May 06, 2025
Beautiful day at the gorge after several days of rain. Took Jax out on a lunch break to take in the views and disconnect a bit.
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Haunted Mine Falls
Tioga State Forest
Wellsboro, PA
Wellsboro, PA
0.1
miles
/ 0.2 km
February 02, 2025
Been meaning to ice climb Haunted Mine Falls for years now. This trip was my first ice climb on Haunted Mine Falls and likely anyone's first due to its hidden knowledge before I did the original write-up and named the cascade. First up was the far ice formations with really thick blue ice. Climbed up to the sheer vertical formations where I then down climbed. Sam hit this one a bit too, getting up to just below where I climbed. Next up was the middle cascade which was formed into fun step-like ice chunks. I made it about 40-feet up this waterfall before down-climbing. Further up on the middle climb seemed a bit sketchier as the water was still flowing with several ice mushrooms sitting on a vertical pitch. Last was the main cascade to Haunted Mine Falls which sits above the big pool below. Sam hit this one first and traversed about 20 vertical feet above into the trees. I then sent it up Haunted Mine Falls all the way up to where it crosses an old logging grade before it continues up the mountain - about 60-vertical feet. Lots of fun!
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Ice Climbing
Upper Rattler Run Falls
Tioga State Forest
Morris, PA
Morris, PA
1.1
miles
/ 1.8 km
February 02, 2025
Great hike out to Upper Rattler Run Falls for some fun and relatively easy ice climbing. Downloaded the track to the MyHikes app and found the waterfalls listed exactly where expected. Went out with Sam Monks and hit Upper Rattler Falls several times on some fun climbs. Sam did some ice climbing too - we named his route Monk's Way. Despite the easy climbing and short height, I'm not sure that anyone else has ice climbed this waterfall, so likely another "first ascent" (lol). Due to ice on the roads we parked uphill from the trailhead. I would not recommend attempting to reach this trail in the winter to most folks, especially out-of-towners. If attempting to drive-in during the winter, definitely head in from the north and not the south via Morris.
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Ice Climbing
Bear Run Falls Loop
Tioga State Forest
Wellsboro, PA
Wellsboro, PA
0.8
miles
/ 1.3 km
January 30, 2025
My first ice climb on Bear Run and it was awesome! Hiked out to Bear Run Falls Major (aka Step Falls) to find the ~35-foot cascade was almost completely frozen over with lots of nice blue ice for climbing. I climbed up the left-hand side which was far too easy, then hiked back down. I then climbed the frozen waterfall 3 more times for fun before grabbing my gear. Climbed it for a 5th time and then sent it up the rest of Bear Run. Climbed the ~7-foot tall Slab Falls and then climbed both Lower and Upper Bear Run Falls (to the north) before hopping back on the old grade and hiking to parking. Overall this was an amazing ice climb. Really glad I spent my morning here.
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Ice Climbing
Black Run Falls
State Game Lands 268
Morris, PA
Morris, PA
0.55
miles
/ 0.9 km
January 29, 2025
First trip back to Black Run Falls since May of 2021... it's been a long while for me, but on this trip my focus was climbing the frozen waterfall. The hike in was easy until I hit a bottleneck with the creek just downstream of the waterfall where I threw on my climbing crampons and made my way up the frozen creek. I initially started at the lowest cascade, about 5-feet tall, and climb up to another short 4-footer to reach the base of the main waterfall. I forgot how short Black Run Falls is from its main base, excluding the cascades located downstream. Regardless, the waterfall wasn't fully frozen and in the center was rushing water that continued down the creek. I found two really solid routes, first on the left-hand side to reach the base -- located under a super sketchy shale rock cliff. Then I focused on the right-hand side of the waterfall where the best blue ice was formed. Climbing Black Run Falls is not difficult, even for a beginner ice climber. The right-hand side of the cascade forms large step-like ice formations that can easily be traversed to the top. Just be super careful of the potentially-loose ice that sits near the rushing water... with that said, the spray from the waterfall was a nice addition to the climb. I made it to the top of the frozen waterfall, hiked down through the loose annoying rocks, and did the route one more time before leaving. Beautiful and easy ice climb!
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Ice Climbing
Chimney Hollow Falls Winter Hike
Tioga State Forest
Wellsboro, PA
Wellsboro, PA
2.7
miles
/ 4.3 km
December 27, 2024
Hiked in from Owassee Road where it meets with Colton Point Road and hiked down along Pine Creek. We hiked up along the side of Owassee Slide Run before dipping into the creek with crampons and ice axes. Slowly made our way up the creek, ice climbing small cascades before reaching a 10-foot tall waterfall. Climbed up the 10-footer with Sam scrambling up the side. Next up were several 5-foot cascades back to back, about 3 in total to reach the base of Chimney Hollow Falls. I climbed up and sent 2 ice axes by rope down the icy creek to Sam. With some luck and patience Sam made the last of the climb. I then spent 15 minutes or so messing around on the vertical ice of Chimney Hollow Falls. Lots of "globe ice" near the plummeting water of the waterfall, which wasn't very stable so I climbed around the better ice to the right-hand side of that. Climbed up to a small ledge ice cave before descending. I climbed up the left-hand side, about less than 10 vertical feet, but found the left-hand "globe ice" even worse for climbing. After ice climbing, we had to exit the gorge so we scrambled up the super steep northeast slopes adjacent to the waterfall with our crampons on. With a little luck, we reached a less-steep ridge and followed that up alongside another frozen run to reach the top of Pine Creek Gorge. We then hiked eastward to reach the West Rim Trail. From the WRT we hiked straight back to parking.
Hiking
Ice Climbing
Haunted Mine Falls
Tioga State Forest
Wellsboro, PA
Wellsboro, PA
0.1
miles
/ 0.2 km
November 28, 2024
Annual Thanksgiving outing lead us to Haunted Mine Falls after a snowstorm kept us off of the dirt roads. Unfortunately due to the lack of rain this Fall, Haunted Mine Falls is more like "Haunted Mine Trickle" at the moment. The color of the water, evergreens, and snow on the ground was scenic nonetheless and was a great little adventure for our 9th annual Thanksgiving outing. Jax approves.
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Pine Island Vistas
Tioga State Forest
Stony Fork, PA
Stony Fork, PA
5.9
miles
/ 9.5 km
October 18, 2024
Sunset hike with Sam and Dustin. Great views, excellent foliage, and warm temps.
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Bird Woman Falls Lookout
Glacier National Park
West Glacier, MT
West Glacier, MT
0.0
miles
/ 0 km
September 20, 2024
Showed up at Bird Woman Falls Lookout one more time in hopes of getting a less cloudy shot of the waterfall and mountains. Cold temps and rain moved in instead with hail and snow around Logan Pass.
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