United States mountains

"We parked off of Northshore Road and hiked up the wash until we got to a sidewash that headed towards the SE ridge of Mud Crag, then made our way up there. Rich & Justine turned back from there, while the rest of us made our way across the valley to Mud Hill. The route up to Mud Hill was fun, but everything after that kinda sucked. The route we took down from Mud Hill was steep & loose. Our original goal was to try to go up the NE face of Mud Tower, but looking at it from Mud Hill didn't look so good. We got a bit closer and that didn't improve, so we went around towards the SE side, wher" - Mud Crag, Kevin, Dec 15, 2018

"I went with a Mountaineers trip to scramble up Mutton Mountain, 20 miles NE of Rainier, and 5 miles north of the Crystal Mtn ski area. We had interesting conditions, no snow at the trailhead (3000 ft), but above 5000 ft the snow was 4 ft of slightly sticky powder. Going up the SW facing slopes it was deep, but on the wind-blown final ascent it was not. We took turns breaking trail. The weather was predicted to be rain and snow, but we actually saw a lot of blue sky and sun - very nice! Never a full view of Rainier though. There was a forest fire a few years ago in this area, so we hiked t" - Mutton Mountain, markgarrett, Dec 13, 2018

"12.13.18. Bristlecone Peak (aka Raintree Peak) with Maia. Thank you Maia for another epic buddie adventure. We laughed, we chatted, we frolicked and consumed mini tacos and regular sized beverages, then practiced the fine art of making a snow angel. We met a lovely rescue doggie named Kerby and his dad Mark. The snow was sparkly and divine and it felt good to get 10,000’ above the sea to the top of a big Mountain." - Bristlecone Peak, paula.raimondi, Dec 13, 2018