Each week I will write about my hiking and camping trips and keep a running total of the miles I hiked, well at least try to. Whether it be just doing some camping along the Clark Fork River with the trailer to a multi-day backpacking trip, I will create some kind of read and some pictures for those interested. I am only doing these weekly reports for my hiking season that usually runs between April and October depending on weather.
2027 GOALS: I start each year with a set of goals for the summer. Each year my overall goals are to visit 40 lakes / peaks and hike 400 miles. I only count a lake 1 time even though I may visit it multiple times during the summer as part of other trips; and hiking trail "only" miles are counted. Specific goals include visiting Steep Lakes and Newman Lake; and summits of Crater Mountain, Straight Peak and Admiral Peak. For backpacking a 5-day loop of Fish Creek, 4 days to the Cache Lakes, visit the Five Lakes Butte area; and a trip into the 4 Lakes area near Thompson Falls are on tap. Some of these goals overlap with each other. Everything else that I end up doing are just weekly opportunities. I am hoping to have a better year than 2026 that included nagging injuries and too much smoke & excessively hot weather that limited my adventures.
2026 Summary: How it Went This Past Summer
