Trip reports from the trail, the rock, and the road.https://journeywithjoshua.com/https://journeywithjoshua.com/trip-reports/mount-shasta-avalanche-gulch/https://journeywithjoshua.com/trip-reports/mount-shasta-avalanche-gulch/A strenuous and exciting alpine climb on the southernmost Cascade volcano. Memorial Day weekend spent right — seven of us, a 1am start, and the summit register at 0545 as the sun broke over a full cloud inversion.Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://journeywithjoshua.com/trip-reports/mount-baker-easton-glacier/https://journeywithjoshua.com/trip-reports/mount-baker-easton-glacier/Five days on the Great White Watcher with Northwest Alpine Guides. Glacier school, a socked in summit via the Easton Glacier, and a blustery snowstorm that showed us what we could handle. The trip that lit the fuse for the Big 5.Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://journeywithjoshua.com/trip-reports/mailbox-peak/https://journeywithjoshua.com/trip-reports/mailbox-peak/A North Bend classic and a notorious leg-burner. First time up, with perfect Stella along for the climb, snow near the top, wild summit wind, and the infamous mailbox waiting at the end.Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://journeywithjoshua.com/trip-reports/yellow-aster-butte/https://journeywithjoshua.com/trip-reports/yellow-aster-butte/A beautiful early-season favorite in the North Cascades. Steep up front, but the payoff is alpine tarns, huckleberries, and big views once the smoke clears.Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT