South Sister

I was a little concerned about air quality but the forecast suggested it might be okay, so I packed up and headed out to the

Our family climbed the South Sister on August 15th. A Central Cascades Wilderness permit is required for this trailhead. 80 permits per day are released

We hiked 3+ miles up to Moraine Lake where we set up camp in view of the next day's journey up and up to the

Wow – South Sister is a Beast.  I picked this hike to do with parts of my extended family -Brother and Sister-in-law and my niece. 

I always enjoy this hike it beautiful, challenging! It was a really warm day with lots of smoke. I got to summit this hike with

Best time I've had thanks to the permit system. Hiked it for the first time last year and that was terrible and stressful due to