After 2 months away from the trails, I finally went back into the Cascade Mountains and hiked on this relatively cool Monday. Today I hit Cramer Lake and Dumbbell Lake via the trailhead at the Dog Lake Campground on US-12. Cramer is in Yakima County and Dumbbell is barely into Lewis County, so nothing counts for the local logbook. (I may be back in Lewis County in a couple of weeks, if I have enough money and time to hit the Packwood Flea Market on Labor Day Weekend.) Huckleberries and LOTS of ripe Cascade blueberries are around, especially in the Dumbbell Lake area. I filled a Sterlite container about 2/3rds full of berries. Nice toppings for pancakes, or to crush into a smoothie!
Wildlife: Chipmunks (x2), tons of birds including Mountain Chickadee and what I think was an Osprey (they eat lots of fish, and the lakes are plentiful in this region), baby Cascades Frogs (x2), and Cascades Frog tadpoles (x200+ in one pond!) No big animals except for the sound of one big animal cracking through the woods on the way back (probably deer or elk). No bears.
88.1 KWAO Vashon (85mi) / KYTR Union Gap (40mi) / CBU-2-FM Vancouver BC (197mi) / tentative 4th station, maybe KAYB Sunnyside
88.3 KMLW Moses Lake (94mi)
88.5 KLRF Milton-Freewater OR (163mi) / KNKX Tacoma (63mi) / KYVT Yakima (43mi - very weak)
88.7 KDMB Moses Lake (90mi - religious programming, very weak, probably the only possible given elevation and directions blocked/open)
88.9 K205FT Yakima (KOLU; 48mi) / CBUX-FM1 Victoria BC (165mi) / tentative 3rd station, KSWS Chehalis?
89.1 KFAE Richland (112mi)
89.3 KAOS Olympia (76mi)
89.5 KSOH Wapato (42mi)
89.7 KWWS Walla Walla (161mi) / KWFJ Roy (58mi - barely under KWWS // 91.7 KYFQ) / tentative CJSU Duncan BC (186mi)
89.9 KKJA Redmond OR (157mi - confirmed, ONLY Bend station heard, CSN International) / KXIR Freeland (110mi) / KQAC Portland OR (104mi)
90.1 KOLU Pasco (114mi)
90.3 KNWY Yakima (43mi)
90.5 CBCV Victoria BC (165mi) - get this, NO sign of KACS Chehalis, which should have been a given.
90.7 KNWR Ellensburg (61mi)
90.9 KVTI Tacoma (65mi) / KRBM Pendleton OR (137mi)
91.1 KYPL Yakima (48mi)
91.3 KGTS College Place (160mi) / KCED Centralia (75mi, with no sign of KACS)
91.5 KOPB Portland OR (104mi) / K218CX Yakima (KAWZ, 47mi) / tentative KLWS Moses Lake (95mi)
91.7 KBLD Kennewick (114mi) / KYFQ Tacoma (89mi)
91.9 KDNA Granger (42mi)
92.1 CBU-FM1 Victoria BC (173mi) / KUMA-FM Pilot Rock OR (137mi)
92.3 KGON Portland (104mi)
92.5 KQMV Bellevue (63mi) / KZHR Dayton (160mi)
92.7 KMSW The Dalles (72mi, very weak classic rock)
92.9 KDBL Toppenish (48mi)
93.1 KRYP Portland OR (104mi, very weak Regional Mexican)
93.3 KJR-FM Seattle (68mi, with new-ish sports format) / KRKL Walla Walla (160mi - KJR all over them surprisingly)
93.5 KWDR Royal City (87mi - only 210 watts, surprisingly good in spots, even at the Dog Lake Campground) / KACI-FM The Dalles OR (69mi)
93.7 KLSY Montesano (103mi) / K229AD Yakima (48mi - KDYK-1020) / CJJR Vancouver BC (198mi)
93.9 KPDQ-FM Portland (104mi)
94.1 KSWD Seattle (63mi)
94.5 KATS Yakima (43mi)
94.9 KIOK Richland (112mi) / KUOW Seattle (77mi)
(Had no sign of KITI-95.1 Winlock, probably for the same reasons as the no-show on KACS)
95.3 K237GY Prosser (KZXR-AM, 85mi - ALL ALONE, no Ellensburg, no Vancouver, etc.)
95.5 KBFF Portland OR (104mi)
95.7 KJEB-FM Seattle (68mi) / KKSR Walla Walla (161mi)
95.9 KRSX Goldendale (69mi)
96.1 KXXO Olympia (85mi)
96.3 KRCW Royal City (99mi)
96.5 KJAQ Seattle (63mi)
96.9 KYYO McCleary (89mi) / KZTA Naches (25mi)
97.1 KXRX Walla Walla (161mi)
97.3 KIRO-FM Tacoma (63mi)
97.5 KOLW Basin City (97mi)
97.7 KNWN-FM Oakville (103mi)
97.9 KZTB Milton-Freewater OR (166mi) - no sign of the KACS translator in Packwood, 14 mi away
98.1 KING-FM Seattle (63mi)
98.3 KEYW Pasco (114mi)
98.5 KNBQ Central Park (85mi) - no sign of Grand Coulee or Victoria!
98.7 KMNA Mabton (61mi)
98.9 KNUC Seattle (63mi)
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank (115mi)
99.3 KDDS Elma (103mi) / KMGW Naches (25mi)
99.5 KWJJ Portland OR (104mi)
99.7 KHHK Yakima (51mi)
99.9 KISW Seattle (63mi)
100.1 KQFO Pasco (115mi)
100.3 KKRZ Portland OR (104mi) / tentative CKKQ Victoria BC (165mi)
100.5 KWIQ-FM Moses Lake (105mi)
100.7 KKWF Seattle (63mi) / KHSS Athena OR (160mi)
100.9 KARY-FM Grandview (67mi)
101.1 KXL-FM Portland OR (104mi)
101.3 KGDN Pasco (112mi) way over K267CV Yakima (KIT-AM, 43mi)
101.5 KPLZ Seattle (68mi)
101.7 KZXR-FM Prosser (85mi)
101.9 KNHK-FM Weston OR (166mi) over KINK Portland OR (104mi)
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee (60mi)
102.5 KZOK Seattle (63mi)
102.7 KORD Richland (115mi)
102.9 KZTM Centralia (85mi)
103.1 KYKV Selah (47mi)
103.3 KWLN-FM Wilson Creek (119mi) no sign of KKCW
103.5 KWHT Pendleton OR (156mi)
103.7 KHTP Tacoma (63mi)
104.1 KXDD Yakima (48mi)
104.3 KMNT Chehalis (80mi)
104.5 KLSW Covington (68mi) / K283BX Wapato (KBBO-AM, 45mi)
104.7 KDUK-FM Florence OR (196mi) - all alone!
104.9 KYXE Union Gap (48mi)
105.3 KONA-FM Kennewick (112mi)
105.5 tentative KCGB Hood River OR (71mi) but very, very weak
105.7 KRSE Yakima (36mi)
105.9 KFBW Vancouver (104mi)
106.1 KBKS Tacoma (63mi)
106.5 KEGX Richland (115mi)
106.7 KLTH Lake Oswego OR (104mi)
106.9 KRWM Bremerton (68mi)
107.1 KRQT Castle Rock (85mi - barely audible at lake and playing an unusual classic rock song, 'Take Me Home' by Phil Collins! This is SOFT rock...not classic rock. The Rocket 107 ID did give it away)
107.3 KFFM Yakima (47mi)
107.5 KXJM Banks OR (104mi)
107.7 KWVN-FM Pendleton OR (154mi) / KNDD Seattle (63mi)
107.9 K300AP Sunnyside (KRKL, 67mi) / KHPE Albany OR (168mi)
Pics coming soon. May go on another hike between now and Labor Day, probably in a similar area and probably at a higher elevation (6000+). Being in Yakima now, I no longer have the Teanaway and Snoqualmie areas close for hike travel.
Wildlife: Chipmunks (x2), tons of birds including Mountain Chickadee and what I think was an Osprey (they eat lots of fish, and the lakes are plentiful in this region), baby Cascades Frogs (x2), and Cascades Frog tadpoles (x200+ in one pond!) No big animals except for the sound of one big animal cracking through the woods on the way back (probably deer or elk). No bears.
88.1 KWAO Vashon (85mi) / KYTR Union Gap (40mi) / CBU-2-FM Vancouver BC (197mi) / tentative 4th station, maybe KAYB Sunnyside
88.3 KMLW Moses Lake (94mi)
88.5 KLRF Milton-Freewater OR (163mi) / KNKX Tacoma (63mi) / KYVT Yakima (43mi - very weak)
88.7 KDMB Moses Lake (90mi - religious programming, very weak, probably the only possible given elevation and directions blocked/open)
88.9 K205FT Yakima (KOLU; 48mi) / CBUX-FM1 Victoria BC (165mi) / tentative 3rd station, KSWS Chehalis?
89.1 KFAE Richland (112mi)
89.3 KAOS Olympia (76mi)
89.5 KSOH Wapato (42mi)
89.7 KWWS Walla Walla (161mi) / KWFJ Roy (58mi - barely under KWWS // 91.7 KYFQ) / tentative CJSU Duncan BC (186mi)
89.9 KKJA Redmond OR (157mi - confirmed, ONLY Bend station heard, CSN International) / KXIR Freeland (110mi) / KQAC Portland OR (104mi)
90.1 KOLU Pasco (114mi)
90.3 KNWY Yakima (43mi)
90.5 CBCV Victoria BC (165mi) - get this, NO sign of KACS Chehalis, which should have been a given.
90.7 KNWR Ellensburg (61mi)
90.9 KVTI Tacoma (65mi) / KRBM Pendleton OR (137mi)
91.1 KYPL Yakima (48mi)
91.3 KGTS College Place (160mi) / KCED Centralia (75mi, with no sign of KACS)
91.5 KOPB Portland OR (104mi) / K218CX Yakima (KAWZ, 47mi) / tentative KLWS Moses Lake (95mi)
91.7 KBLD Kennewick (114mi) / KYFQ Tacoma (89mi)
91.9 KDNA Granger (42mi)
92.1 CBU-FM1 Victoria BC (173mi) / KUMA-FM Pilot Rock OR (137mi)
92.3 KGON Portland (104mi)
92.5 KQMV Bellevue (63mi) / KZHR Dayton (160mi)
92.7 KMSW The Dalles (72mi, very weak classic rock)
92.9 KDBL Toppenish (48mi)
93.1 KRYP Portland OR (104mi, very weak Regional Mexican)
93.3 KJR-FM Seattle (68mi, with new-ish sports format) / KRKL Walla Walla (160mi - KJR all over them surprisingly)
93.5 KWDR Royal City (87mi - only 210 watts, surprisingly good in spots, even at the Dog Lake Campground) / KACI-FM The Dalles OR (69mi)
93.7 KLSY Montesano (103mi) / K229AD Yakima (48mi - KDYK-1020) / CJJR Vancouver BC (198mi)
93.9 KPDQ-FM Portland (104mi)
94.1 KSWD Seattle (63mi)
94.5 KATS Yakima (43mi)
94.9 KIOK Richland (112mi) / KUOW Seattle (77mi)
(Had no sign of KITI-95.1 Winlock, probably for the same reasons as the no-show on KACS)
95.3 K237GY Prosser (KZXR-AM, 85mi - ALL ALONE, no Ellensburg, no Vancouver, etc.)
95.5 KBFF Portland OR (104mi)
95.7 KJEB-FM Seattle (68mi) / KKSR Walla Walla (161mi)
95.9 KRSX Goldendale (69mi)
96.1 KXXO Olympia (85mi)
96.3 KRCW Royal City (99mi)
96.5 KJAQ Seattle (63mi)
96.9 KYYO McCleary (89mi) / KZTA Naches (25mi)
97.1 KXRX Walla Walla (161mi)
97.3 KIRO-FM Tacoma (63mi)
97.5 KOLW Basin City (97mi)
97.7 KNWN-FM Oakville (103mi)
97.9 KZTB Milton-Freewater OR (166mi) - no sign of the KACS translator in Packwood, 14 mi away
98.1 KING-FM Seattle (63mi)
98.3 KEYW Pasco (114mi)
98.5 KNBQ Central Park (85mi) - no sign of Grand Coulee or Victoria!
98.7 KMNA Mabton (61mi)
98.9 KNUC Seattle (63mi)
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank (115mi)
99.3 KDDS Elma (103mi) / KMGW Naches (25mi)
99.5 KWJJ Portland OR (104mi)
99.7 KHHK Yakima (51mi)
99.9 KISW Seattle (63mi)
100.1 KQFO Pasco (115mi)
100.3 KKRZ Portland OR (104mi) / tentative CKKQ Victoria BC (165mi)
100.5 KWIQ-FM Moses Lake (105mi)
100.7 KKWF Seattle (63mi) / KHSS Athena OR (160mi)
100.9 KARY-FM Grandview (67mi)
101.1 KXL-FM Portland OR (104mi)
101.3 KGDN Pasco (112mi) way over K267CV Yakima (KIT-AM, 43mi)
101.5 KPLZ Seattle (68mi)
101.7 KZXR-FM Prosser (85mi)
101.9 KNHK-FM Weston OR (166mi) over KINK Portland OR (104mi)
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee (60mi)
102.5 KZOK Seattle (63mi)
102.7 KORD Richland (115mi)
102.9 KZTM Centralia (85mi)
103.1 KYKV Selah (47mi)
103.3 KWLN-FM Wilson Creek (119mi) no sign of KKCW
103.5 KWHT Pendleton OR (156mi)
103.7 KHTP Tacoma (63mi)
104.1 KXDD Yakima (48mi)
104.3 KMNT Chehalis (80mi)
104.5 KLSW Covington (68mi) / K283BX Wapato (KBBO-AM, 45mi)
104.7 KDUK-FM Florence OR (196mi) - all alone!
104.9 KYXE Union Gap (48mi)
105.3 KONA-FM Kennewick (112mi)
105.5 tentative KCGB Hood River OR (71mi) but very, very weak
105.7 KRSE Yakima (36mi)
105.9 KFBW Vancouver (104mi)
106.1 KBKS Tacoma (63mi)
106.5 KEGX Richland (115mi)
106.7 KLTH Lake Oswego OR (104mi)
106.9 KRWM Bremerton (68mi)
107.1 KRQT Castle Rock (85mi - barely audible at lake and playing an unusual classic rock song, 'Take Me Home' by Phil Collins! This is SOFT rock...not classic rock. The Rocket 107 ID did give it away)
107.3 KFFM Yakima (47mi)
107.5 KXJM Banks OR (104mi)
107.7 KWVN-FM Pendleton OR (154mi) / KNDD Seattle (63mi)
107.9 K300AP Sunnyside (KRKL, 67mi) / KHPE Albany OR (168mi)
Pics coming soon. May go on another hike between now and Labor Day, probably in a similar area and probably at a higher elevation (6000+). Being in Yakima now, I no longer have the Teanaway and Snoqualmie areas close for hike travel.
