Five destinations · Summer 2026

2026 Trip to the
Pacific Northwest

JULY 17 – AUGUST 2, 2026

Two and a half weeks around the Pacific Northwest in the summer of 2026, the five of us. We flew into Seattle and worked west to Olympic, south to Mount Rainier, and back through the city with a day up in the North Cascades. Then we caught the train to Vancouver and sailed the Inside Passage to Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway. Rain, glaciers, marmots, and a lot of trail miles. These are the photos.

Illustrated panorama of the route: Olympic, Mount Rainier, and North Cascades in Washington, then north up the Inside Passage to Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway, with a Disney cruise ship at anchor.

Rainforest, ridgeline, and coast

Olympic National Park

31 PHOTOS · JULY 17–19

14,411 feet

Mount Rainier National Park

32 PHOTOS · JULY 19–21

The American Alps

North Cascades National Park

4 PHOTOS · JULY 23

Between the water and the mountains

Seattle

23 PHOTOS · JULY 22–25

Disney Cruise Line to Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan

Alaska Cruise

77 PHOTOS · JULY 27 – AUG 2