2013 Trips
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Yocum Ridge
19 miles of hiking • 4000' elevation gain • 1 night
Yocum Ridge was awesome! The hike description from Portland hiker's field guide is very helpful however I would say that this hike (backpacking) should not be rated difficult.. It was long very long but not steep (enough to say difficult) at any given point. The first four miles are packed with the usual 'im hiking with sandals' type of people all heading to Ramona Falls, then once you get to the timberline trail no one is there.. we made camp on the other side of Yocum ridge overlooking Sandy Glacier instead of Reid (where the official Yocum Ridge trail ends) we took the climber's trail around the ridge and camped down a rocky scramble in a meadow .. it was just perfect lots of snow and fresh water :)
July 27 – July 28, 2013
Table Mountain from Bonneville Hot Springs Resort
8.5 miles of hiking • 3500' elevation gain •
Wow did not expect this hike to be that hard! We had to climb up a boulder field wish wouldn't have been as bad if we had not taken our two mini australian shepherds who just couldnt do the boulder field. My husband and I had to carry them up to the trail. The views were amazing, on such a clear day we could see Rainier, Adams, St Helens, and Hood. The Gorge was amazing. The top of table mountain is very much sub-alpine and plain beautiful. We did the loop, and the way down was hard on the knees as well, is goes down a section of trail that is juts all scree and rock and you have to hold on to the branches of the adjacent trees or not be ashamed of falling on your butt. Beautiful nonetheless. A lot of elevation gain once you hit Heartbrake ridge trail.
July 20, 2013
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