8 miles of hiking • 3750' elevation gain •
Found a nice gully to get up Rufus Ridge (the ridge to the west of Rudolph Spur). Nice unique views across to Table and Greenleaf and looking west down the Columbia.
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acorn woodpecker
hearts this trip.
Hey Ben,
The nose is good and no technicalities. The views are great and you can actually go out on the bare face of some of the exposed areas. At the top I should have turned north on the ridge you reported on a while back to reconnect with Ruckel Creek Trail but I went south instead. Peder did a report on this ridge a while back:
http://www.portlandhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=9648
I did it around the same time and had a slightly different approach - my map is posted in a comment to Peder's report.
acorn woodpecker
September 8, 2014
Nice job, Paul! I've eyed this ridge and had wondered if it went. Wonder if it can be accessed from the nose (without gear), as well? Thanks for posting it!