2014 Trips
Hamilton Mtn
7 miles of hiking • 2250' elevation gain •
Had bigger plans but all was socked in, try again later.
December 28, 2014
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Devils Rest/Primrose
9.5 miles of hiking • 2750' elevation gain •
Road walked Palmer Mill to one of the back ways into Devils Rest, then descended on the Primrose Trail for the loop. I've never seen the Primrose Trail in such good shape - thx to those folks who brought this back.
December 25, 2014
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Lucky Peak on Shaw Mtn in Boise, ID
10 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
Trip to Boise, Idaho and while there I hiked up Shaw Mtn to Lucky Peak. Great views of the Valley.
December 13, 2014
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South Face Hamilton Mtn
3.5 miles of hiking • 1250' elevation gain •
Explored the moss covered slopes south of the cliffs of Hamilton Mtn. Part of an east-side route to the summit?
December 7, 2014
Nesmith Ridge
5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Did a loop on Nesmith Ridge and Nesmith Pt Trail. Icy in places.
December 6, 2014
Broughton Bluffs in Troutdale
3.5 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain •
Did the scramble to the top of Broughton Bluffs up from Lewis & Clark Park that's next door to Troutdale - more challenging than you might think and nice views once there. Followed this by an exploration of the new multi-use path constructed along the Sandy and a look at the underside of the new bridge - room for countless transient camps and underage drinking parties. Too bad the multi-use path only goes from the boat ramp to the I-84 bridge, would have been nice if it extended as far as the HCRH Bridge across the Sandy. Finished with a hike along the trail that runs east from the park parallel to the rail line and I-84, nice trail - too bad it doesn't go all the way to Angels Rest. If wishes were fishes...
November 30, 2014
Palmer Plateau to Angels Rest
7 miles of hiking • 2000' elevation gain •
Hiked up Palmer Mill Rd to the trail that traverses the plateau to return via Angels Rest. Got snowed on. Saw an owl perched in a tree. Views from Angels Rest were good.
November 29, 2014
November 15, 2014
Hamilton Mtn, etc.
11 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
Hamilton Mtn then returned on some of the back roads and trails using a Don Nelsen map - with a little x-country to get back to the trailhead. Beautiful day, an early start beat the crowd but they were out in force when I returned.
November 8, 2014
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Beacon Rock and Hamilton Mtn
9 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
Soggy day - did Beacon Rock then hiked up Hamilton and took Don's Cutoff for the loop. Hamilton was socked in but I'd rather be on the trail, wet and cold than hanging out indoors.
November 2, 2014
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Hike along South Fork Roaring River
7 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain •
Explored an abandoned trail along the South Fork Roaring River.
October 18, 2014
Devils Rest
9.5 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
Devils Rest exerciser loop starting from Wahkeena.
October 12, 2014
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Mt Defiance in the Gorge
11.5 miles of hiking • 5000' elevation gain •
Beautiful day to be hiking in the Gorge. Had fun and saw interesting stuff.
October 4, 2014
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Nestmith, Horsetail, Bell, Oneonta, Franklin, Larch - Hike 'n Bike
17 miles of hiking • 4750' elevation gain •
Parked a bike at Multnomah Lodge and drove over to Nesmith Pt TH. Hiked up Nesmith, traveled Horsetail Creek to Bell Creek to Oneonta to Franklin to Larch Mtn and back to the Lodge. Biked back to Nesmith Pt TH. Bell Creek has never been in better shape. Horsetail Creek was all logged out, great day on well maintained trails.
September 28, 2014
Rudolph Spur PCT loop
15 miles of hiking • 4250' elevation gain •
Exerciser up Rudolph Spur with a return across the Benson Way Trail to the PCT.
September 21, 2014
Ruckel Ridge in the Gorge
9 miles of hiking • 4000' elevation gain •
Fire near hwy 224 blocked my plans to explore trails in the Clack so I did an exerciser in the Gorge -> Ruckel Ridge is always good for a workout.
September 14, 2014
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Rufus Ridge in the Gorge
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.
September 5, 2014
Nick Eaton
7.8 miles of hiking • 2750' elevation gain •
Exerciser up Nick Eaton returned on Gorton Creek.
August 31, 2014
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Veda Lake View
10 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Marched up from the TH off the 2656-309 road near Mud Creek to the boulder field above Veda Lake for a photo shoot.Explored the slightly brushy Dry Lake Trail and the upper end of the Salmon River Trail. Nice day in the woods.
August 24, 2014
Grouse Point and the Sounds Trail
14 miles of hiking • 4250' elevation gain •
Annual maintenance on the little used section of the Grouse Point Trail from the intersection of Dry Ridge north to the 4611 Rd. West on the 4611 to catch the Sounds of Two Rivers Trail to complete the loop.
August 16, 2014
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Cool Creek to Devils Peak
7.6 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
First time on Cool Creek Trail - will revisit as a bike 'n hike loop with other trails on Hunchback Mtn. Nice trail and does not mess around with long switchbacks. Good water about halfway up. Buffoons I passed at the junction with the short trail to the peak had left hot coals in a fire ring next to the lookout. I used what water I had to extinguish and dumped as much dirt on as I could. They had apparently come up from Kinzel Lake Rd as they left in that direction and did not look the type for hiking serious elevation. I say decommission Kinzel Lake Rd and maybe that will keep the riff-raff from burning down the lookout.
August 3, 2014
Casey Creek out of Herman Creek
10 miles of hiking • 4000' elevation gain •
Exerciser up the very steep Casey Creek trail.
July 26, 2014
Council Crest
4 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Exerciser from the work place -> down Conner Trail to Marquam Shelter then up to Council Crest and back.
July 14, 2014
Ridge out of Angel's Rest TH
4.5 miles of hiking • 1500' elevation gain •
Hiked up a ridge going south from the Angel's Rest trail head. Returned on Palmer Mill Rd. Hot.
July 12, 2014
GCC: North Ridge Direct
9.5 miles of hiking • 4250' elevation gain •
From Gorge Classic Climbs a hike up a ridge west of Defiance Trail originating out of Lindsey Creek. Tough going to start following old logging roads covered with blowdown from a storm a couple of years ago. Once on the ridge the going is pretty good. Hooked up with Defiance Trail at around the 3800' level and went by Warren Lake to return on Starvation Ridge. Great views everywhere.
July 6, 2014
Pansy and Mother Lode Mtns
12 miles of hiking • 4000' elevation gain •
Hiked up Pansy Lake trail to the saddle then on up to top Pansy Mtn, across the connecting ridge to summit Motherload Mtn. Followed the ridge going east to visit a couple of the hidden lakes on the north side of the ridge. Down the hill to intersect Twin Lakes trail. Stopped off at the lookout and returned to the trail head via Dickey Lake trail. Mosquitoes were bad, bad, bad.
July 3, 2014
Salmon Mtn Lookout Direct and the #787
1 miles of hiking • 3500' elevation gain •
Hiked up a ridge to the old Salmon Mtn lookout and went north on the abandoned #787 Salmon Mtn trail.
June 30, 2014
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Green Knob west from Salmon Butte
12 miles of hiking • 3500' elevation gain •
Visited the monolith west of Salmon Butte, neat, seldom visited place.
June 21, 2014
Smith Rock
4.6 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Visited Smith Rock for the first time, lots of people. Great views - took many photos.
June 19, 2014
Nesmith ROA loop
12.5 miles of hiking • 4250' elevation gain •
Did some maintenance on Horsetail Creek trail from the trailhead on Yeon Mtn Rd to the intersection with ROA. Sawed 12-15, tossed another 12-15 - lots of smaller blowdown left to clear. Will take a couple more trips.
June 7, 2014
Shellrock Mtn/Wyeth Loop
9 miles of hiking • 4000' elevation gain •
Off-trail hike up Shellrock Mtn, then the ridge south to the meadow on top - returned on Wyeth Trail.
May 24, 2014
Council Crest
4 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Exerciser from the work place -> down Conner Trail to Marquam Shelter then up to Council Crest and back.
May 22, 2014
Danskin Peak, ID
11 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
Hike up to Danskin Peak Lookout from the reservoir at the big turn in the road. Checking out fire damage from the Elk Creek Complex fire in 2013. All OHV trails are closed so no noisy, obnoxious ATVs, great day, ran into a couple of mtn bikers at the top. Danskin Peak is app 20 miles mostly north from Mtn Home ID.
May 11, 2014
Council Crest 5 of 5
4 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Exerciser from the work place -> down Conner Trail to Marquam Shelter then up to Council Crest and back. All the big mtns were visible through the haze. I'm pretty burned out on hiking to Council Crest.
May 2, 2014
Council Crest 4 of 5
4 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Exerciser from the work place -> down Conner Trail to Marquam Shelter then up to Council Crest and back. All the big mtns were visible. Trail is less muddy than yesterday. Very warm.
May 1, 2014
Council Crest 3 of 5
4 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Exerciser from the work place -> down Conner Trail to Marquam Shelter then up to Council Crest and back. All the big mtns were visible. Trail is less muddy than yesterday. Warm.
April 30, 2014
Council Crest 2 of 5
4 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Exerciser from the work place -> down Conner Trail to Marquam Shelter then up to Council Crest and back. All the big mtns were visible. Trail is less muddy than yesterday.
April 29, 2014
Council Crest 1 of 5
4 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Exerciser from the work place -> down Conner Trail to Marquam Shelter then up to Council Crest and back. All the big mtns were buried under clouds. Trail is muddy. Will try to do this every day this week.
April 28, 2014
Primrose Path
6.5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Took the Primrose Path to Devils Rest where I lost the trail in the usual place - in the brushy part below Devil's Rest. Not so bad this time as I went east and followed a boulder field below a cliff to get back on the flagged trail. Nice views from the boulder field. I'll try again going downhill.
April 20, 2014
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Tish Creek Ridge off Eagle Creek
11 miles of hiking • 4250' elevation gain •
Hiked up the ridge south of Tish Creek to the Benson Plattoe - fun part was finding a route up from Eagle Creek Trail through cliff bands the rest was a Ruckel Ridge type adventure save for a bit of brush work and log-hopping around the 2500' mark. Found a really nice viewpoint just before topping out with a views from Hood to Larch Mtn. Descended on Ruckel Ridge.
April 12, 2014
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Sorenson Ridge off Eagle Creek
9.5 miles of hiking • 4000' elevation gain •
Looked for an anonymous ridge off Eagle Creek for some offtrail hiking and found one south of Sorenson Creek so I'm calling it Sorenson Ridge. A marvelous ridge, no brush, clear all the way up to the Benson Platter but I'll have to make another visit as there are views but today all openings were pretty much socked in. Gains 3200' in around 1.75 miles, unrelenting steepness on a narrow, easy to follow ridgeline. Very wet.
April 6, 2014
Oneonta Trail to Franklin Ridge out n back.
10 miles of hiking • 3250' elevation gain •
Tested new 64s Garmin GPS+GLONASS against a 62s GPS in a canyon - went up Oneonta Tr to Franklin Ridge starting from Horsetail Falls. Got rained on, lots. Results inconclusive.
March 29, 2014
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Cripple Creek in the Clack
7.5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Had big plans to hike up Cripple Creek Trail to an overlook of Serene Lake, bailed out at the 4100' level just after the wilderness boundary.
March 22, 2014
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Tanner Creek to Tanner Butte
11 miles of hiking • 3750' elevation gain •
Did a bike 'n hike to Tanner Butte. Traveled the 777 Rd by bike (channeled my inner Lance Armstrong for this part) to the Tanner Creek Trailhead. Along the Tanner Creek trail , I stopped to admire the trail work done by PHer Sean Thomas. Near the Moffett Creek Trail junction I went up an anonymous ridge to intersect the Tanner Butte Trail then on up to Tanner Butte. Returned on the Tanner Cutoff trail to recover the bike, then back up/down the 777 rd to the parking lot. At the summit ran into Nat and E.
Winter is done, finished, finis, there is only patchy snow on Tanner Butte.
March 15, 2014
Council Crest
5 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Had to work today so I took a break and took a hike, trails were muddy.
March 8, 2014
Council Crest
5.1 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Hiked up to Council Crest from the work-20. Wet, very wet.
March 5, 2014
BroughtonBluffs
2.5 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain •
Did the scramble up Broughton Bluffs, twice as I wanted video but the first time the camera turned off on its own and I missed the shot - did a do-over for double the 400' EG. I hiked with a group - we all wore similar clothing.
February 23, 2014
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Larch Mountain Shortcuts
9.5 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
Today I explored a couple of routes looking for maximal elevation gain/shortest distance to Larch Mtn. Starting from Wahkeena I hiked up to Multnomah Basin Rd then followed a couple of ridges in a loop to see which one was the least brushy. Both ridges are nice but the one to the east had less brush and takes off almost from where the connector trail from Wahkeena lands on Multnomah Basin Road. Both ridge routes cross old RR logging grades. 9.5 miles, 3200' round trip from Wahkeena TH to Larch Mtn Rd. Wahkeena trail was packed with at least 3 groups doing conditioning hikes to Devil's Rest. Saw some people on Larch Mtn Rd when I got there. The background trail and other markings on the map are from Don Nelsen's work in the area - the bold yellow line is my track from today. Looks like I've found my shortest route. I packed snow shoes and wore them on Larch Mtn Rd but they were not needed there - I did not bother to go on up to Larch Mtn and for sure the snow is deeper there and snow shoes will be useful.
February 22, 2014
Beacon Rock-Hamilton Mtn
8.5 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
Did Beacon Rock followed by an out 'n back on Hamilton. Had sunshine and not much rain.
February 16, 2014
Broughton Bluff 2014-02-07
3 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain •
Tried for the scramble up Broughton Bluffs but chickened out 'cause of snow then went up the trail to the east for a bit.
February 7, 2014
Marquam Nature Park
3.3 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain •
On the south side to pick up Marquam Trail down to the intersection with Flicker Trail, connect to Warbler Trail to Fairmont St. then down to the use trail connecting Towhee Trail.Up Towhee on the old road and across the street to Upper Marqum Trail. Down towards the shelter to catch the Conner Trail and back. Very frigid, no mud, all dried out and frozen. 1:10 hrs.
February 5, 2014
Rudolph Spur - Ruckel Creek Loop - Feb 1, 2014
11 miles of hiking • 4500' elevation gain •
Started from Eagle Creek, went over to Cascade Locks and hopped on the PCT. On up Rudolph, did not take the trail after the 2700' viewpoint but continued following the ridge - great views along this route. A couple of hikers ahead of me (never saw them) broke trail heading towards the Benson Platter through the 2-3 inches of snow . Returned on Ruckel Creek Trail with melting snow raining on my head. ~5.5 hours round trip.
February 1, 2014
Escape from the Cubicle on Marquam Hill
1 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain •
I stepped out of the cubicle and avoided capture in order to go on a mud stomping excursion into the woods. Down Conner, up Marquam Trail to cross the rd, back up Towhee Trail to Fairmont and back. Nice signage for the time being, hope it lasts.
January 29, 2014
Escape from the Cubicle on Marquam Hill
2.5 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain •
Down Conner Trail to Marquam Shelter and back on a loop.
January 27, 2014
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Warren Lake on Mt Defiance
9.5 miles of hiking • 4250' elevation gain •
Went up Starvation Ridge to Warren Lake, return on Defiance Trail. Upside-down temperature gradient as usual. Did not take spikes - might have used them but I did not slip or fall anyway - Starvation Ridge was worse for ice than Defiance Trail.
January 26, 2014
Hamilton Mtn 2014-01-25
8 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Standard loop hike up Hamilton. I was only asked to take one photo at the summit and only one group asked how to get back to the trail head. Another notch in my Discover Pass. Usually I do Beacon when I do Hamilton but it was too cold and windy.
January 25, 2014
Munra - Wauneka loop
13 miles of hiking • 4500' elevation gain •
Loop hike up Munra Point and return on Wauneka Point east route. Parked at the state fish hatchery as I'm too paranoid to park anywhere else. Wauneka Point was socked in, bummer.
January 20, 2014
Shortcut to 777 Rd
6.5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Looking for a shortcut from Wahclella TH to the 777 rd. Got to the 777 road and went on up the powerline access road to the ridge going south. Landed on the Wauna Pt trail to return on Tanner Butte. The shortcut was more interesting than the 400 but not as fast in spite of the 400's long switchbacks. There's another route to explore from near the flume above the parking lot.
January 18, 2014
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Aldrich/Cedar/Table Loop
9.5 miles of hiking • 4500' elevation gain •
Hike up Aldrich Butte, Cedar Mtn, Table Mtn west ridge and back down the regular way. Parked at the hot springs.
January 1, 2014
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