2017 Trips
1
Birch Trail to Pittock Mansion on Green Friday
8 miles of hiking • 1500' elevation gain •
November 23, 2017
Wildwood Trail
7.5 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Nice hike with my son from Germantown Road.
November 14, 2017
1
Joshua Tree - various hikes
13.5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Spent the weekend in Joshua Tree camping with our daughter.
November 5, 2017
1
White River to Timberline Lodge
7.5 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain • 1 night
Lots of stars and way too many coats and snow pants in our packs. It was pretty warm. Whoot!
October 28 – October 29, 2017
White River Lookout
4 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain • 1 night
Had a miserable cold and a slight fever and little time because of work, but wanted to get out.
October 14 – October 15, 2017
2
Late night snowshoe from Timberline
2 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain • 1 night
Left at 8pm with needed snowshoes. Tons of stars.
September 23 – September 24, 2017
2
Lookout Mountain Again
9 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain • 1 night
Late start at 4:45 up Gumjuwac due to work schedules, so we had to rely on the days when we backpacked with toddlers. Lovely evening hike into the sunset.
September 16 – September 17, 2017
August 27 – August 28, 2017
Kesugi Ridge, Alaska
29 miles of hiking • 6500' elevation gain • 2 nights
Incredible trip where we saw the Northern Lights.
August 22 – August 24, 2017
1
Eagle / Symphony Lake (Eagle River, Alaska)
11 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Incredible hike with our son.
August 21, 2017
Kenai Fjords (Harding Glacier)
10 miles of hiking • 3250' elevation gain •
Soggy hike in an incredible place.
August 20, 2017
1
Timberline Climbers Trail revisited
4 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain • 1 night
Quick get away to watch stars under a nearly full moon.
August 5 – August 6, 2017
McNeil Shelter
11.5 miles of hiking • 3250' elevation gain • 1 night
Got another late start ~~ as in 6:15pm and made it to a secluded spot on rocks on a ridge for the night. Incredible views. Bugs were pretty bad heading up and then again mid morning coming down from the shelter.
July 29 – July 30, 2017
1
Timberline Lodge Climbers' Route
5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain • 1 night
Lacking time, we began hiking at 8pm and made camp at 7100. This morning, we continued up to 8200' then headed back. Star filled night.
July 22 – July 23, 2017
1
Tilly Jane to Cooper Spur Shelter to New Elliott Crossing
11 miles of hiking • 3500' elevation gain • 1 night
Quick get away to spend the night under the stars and check out the new trail crossing the Elliott. Looking forward to crossing the next time we need to. The trail is beautiful and I'm especially thankful for all the workers who fixed it up for us!
July 15 – July 16, 2017
2
White River to Timberline Lodge
8 miles of hiking • 2000' elevation gain • 1 night
Plan B because we weren't going to get to the trail head until 8pm due to work. Full moon and a little wind for a beautiful night.
July 8 – July 9, 2017
2
Lookout Mountain via Gumjuwac
10 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain • 1 night
Short on time, and wanted a view after the prior weekend sock in, so we revisited this hike.
June 24 – June 25, 2017
Gumjuwac to Lookout Mountain
10 miles of hiking • 3250' elevation gain • 1 night
So, that was what it's like in a cloud...
June 17 – June 18, 2017
1
Dog Mountain in extreme morning wind
7.5 miles of hiking • 2750' elevation gain •
Five cars in the lot at 3:50am. Extreme wind over pass.
June 4, 2017
Paradise Park
16 miles of hiking • 3500' elevation gain • 1 night
Solid snow from 4200'. Both the PCT and Loop signs were completely buried under snow.
May 28 – May 29, 2017
2
White River to Boy Scout Ridge Again (no joke)
5 miles of hiking • 1250' elevation gain • 1 night
Lovely late afternoon hike up Yellow Jacket to Boy Scout Ridge from White River. Tons of climbers' lights heading up the mountain around 3:30.
May 20 – May 21, 2017
1
Birch Trail in Forest Park to Pittock Mansion
8 miles of hiking • 1500' elevation gain •
Nice hike on Mother's Day.
May 14, 2017
May 7, 2017
1
Multnomah Falls to Larch Mountain
15.5 miles of hiking • 4250' elevation gain •
Longest hike of 2017.
April 29, 2017
1
White River Viewpoint
3.5 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain • 1 night
Ran into Splintercat near the trailhead at White River. Since we were so late getting started, we camped at the viewpoint near the Timberline Trail under a starry, clear night. The Easter Bunny brought candy.
April 15 – April 16, 2017
Forest Park from Birch Trail
6 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Forest Park from Birch Trail past Balch Creek Shelter to parking area and back.
April 9, 2017
2
White River to the trees near Boy Scout Ridge
5.5 miles of hiking • 1250' elevation gain • 1 night
Light snow a few times and clouds over Hood until late night, then crystal clear. High teens to low 20'speed. We headed up Yellow Jackets to the PCT.
April 2 – April 3, 2017
Forest Park from Germantown Rd.
4.5 miles of hiking • 250' elevation gain •
A quick out and back in between rain showers.
March 27, 2017
Cooper Spur Shelter
8 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain • 1 night
Beautiful Sunday, the last day of winter, turned into a windy affair during the night and pretty much drenched our tent with a good amount of snow. The Cooper Spur shelter on the Timberline Trail is filled with snow. You may be able to skinny through the top, but it would be creepy.
March 19 – March 20, 2017
Multnomah Falls / Walken name Falls Loop
6.5 miles of hiking • 1500' elevation gain •
Hiked through snow in many places.
March 11, 2017
King's Mountain in snow
5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Beautiful snowy day with a few feet of snow at the summit. Four people ahead of us broke trail, so it was a lovely path to follow.
March 5, 2017
1
Boy Scout Ridge (The Homestead)
6.5 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain • 1 night
Showed some friends the "homestead".
February 12 – February 13, 2017
Trillium Lake Again
5.5 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain • 1 night
Night hiked to spend the night. Potties were open (long crawl down) and stocked with TP, so it was a luxurious time!
January 29 – January 30, 2017
January 15 – January 16, 2017
