2018 Trips
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New Year's Eve backpack
5 miles of hiking • 1250' elevation gain • 1 night
New Year's backpack to watch the fireworks at Timberline Lodge. This bookmarked our year out since we camped at the same spot New Year's Eve 2017.
It was 12 degrees and cold, but we had two of our adult children with us as well as our daughter's ex and were able to scrape enough gear together for five so it was a deliriously great night!
Last year I had trouble getting the night onto the 2017 year, so I'm using Dec. 30 in hopes it goes on 2018's.
Happy New Year!
December 30 – December 31, 2018
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And again, Boy Scout Ridge
5 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain • 1 night
We saw a break in the weather and it turned out to be one of the best nights out in snow. 80% moon. Hoping for lots more like it this winter.
November 26 – November 27, 2018
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Windy Night Turns into Glorious Day on Palmer
5.5 miles of hiking • 2750' elevation gain • 1 night
Wind forced us into a bowl without a view of Hood, but today, we hiked to the top of the Palmer chairlift and it was glorious.
November 10 – November 11, 2018
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Blowing Sand Backpack
2.5 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain • 1 night
Backpacked up the west climbers trail, then the wind hit. We packed up in the morning in our tent without any coffee and headed home. Whew!
October 14 – October 15, 2018
1
PCT - Barlow Pass
4 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
Met identical twin hikers to surprise them and give them treats.
October 10, 2018
Wildwood
4 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain •
Quick get away when the mountain didn't look like an option.
October 7, 2018
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Illumination Rock
8 miles of hiking • 3750' elevation gain •
Wanted to backpack Saturday night, but rain and wind on Hood sounded less than ideal. So Kevin plotted the idea to head to Illumination Rock and we made it! Gorgeous new snow and ice on the rocks!
September 23, 2018
1
Yosemite Hetch Hetchie Loop
62 miles of hiking • 12500' elevation gain • 4 nights
Four days, four night backpack in Yosemite. It was hard.
September 4 – September 8, 2018
1
Up and Around Palmer
5.5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain • 1 night
Went up the Climbers Trail, spent the night and continued up to Palmer, headed west and down to the Timberline Trail and back to the lodge. Possibly the best time on the mountain this summer!
August 18 – August 19, 2018
Climbers Trail
2 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain • 1 night
No judging. We started hiking at 7:30pm and our goal was a good spot for the meteor shower.
August 11 – August 12, 2018
Cooper Spur
12 miles of hiking • 4750' elevation gain • 1 night
Started hiking at 7pm and made it to the shelter on the Timberline Trail in record time. Set up our tent at 7,000', caught the stars, then woke up and headed up to 8500' and all the way back down. Ouchy toes.
August 4 – August 5, 2018
Boy Scout Ridge
3 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain • 1 night
We simply wanted to get some star shots, so only hiked 1.5 miles out, set up camp.
July 21 – July 22, 2018
Broken Top Loop
28.5 miles of hiking • 5000' elevation gain • 3 nights
Well, I got nailed by mosquito and ant bites with long sleeves and long pants. Errggg. Other than that, No Name Lake was possibly the most beautiful scene we have ever encountered.
July 14 – July 17, 2018
Timberline Ramble
9 miles of hiking • 2000' elevation gain • 1 night
Got a 7:30pm start on the trail and headed to our favorite spot east of Timberline Lodge. After a drizzly night, we woke to a gorgeous morning and checked out Zig Zag canyon.
June 30 – July 1, 2018
Climbers' Trail
4.5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain • 1 night
Late night hike to catch some stars and elevation.
June 23 – June 24, 2018
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Saddle Mountain on Father's Day
5 miles of hiking • 2000' elevation gain •
Passed out candy to unsuspecting fathers. Most were delighted.
June 17, 2018
Lookout Mountain Under the Stars
10 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain • 1 night
Beautiful night under the stars.
June 2 – June 3, 2018
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Paradise Park via Blow Down on Steroids
17.5 miles of hiking • 3500' elevation gain • 1 night
There were SO, SO many trees blown down that we crawled over, around, under and through that we'll not be doing this trail any time soon.
May 27 – May 28, 2018
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Boy Scout Ridge
6 miles of hiking • 1500' elevation gain • 1 night
Beautiful night under the stars sleeping on snow with the rainfly off. Tricky conditions with snow/melted areas on the return back to the car.
May 12 – May 13, 2018
May 6, 2018
Wildwood Trail
6 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain •
Drizzly, but gorgeous hike in Forest park Germantown to mile 21 and back.
April 29, 2018
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Appalachian Trail mini section
8 miles of hiking • 1250' elevation gain •
Hiked from Rt. 16 to High Rock and back to Pen Mar.
April 18, 2018
Boy Scout Ridge for Easter
4 miles of hiking • 1250' elevation gain • 1 night
Gorgeous Saturday and windy, chilly Easter morning, but we had chocolate bunnies and plastic eggs.
March 31 – April 1, 2018
Forest Park (Pittock Mansion)
3.5 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain •
Hiked up to Pittock Mansion to catch the sunrise. No such luck, but we did catch a bunch of rain.
March 25, 2018
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March 11 – March 12, 2018
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Boy Scout Ridge via White River
4.5 miles of hiking • 1500' elevation gain • 1 night
Night hiked to our favorite spot. Used microspikes because snow shoes were overkill on the hard packed snow.
February 10 – February 11, 2018
Forest Park (Wild Cherry/Dogwood)
6 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain •
Miserable weather in the mountains so Plan B again.
January 28, 2018
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Plan B to Sandy River crossing
10 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain • 1 night
Our original plan was to catch some stars at Trillium Lake, but a traffic fatality by Rhododendron changed our plans. Since we were night hiking, we chose the route from the closed bridge to the Sandy crossing on the Ramona Falls trail and spent the night off the trail. Micro spikes would have helped, but we left them in the car. This Is a perfect reason to have maps. We were able to figure out Plan B with them.
January 13 – January 14, 2018
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Forest Park - Cornell Rd. to Burnside and back.
7 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain •
Miserable weather in the mountains, so Plan B.
January 7, 2018
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New Year's Firework Trip
6.5 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain • 1 night
Hiked up White River to catch the Timberline Lodge fireworks.
January 1 – January 2, 2018
