2022 Trips
December 17 – December 18, 2022
1
Boy Scout Ridge
4 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain • 1 night
After work backpack. Like we started hiking at 9pm and were in bed by 1am after lots of photos. Added elevation since I missed adding it to October 4th trek.
November 19 – November 20, 2022
White River
3.5 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain • 1 night
...and, poof, we're back to snow backpacking.
November 16 – November 17, 2022
October 23, 2022
1
West of Timberline
4 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 1 night
Headed west of Timberline on the PCT past Little Zig Zag Canyon for a night under the stars, then explored in the morning.
October 8 – October 9, 2022
1
Milky Way Core
3 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain • 1 night
After work night hike and Sunday afternoon cider party gave us a squeek of time to get under one of the last Milky Way cores before next spring. Not sure I'm ready for winter yet.
September 24 – September 25, 2022
Timberline
3 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain • 1 night
A change of plans due to Covid. We did an easy hike from Timberline to get out for the night.
September 4 – September 5, 2022
2
Timberline Loop
42.5 miles of hiking • 11250' elevation gain • 4 nights
My sixth time around and still rivers take a lot of time and thought. This is the first time I didn't have a family member with me, rather two friends. We worked together and had a great time.
My husband joined us for the first very short 1.5 mile hike so we could get Milky Way shots and were able to see the Starlink Satellites.
August 20 – August 24, 2022
2
Yosemite White Wolf Loop
70.5 miles of hiking • 15000' elevation gain • 6 nights
Gorgeous, but hard trek on many unmaintained trails with a fair amount of rain.
July 30 – August 5, 2022
1
PCT favorite spot
3 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain • 1 night
Started hiking at 9pm after a work day. The Milky Way was out. Saw trail runners finishing and they reported the Timberline Trail is open for business.
July 23 – July 24, 2022
1
West Climbers Trail
3.5 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain • 1 night
Quick night out after work. Hiking at dusk was outrageously gorgeous in all directions and the Milky Way was visible later in the night.
July 9 – July 10, 2022
1
Cooper Spur
7.5 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain • 1 night
Everything was more perfect than we anticipated. A friend joined us, beautiful weather, no clouds, the Milky Way and best was spotting the Northern Lights over Hood River.
July 3 – July 4, 2022
2
Wind Storm on Mt. Hood
8 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain • 1 night
Beautiful clear night, but in a sandstorm. We found a spot to tuck into out of the high winds and saw the entire Milky Way Arch. In the morning, we hiked up to Marmot Rock and then back down to White River. The TT has mounds of snow, but it's passable ~~ even by
June 25 – June 26, 2022
1
Multnomah - Wahkeena Loop
5.5 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain •
Rain held off until the last mile. Great hike and visit with our son and his girlfriend.
June 12, 2022
1
May 21 – May 22, 2022
1
Bright Angel
6.5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Last minute decision to hit the Grand Canyon before a late night flight home. We revisited the same trail we did when our youngest was 5 years old and the others 8 and 9. We are so glad we started them out early because they still all love the outdoors.
May 10, 2022
1
Boynton Canyon Trail
8 miles of hiking • 1250' elevation gain •
First hike in Sedona for both Kevin and me.
May 9, 2022
1
May 7, 2022
2
Quick outing from Timberline Lodge
1.5 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain • 1 night
Started backpacking at 9pm and had a tired husband after a long week at work so we only hiked 3/4 mile in snowshoes to set up our tent. Stars were out, but not totally brilliant. Smoke from AZ? High thin clouds?
With so much snow and a clear day, Timberline was packed to the brim and turning away people coming up at 9am. We vacated a spot for someone.
April 23 – April 24, 2022
2
Kings Mountain in the Snow
5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Kind of brutal, but beautiful day giving out Easter candy to every other hiker.
April 17, 2022
2
Out of Timberline again
2 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain • 1 night
Just wanted to get under the stars.
April 2 – April 3, 2022
1
March 5 – March 6, 2022
1
Summit Meadows
2 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 1 night
Overnight trip with our son to see the Milky Way core. It was a bust. We had the best time with him & girlfriend.
February 5 – February 6, 2022
2
White River again
4 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain • 1 night
Fourth Saturday night in a row to start off 2022.
January 22 – January 23, 2022
White River
4 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain • 1 night
Late night hike on a full moon to spend the night in decent temps.
January 15 – January 16, 2022
White River
4 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain • 1 night
Night Hike like always. Group camped where we usually stay, but they were in their tent so we very quietly set up a bit away. Gorgeous sunrise by ourselves.
January 8 – January 9, 2022
Trillium Lake
4 miles of hiking • 250' elevation gain • 1 night
New Year's Eve with two of our adult kids and a girlfriend. It was the girlfriend's first time snow camping and it was 9 degrees. She was a champ but no one got good sleep. However, we did see the fireworks from Timberline Lodge.
January 1 – January 2, 2022
