August 4, 2013 Mileage Mike 8.8 miles 1,500 feet gained
Beautiful day with only 2 hikers on the trail! Only one view from old decomissioned forest road near Frazier Mountain. I was pretty much scouting out what trail conditions were and if they all existed. Plenty of trails to visit on another day. NF-4635 is a bit of a pain to drive on with all the potholes.
August 3 to August 8, 2013 Water (Matt) 20 miles 8,000 feet gained 5 nights
Bucket and I had been jonesing to get to the White Clouds or Sawtooths for a few years now. But one thing or another stepped in the way, backpacking trips to Canada, time on a friend's wonderful ranch in Montana, fires in Idaho... But eventually things came together. We had a solid block of time before getting to a wedding at said wonderful ranch at the end ...
August 3, 2013 Ken 10 miles 1,250 feet gained
Started out in the morning mists from the Tonga Ridge Trail Head. The skies soon cleared and we arrived at Sawyer Pass beneath clear blue skies. Headed south to Fisher Lake. First 1/2 mile or so is overgrown then a bit of a slick go through a creek bed before finally coming out in a meadow and onto a well-worn trail with easy tread. The lake was beautiful an...
August 3, 2013 Debbi 6 miles 0 feet gained
August 3 to August 4, 2013 Roman 5.5 miles 1,500 feet gained 1 night
Changed my Cooper Spur plan due to looming thunder clouds, then decided against Trillium Lake due to hiker traffic on the trail (not like Multnomah - more like Vancouver Fireworks kind of traffic...could be 1000+ people at the lake!) so Veda Lake was kind of last minute thought. It turned out a nice overnight trip - the lake was pleasant, very quiet (only 2 ...
August 3, 2013 Bosterson 14 miles 4,000 feet gained
Alpine start from Portland - arrived at the Norway Pass trailhead around 7am. Up around to the lakes basin, then up and across Whittier ridge and back down. Bizarre mix of people out there, from the group of backpacking girls who took 6 hrs to get from the parking lot to the first Mt. Margaret campsites (around 3-4 mi) and chided me about my cat hole trowel,...
August 3, 2013 tony1athome 2 miles 250 feet gained
August 3, 2013 Mileage Mike 11.3 miles 1,250 feet gained
Beautiful day on an excellent forested trail with a good friend. The trail system here is very dense with endless trails and options. Only met two bikers and no hikers the entire day! My knee felt excellent today!!!
August 2 to August 4, 2013 JM 25.5 miles 2,500 feet gained 2 nights
Very hot, dusty and smoky trip up the PTC under the peaks of Three Finger Jack to Wasco Lake. Crowded campsite, not alot of bugs. Early start and a trip up Canyon Creek meadows to fading flowers. Return trip via Jack Lake and from there a faint trail to Booth Lake where we took a dip and ate lunch. Even fainter trail and a bushwhack down to beautiful Square ...
August 2 to August 5, 2013 Chris 58 miles 11,500 feet gained 3 nights
Ah, the Wallowas. This is a trip I have been wanting to do for some time, and I finally had the time to do it this weekend. Fri 8/2 - 6 miles Friday, around noon, I drove out to Joseph, stopped in the Fly Fishing shop for some flies, and then drove around Lake Wallowa to the trailhead. Prior trip reports cautioned about how many people I would see, but I onl...
August 2, 2013 Mileage Mike 9.1 miles 1,250 feet gained
Very nice trails in this area, with no people on trail. Trails are rutted from dirt bikes in some areas. Plenty of ripe Huckleberries everywhere! Knee didn't feel very good today.
August 1 to August 4, 2013 ADB 22 miles 4,500 feet gained 3 nights
4 day, 3 night trip. Visited Sugar Pine Lake, Foster Lake, Lion Lake, Conway Lake, Boulder Lake, and Little Boulder Lake.
August 1 to August 3, 2013 Father Guido Sarducci 5.22 miles 1,500 feet gained 2 nights
July 30 to July 31, 2013 Allison 22 miles 3,000 feet gained 1 night
Full report <a href="http://allisonoutside.net/2013/09/cod-skins/"> on the blog</a>
July 29, 2013 Nat Turner 6.6 miles 1,000 feet gained
In the spirit of B-Dog, I'm starting a training entry that I will update. Front door to Summit 3.3 miles - 535 vertical feet. 7/30 - Live Music 7/31 - All Tanks are Dry
July 29, 2013 Nat Turner 5.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
After Work Blast. This place rules. No Dogs, No kids.
July 29, 2013 Elsie 16 miles 4,000 feet gained
After Mississippi Head on Sunday, I drove out to the north side of Hood and made camp at the Elk Cove Trailhead. Super nice campsite with easy stream access. However, the next morning as I set out at 8am on foot up the road to the Pinnacle Ridge TH, I quickly realized a camp up there would have had a stellar view of Hood bathed in sunset and sunrise glow dir...
July 28, 2013 JM 14.5 miles 4,750 feet gained
A mostly off trail trip up Barrett Spur via the Vista Ridge Trail. Hiked several miles through burned forest to the Timberline trail. A side trip to Elk Cove for some views of the mountain, then back, and a trek up to tiny Dollar Lake led to views of Barrett Spur. We started trekking directly up from there and didn't stop for a long time. At the top we liste...
July 28, 2013 Mileage Mike 9.4 miles 1,500 feet gained
July 28, 2013 Debbi 6.5 miles 750 feet gained
July 28, 2013 Elsie 11 miles 3,750 feet gained
Set out early Sunday morning with some girlfriends for Mississippi Head on Hood. Started at Timberline at 7am and made our way to Paradise Park. There is a route up the mountain from the Paradise Park meadows, as well as from Split Rock - we went up from Split Rock. We followed a scree path followed by some snow-traversing up to the Head, at about 7500'. Too...
July 27, 2013 Mileage Mike 10.4 miles 1,500 feet gained
July 27, 2013 Debbi 6.5 miles 750 feet gained
July 27 to July 28, 2013 daniela makowski 19 miles 4,000 feet gained 1 night
Yocum Ridge was awesome! The hike description from Portland hiker's field guide is very helpful however I would say that this hike (backpacking) should not be rated difficult.. It was long very long but not steep (enough to say difficult) at any given point. The first four miles are packed with the usual 'im hiking with sandals' type of people all heading to...
July 27, 2013 STOP USING MY EMAIL 10.5 miles 4,500 feet gained
Second time volunteering as a mountain steward on a Guided Climb with the Mt. St. Helens Institute. Started at 6:30am at climber's bivouac and finished at 5:15pm. We summited at 12:30pm. This climb was awesome. Definitely not enough snow left to glissade safely so we descended on the scree and boulder fields. I could feel it in my knees even with careful cli...
July 26, 2013 Mileage Mike 8.7 miles 2,250 feet gained
Actually 2 different areas of Boundary Trail on same day Corrected wrong date! Corrected elevation - actual = 2266ft, put down 0ft initially!
July 26, 2013 Debbi 3 miles 0 feet gained
July 26 to July 29, 2013 RenegadePilgrim 20 miles 3,750 feet gained 3 nights
I decided to post a trip on my Meetup group to do Serene Lake but from a different approach because I was too lazy to drive all the way to the Shellrock TH or the Frazier Turnaround TH. Besides, I had already done that trail and wanted something different. We started at 9a from the Roaring River Campground where the trailhead for the Dry Ridge Trail (#518) s...
July 26 to July 28, 2013 Jen 17 miles 5,500 feet gained 2 nights
Big Adventure on the east side of Mt Adams. A friend and I attempted to hike the Ridge of Wonders from Bench Lake to Sunrise Camp. It was extremely hot on our fist day. My friend's pack was too heavy. We ran out of water on the dry ridge. We began to get thirsty looking at all the waterfalls shooting over Hellroaring Canyon (there were a few snowfields left ...
July 25 to July 26, 2013 Karl 13.5 miles 7,000 feet gained 1 night
Had a wonderful day on Mount Adams, climbing it along the South Route, starting at 4am and finishing around 6pm. We arrived at Cold Springs campground with just minutes of twilight left; enough to pitch a couple tents. Got a few hours of shuteye, then hit the mountain and just had an all-around excellent day. Full TR on PH - see Resources link below.
July 25 to July 28, 2013 Roman 27.5 miles 6,750 feet gained 3 nights
Thursday - drive in to Snowgrass TH (15 +/- cars at trailhead) and hike to Snowgrass/PCT junction, set a camp for 2 nights. Friday - up Old Snowy, then to Cispus Basin in the evening, to see the goats. Saturday - move camp to the base of Hawkeye Point (Peak?) and hike to the summit. It got down to freezing the 3rd night. Sunday - took some pictures around Up...
July 24, 2013 Scott 8.62 miles 4,500 feet gained
July 24, 2013 Ken 7.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
A beautiful, sunny day for a hike to Beckler Peak. Trail is in good shape. 360 degree views at the top are phenomenal.
July 23, 2013 Nat Turner 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
Great Forest, tons of Spots by the water, Aero swam and was happy. Up to the Cliffs, great views, Aero not so happy to be tied up to a tree on the cliffs.
July 23, 2013 Beth 3 miles 1,500 feet gained
got enough wild blueberries to freeze and last the winter.
July 23, 2013 Beth 3 miles 1,500 feet gained
got enough wild blueberries to freeze and last the winter.
July 22, 2013 Allison 6 miles 2,000 feet gained
Fun scramble to the top of a former lookout tower location in the Idaho Selkirks. A small portion of this hike was on-trail; the vast majority was off-trail.
July 21, 2013 Mileage Mike 9.2 miles 2,750 feet gained
Stunning view of 5 volcanoes! Almost no people!
July 21 to July 22, 2013 Scott 20.01 miles 3,750 feet gained 1 night
July 21, 2013 Elsie 17 miles 6,000 feet gained
July 21, 2013 Bosterson 17 miles 6,000 feet gained
Drove out Saturday afternoon and camped on FS23 near the Dark Meadows trailhead. Lots of nice sitting rocks and a creek to chill the beer. Got up early Sunday and headed up the Dark Meadows trail to the meadow. We were going to head off trail to the top of Dark Mountain, but it looked really brushy and we decided to skip it. Instead, we followed the trail up...
July 21, 2013 Debbi 6 miles 1,250 feet gained
July 21, 2013 RenegadePilgrim 8 miles 3,500 feet gained
We set out around 9:15a, returned at 4p. We started at the Aldrich Butte TH (I use the term trailhead loosely!) and had a great hike up and up and up! The boulder field was easily navigated and we enjoyed the challenge for sure. It was a clear day with lots of blue skies and mountain views at the top. We saw Mt. Hood, Mt. Jefferson (just poking out in the di...
July 20 to July 21, 2013 Water (Matt) 13 miles 10,750 feet gained 1 night
success on the Kautz this summer. descended the DC route-my first time on that one above Ingraham Flats. the DC route is horribly dangerous, Kautz felt way safer. All said we felt worked by the time we were back to the cars, carrying over everything on the mnt was some work!
July 20 to July 21, 2013 Leo Suen 13.5 miles 2,500 feet gained 1 night
I went by myself on this trip. Just because I want to go back to start backpacking. Very nice view
July 20 to July 21, 2013 JM 7 miles 250 feet gained 1 night
Overnight camp off of Still Creek Rd near Mt. Hood. Neighbors camped nearby shooting guns, fireworks, playing techno music late at night. *sigh* Nice creek next to camp. Next day was an easy ramble along the Salmon River. Several forays into the river on this 90 degree day.
July 20, 2013 Sanish 5 miles 3,000 feet gained
Moderate hiking with John, in North Carolina Mountains.
July 20, 2013 Mileage Mike 8.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Nice trail but very dangerous due to heavy and fast bike traffic. Probably a good winter or wet weather hike?
