June 23, 2013 The Angry Hiker 6 miles 0 feet gained
Recent Hikes
June 23, 2013 Mileage Mike 9.4 miles 2,250 feet gained
June 23, 2013 Beth 6 miles 1,500 feet gained
scouting this trail for future hunt for pumpelly cave.
June 23, 2013 Debbi 7 miles 500 feet gained
June 22, 2013 Allison 6 miles 1,500 feet gained
A quick, beautiful hike to Grassy Knoll.
June 22, 2013 The Angry Hiker 8 miles 3,750 feet gained
June 22, 2013 Mileage Mike 9.6 miles 2,500 feet gained
June 22, 2013 Sarah Silverman 8.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Awesome views from Pulpit Rock and the Pinnacle. The beginning was almost entirely on an incline, while the end of the loop was a much easier descent. This hike was a few miles too many for the puppy though she handled crossing rocky terrain like a mountain goat.
June 22, 2013 Karl 18.5 miles 4,250 feet gained
Had a great day in the blast zone, again! Went up South Coldwater Ridge on trails #230A and #230, to meet the Boundary Trail at the saddle above Saint Helens Lake. That's always a special place. Then wandered past the Rock Arch and down towards Spirit Lake and Harry's Ridge. Closed the loop by traveling through the tourist-infested stretch to JRO, and then i...
June 22, 2013 Chris 8 miles 1,250 feet gained
Just some Rock Lakes wanderings. The fish weren't biting.
June 22, 2013 Scott 13.8 miles 1,750 feet gained
I left the house just before 6am and made a quick stop at Denny's for a quality pre-hike meal. I met a buddy just after 7am in troutdale and we were Eagle Creek bound. We were hoping to beat the masses of people out there this morning and at least have a quiet hike to Tunnel Falls. Apparently, everyone else had the same idea. Which really was no surprise on ...
June 22, 2013 Bosterson 12 miles 6,750 feet gained
Left Portland 10pm Friday after work and drove out to Pamelia Lake. Left the car under headlamps around 1:30am and followed the trail to Pamelia Lake and up to the PCT to Milk Creek. Then off trail along the creek, taking the north fork to eventually reach treeline and traverse over on to the West Rib. Snow was not great and showed lots of recent avi debris....
June 21, 2013 Allison 9.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
So disappointing.
June 21 to June 23, 2013 Roman 9.69 miles 2,250 feet gained 2 nights
Did some trail work over the weekend. Friday afternoon cleared 5-6 smaller logs near Ball Point (still many left, bigger ones will require crosscut saw); Saturday cleared the short spur trail to spring (~150 yards - took me 5+ hours!) and spent the rest of time in camp reading the book; on Sunday went over lower trail at Little Badger Creek and cleared most ...
June 20 to June 21, 2013 Water (Matt) 5.5 miles 6,250 feet gained 1 night
kautz glacier climb/ski trip. aborted in high winds at night and imminent tent failure. skied in dark fog back to car, death-defying excitement.
June 19, 2013 Karl Beelar 7.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
June 19, 2013 Beth 5 miles 2,750 feet gained
Tecumseh from waterville valley side.
June 18, 2013 The Angry Hiker 6 miles 0 feet gained
June 17, 2013 Karl 19.5 miles 4,750 feet gained
Did a solo loop up Hunchback Mountain to Devil's Peak, then back down the Kinzel Lake and Salmon River trails. The rhododendrons were nearly at peak, the beargrass was busting out on the descent side, the trails were deserted! Went 16.5 miles without seeing another person on the trail. (Did see a few at both the lookout and the lake.) Highly recommended trip...
June 16, 2013 Mileage Mike 10.8 miles 1,000 feet gained
June 16, 2013 Stacey 14.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
8am start meant we had Multnomah Falls almost all to ourselves on the way up. Rhodies are in bloom the last couple miles before the summit.
June 16, 2013 Elsie 9 miles 3,000 feet gained
June 16, 2013 Father Guido Sarducci 9.08 miles 1,250 feet gained
June 15, 2013 Allison 7.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
A clear, beautiful day for a hike with friends.
June 15 to June 20, 2013 JM 22 miles 6,250 feet gained 5 nights
June 15, 2013 Mileage Mike 5.9 miles 750 feet gained
June 15, 2013 Patrick 11 miles 500 feet gained
June 15, 2013 Ken 11 miles 1,500 feet gained
A beautiful late spring day along a well-maintained trail full of wildflowers.
June 15, 2013 Debbi 6.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
June 15, 2013 scotty 11.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
June 15, 2013 The Angry Hiker 12 miles 250 feet gained
June 15, 2013 Scott 17.7 miles 4,500 feet gained
June 15, 2013 Roman 6.64 miles 2,500 feet gained
Made several discoveries today: 1. Aldrich Falls trail goes through Jurassic Park. 2. Hamilton Creek (rail?)road grades still make easy hiking route, and someone clears blowdown there. There's some poison oak but not bad. 3. There's a cavern about 200' above road grade, if you bushwhack up to Cedar Mtn saddle. It's about 8 yards wide, 5 yd deep, and 7 feet t...
June 15, 2013 Bosterson 22 miles 6,250 feet gained
The last and longest of the Eagle Creek to Tanner Butte 'schwack ridges. Up Eagle Creek to just past 4.5 Mile Bridge, forded the creek, the steeply up the ridge east of Opal Creek to gain the long ridge that terminates near Tanner Springs. Not as technical as 4.5 Mile Bridge Ridge from last year - mostly rhodies alternating with open ridge walking. Since I w...
June 15, 2013 Jen 7 miles 5,250 feet gained
Went with a small Mazama group, and got to the summit today. Started earlier,got up there very fast, ahead of the hordes. Snow much firmer this week for ascent, but too icy to glissade down from Hogsback, then turned to mashed potatoes below Palmer on the return. Very busy today. I ran into a friend on the summit! I forgot to put my camera battery in, so onl...
June 14 to June 15, 2013 Kyle Meyer 19 miles 4,000 feet gained 1 night
Our last trip before my wife Christy and I hike the John Muir Trail starting July 7th, this was intended to be a bit of a shakedown hike to ensure we're set up well for three weeks on the trail in California. We were the only ones at the trailhead Friday morning. It looks like we timed our trip to this wilderness perfectly—both rhododendrons and bear grass w...
June 14 to June 15, 2013 B-Dog 10 miles 4,500 feet gained 1 night
New Summit - 6 of 20 for the Year 2013 Ruth Mountain has been on my to do list for a number of years. A few years ago Mayumi, Jason and I went to Hannegan Pass with a plan of climbing Ruth and traversing over to Icy Peak. This was not meant to be, we ended up spending 4th of July in a tent for over 48 hours while waiting for the rain to stop. Then on the mor...
June 14 to June 15, 2013 Chris 17.5 miles 3,750 feet gained 1 night
Wow—what a great area this is! I headed down to the Pamelia Lake area for a little break from studying yesterday. The plan was to head up to Hunts Cove and see how far around the "Hunts Cove Loop" I could get given the current snow levels. I left in the afternoon, (after paying what I think is a reasonable $6), and by 2p, there were only three cars in the Pa...
June 10, 2013 Courtney Basik 10.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Hiking to Granite Falls from the Green Mountain trailhead was the longest day hike we have done so far - 10.3 miles round trip. There was plenty to see on the way there, as we passed Big Meadows we had views of snow capped peaks above a beautiful expansive meadow. We passed many small creek like falls and walked past a gushing stream which offered many place...
June 10, 2013 Elsie 17 miles 6,250 feet gained
DP: 8mi, 3200' gain (hiking time 3:15hrs) SB: 9mi, 3000' pain (yes, pain...my poor toes!) (hiking time 4:10hrs)
June 10, 2013 Scott 9.6 miles 2,000 feet gained
I wasn't able to escape the city limit's, but an in town hike is better than no hike!
June 9, 2013 Allison 8.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
A vision quest pit, a geocache, an eagle, beargrass, and perfect weather.
June 9, 2013 Mileage Mike 11.3 miles 1,500 feet gained
We couldn't believe the gate was closed, but heard it was opened tomorrow. We ended up hiking up the road anyway.
June 9, 2013 Father Guido Sarducci 10.77 miles 2,250 feet gained
Hiked up Tull Canyon to the B-17 plane crash site/remains and then hiked to the Tubal Cain copper mine.
June 9, 2013 Elsie 6 miles 250 feet gained
June 9, 2013 Stacey 13 miles 4,250 feet gained
Hiked up Ruckel Ridge, a loop around Benson Plateau, and then down Ruckel Creek.
June 9, 2013 Derek F. 6 miles 2,250 feet gained
Incredibly wet. The weather forecast was for a partly sunny day, but the cloud cover obscured views until about 11am. I didn't hang out on either peak until that long, but by the time I got to the clearing below the split the clouds broke up enough that I was able to get an amazing view. I was the first one on the mountain, having started my hike at about 7a...
June 9, 2013 The Angry Hiker 11 miles 1,500 feet gained
Had to visit family this weekend but was able to squeeze in a quick hike up to a boring lake Sunday afternoon. Took a sort of roundabout way up to Wallace Lake and then looped back down to the obligatory falls.
June 9, 2013 Jen 4 miles 750 feet gained
I brought my son and a friend up to do this hike on a lovely day. We took the Old Baldy trail. Still some snow patches, but navigation is not a problem. On the way up, we met Dennis, creator of the NWhiker website, http://www.nwhiker.com/. He is adding this trip to his huge library of virtual hikes.
