May 12, 2013 Karl Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area 22.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
Went up Hamilton the normal way, with a detour along the cliffs of Little Hamilton. Then just continued NNW, out past the state park boundary, until I hit a clearcut. Looped around to the far side of Hardy Ridge, bushwhacked up to Phlox Point, and enjoyed a few more views. Coming down, I realized there was still lots of day left, so I took the chance to expl...
May 12 to May 13, 2013 Elsie Mount Saint Helens 7 miles 2,500 feet gained 1 night
Hiked into what we knew was going to be a soggy Mother's Day. The mountain had record permit numbers on beautiful Saturday - 649 climbers!! The parking lot was a craziness of cars and costumes and parties when we arrived in the evening. It was so balmy all evening and night that the snow was still slushy when we set off at 4am. Wore microspikes in some parts...
May 11, 2013 Water (Matt) White River Glacier 7 miles 5,500 feet gained
been a while after a lot of talk and attempts to finally top out via this route. nice to carry the skis up and over as well. afterwards headed to the deschutes for the stonefly hatch and some trout fishing.
May 11, 2013 Mileage Mike Low Divide Creek 13 miles 2,000 feet gained
May 11, 2013 Scott Multnomah Falls 15.75 miles 4,750 feet gained
I started towards Larch Mountain from Multnomah Falls at 1:30pm. My energy level was a bit on the low side all day, but I just took my time and made it to Sherrard Point. Its nice to have Sherrard all to yourself on a clear afternoon, something that is only possible before the snow gate is open. Speaking of snow... The parking lot still had several feet of s...
May 11, 2013 scotty Cattail Lake 11 miles 1,250 feet gained
May 11, 2013 Parrot Perham Creek 6 miles 750 feet gained
This was the first trip of the year for me after a long hiatus. I was looking for a moderate hike to test out long stored gear and long stored legs. The day could not have been better with nearly 85 degrees at mid-day. Not surprisingly there was a bit of humidity and a few more bugs than anticipated. Note that this hike begins on the Oregon side of the Colum...
May 11 to May 12, 2013 Kyle Meyer North Lake 11.5 miles 4,000 feet gained 1 night
Our original plan was Bear Lake, but it was sufficiently hot-as-hell out to make stopping at North Lake an easy decision. This trail is cruel and unusual—unyieldingly steep throughout. It will be a while before I do this trail again. The lake itself was okay—shallow with a mud bottom. I caught a few decent sized eastern brook trout near the outlet on wet fli...
May 11, 2013 Chris Tanner Butte 25.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
10:30 AM start from Tooth Rock, 8:00 PM finish. Was just going to do Tanner, but my time was looking good. Nice views from the top. Did the old highway instead of the 400 to get from the hatchery back to the Tooth. There was a 1/2 mile stretch of snow behind Tanner, and a few spots here and there above 4000', but everything else was clear. Eagle Creek crossi...
May 11, 2013 Debbi Panorama Point 4.5 miles 750 feet gained
May 11, 2013 Bosterson Mount Hood 7 miles 5,750 feet gained
Interesting conditions on Hood after all the heat - crevasses and bergschrund opened up on the glaciers. A little icy in the Hourglass but fun climbing. Old Chute was steeper and more frozen than previously, making the decent a little harder. Super slushy below the Hogsback. About a million people on the south side.
May 10, 2013 JM Falling Creek 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
Baby Great Horned owls on the hike
May 10, 2013 Bosterson Saint Peters Dome 6 miles 4,000 feet gained
Hot day for brushy scrambling. Then rappelling! Then more brush!
May 10, 2013 B-Dog Granite Mountain 6 miles 3,750 feet gained
Left work early on Friday to go squeeze out the last bit of sunshine, before the rain comes again. After reading reports and seeing the memorial for the climber that died up on Granite by an avalanche on April 13th, we were all thinking of Mitch as we climbed on into the sunset last night. It sounds like he was a great man and an avid mountaineer. He will be...
May 9, 2013 Molly Higgins 16.81 miles 2,000 feet gained
The Wapack Trail is a 21 mile interstate trail from Mt. Watatic in Ashburnham, MA, to North Pack Monadnock in Greenfield, NH. The trail is broken up into three sections. I planned to do about 13 miles the first day since the second day had rain in the forecast. The trail is easy to follow up Mt. Watatic, but the trail guide was really unclear on how to conti...
May 6, 2013 Courtney Basik 2.5 miles 500 feet gained
Quick afternoon hike complete with fresh run off streams and wildflowers. Boulder is beautiful.
May 6, 2013 Scott Lindsey Pond 14.2 miles 5,500 feet gained
I decided to head for the often overlooked, Augspurger Mountain. I'm amazed that more people don't venture beyond the junction of Augspurger and Dog Mountain trails. But I'm not about to complain, I enjoy the serenity! I got a fairly late start, but with some extra layer's and headlamp in my pack, I wasn't concerned. I left the Dog Mountain trailhead at exac...
May 6 to May 7, 2013 Nat Turner Monitor Ridge 12 miles 5,500 feet gained 1 night
Went Climbing.....
May 6, 2013 Elsie Table Mountain 10 miles 3,750 feet gained
May 6, 2013 Bosterson Table Mountain 10 miles 3,750 feet gained
Back again with Elsie. Since Wednesday: mud on Dick Thomas has dried. Plants have doubled in size. Bugs have hatched. Super hot. Summit picnic included fruit, homemade chocolate truffles, and chilled gewurztraminer. Descended the NW Ridge.
May 6, 2013 Tracy S 1 miles 0 feet gained
This trail off of Irish Settlement just past Hammond Hill Rd officially opens on May 31 but it's already available. We took the blue trail (me on foot, Gregg on unicycle). Lovely forest cover, some really dark sections and beautiful sunlight at 5pm. There's a pretty meandering creek area and a flood plain, and lots of little waterfalls. We didn't get very fa...
May 5, 2013 Water (Matt) Dogs Head (historical) 12 miles 5,250 feet gained
same ol same ol. climb helens, ski down. sticky snow down low. but good bob-sled run once into the trees. skied from top to edge of parking lot. cheers
May 5, 2013 Mileage Mike Smith Creek 10.3 miles 1,500 feet gained
May 5, 2013 scotty Smith Creek 8.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
May 5, 2013 Debbi City of Portland Reservoir Number 3 4.5 miles 500 feet gained
May 5, 2013 RenegadePilgrim Kings Mountain 5 miles 2,500 feet gained
I had originally set out to do the Kings Mt./Elk Mt. Loop of 11 miles. However, after hiking 9 miles the day before on 3 hours of sleep, my body rebelled big time! I made the decision half-way up Kings Mt. that I was just going to the summit and back. It made more sense than doing something unsafe, like hiking while exhausted. That's just a recipe for disast...
May 5, 2013 Outside + Stuff Iron Bear Motrcycle 12.1 miles 4,250 feet gained
Started at the Iron Creek Trailhead and made my way along the Teanaway Ridge. the second half, towards Red Top was still under snow and there were no other tracks to guide me so I had to switch over to GPS to navigate the harder parts of the hike. Made it all the way to Red Top Mountain before turning around.
May 4, 2013 Mileage Mike Tootle 7.2 miles 1,250 feet gained
May 4, 2013 Chris Sherrard Point 9 miles 1,750 feet gained
After North Lake, headed up to Larch. The gate is still closed and there is a good bit of snow 2 miles from the parking lot downward. The trail has very little if no snow by now.
May 4, 2013 Chris North Lake 11 miles 2,250 feet gained
Started up Wyeth, wasn't a fan of the exposure on that trail, so I drove around to the back of Defiance and hiked North Lake from the back. Snow started around 3800'.
May 4, 2013 Debbi Little Beacon Rock 7.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
May 4, 2013 RenegadePilgrim Short Sand Beach 9 miles 1,750 feet gained
Five hikers, three dogs. I worked the night before and was operating on three hours of sleep. Not the best way to do a hike, but I think the two energy drinks I had kept me going all day because I seemed to be functioning rather well in the morning. We started out at the Oswald West S.P. parking lot, wandering through the forest to the Short Sand Beach to ad...
May 4, 2013 The Angry Hiker Thompson Lake 6 miles 4,000 feet gained
Holy crap was it packed. My plan was to sneak up there early and kick the mailbox down the back side of the peak, but there was already a small crowd of eyeballs watching me by the time I got there. I might do this one again on a rainy day.
May 4, 2013 Father Guido Sarducci Mount Townsend 6 miles 3,000 feet gained
At about 4750' the trail is completely covered by snow . There is a fairly clear foot path from there which goes straight up to the 6250' summit.
May 4, 2013 Karl Silver Star Mountain 10 miles 4,500 feet gained
Took the south ridge route up Silver Star. Lots of snow up high, especially in the woods, but most everything below 3500' was dry and snow-free. Lots of time so we looped the southwest ridge, tagging Pyramid Rock, before returning back down the south ridge again.
May 3, 2013 Scott Wahkeena Falls 7.4 miles 3,250 feet gained
May 3 to May 5, 2013 Roman Whistler Point 24 miles 3,500 feet gained 2 nights
Did a loop clockwise; skipped a spur to S Wildcat Campground this time but added a short bushwhack to Whistler Point. Quite a wind storm on Saturday & many logs crashed down. Camped on Agate Beds the second night (even my fire ring was 40% agates) - pretty cool. Saw only a group of 2 + dog in three days. I like how remote this area feels; of course on Memori...
May 3, 2013 Bosterson Yeon Mountain 7.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
From GCC - parked on the frontage road in Dodson, went up Tumalt Creek, then up the first gully east of Yeon onto the NE Buttress to a fabulous viewpoint past the saddle. Then up the NE Ridge to the plateau. Down ROA and back via the 400 and the road. No technical gear needed.
May 3, 2013 Jen Mount Saint Helens 5 miles 5,500 feet gained
Well I'll just count the uphill part because it was sort of like hiking. We rented AT skis and skinned up to about 6000 feet. Then we climbed the rest of the way up to the summit. Glissaded back down to our skis and zoomed out. What a hoot!
May 2, 2013 Tracy S 2.5 miles 0 feet gained
I walked/Gregg unicycled the Jim Schug Trail that runs along the lake. The trail was originally an old rail line, and has since been converted into about 4.2 miles of trail for walking, biking, etc. Lovely scenery, lots of plants and wildlife (turtles, minks, geese, squirrels, fish, birds).
May 2, 2013 Karl Table Mountain 10.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
Afternoon run up Table, because it was clear. Last time up, we were in a whiteout and couldn't see squat. Gorgeous today! Still daylight left, on the way down, so I detoured up to the top of Aldrich Butte too.
May 1, 2013 JM Onion Flat 1 miles 0 feet gained
Spotted many interesting birds and also nutria.
May 1, 2013 Elsie Paget Creek 6 miles 500 feet gained
May 1, 2013 The Angry Hiker West Tiger Mountain 6 miles 2,500 feet gained
Ran up to West Tiger 3, then over to West Tiger 2, then Back to West Tiger 3, for a grand total of 8 West Tigers.
April 29, 2013 Elsie Coyote Wall 14.5 miles 4,750 feet gained
April 28, 2013 Mileage Mike Guild Lake (historical) 6.6 miles 500 feet gained
April 28, 2013 Scott Wahkeena Falls 4.1 miles 1,000 feet gained
April 28, 2013 Debbi McClure Hill 3.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
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