December 22, 2012 Roman Carpenters Lake 5.27 miles 2,000 feet gained
Cut off trail around the 2nd hill so it came shorter than conventional loop.
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December 22, 2012 Mileage Mike Big Noise Creek 7.6 miles 1,000 feet gained
Excellent rainy day at a less travelled trail. Trail was in great condition with very little debris. We stopped at the fish hatchery to feed the fish. Gnat Creek Falls is quite beautiful with a nice bench to sit and enjoy the view! We only saw some anglers on the first segment of the trail but nobody on the upper section.
December 21, 2012 Nat Turner Spencer Butte 3 miles 750 feet gained
Had an errand in Eugene. The Pup and I scrambled up this sucker in the rain and darkness with headlamps. 50-65 mph gusts from the southwest at the summit. we stayed like 30 secs. Drove straight back.
December 21, 2012 Bosterson Green Point Ridge 17.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
Started at Herman Creek TH at 6:30am, headed east on the 400 to Wyeth, then up Wyeth to the Green Point Plateau. Were planning to tag the summit but hit 3-4 ft of new snow and were forced to break trail for hours; ended up bailing across the plateau and down Nick Eaton due to limited daylight and fatigue. Back to the car at 5:30pm, dark to dark. Now the days...
December 16, 2012 Roman Ape Cave 6.4 miles 750 feet gained
Given the crappy weather today, decided to go underground :) I've been in Ape Cave once a few years ago (in lower cave only), so after 0.8 mile on a closed road I took obvious trail in the snow for about 25 more minutes until realizing the cave's lower entrance was back near the parking lot. Guessed the trail will lead me to upper entrance instead, and it wa...
December 16, 2012 Mileage Mike Trout Creek Pond (historical) 5.5 miles 750 feet gained
We intended on hiking up Sedum Ridge using Lookout Mt. Road but didn't quite anticipate so much snow! The TH elevation is only at 1200ft, but there was about 5" when we started. We stopped at about 2000ft, where the snow depth was at 12"+ in the open areas. I would have to say that this will make a good snowshoe or cross country ski trailI after another stor...
December 15, 2012 Mileage Mike City of Portland Reservoir Number 3 5.6 miles 1,000 feet gained
I had to work this morning so we decided to stay close to home. Forest Park is a 20 minute drive and has plenty of trails. The heavy rain and holiday season was effective at keeping the crowds away from the trail system. The remnants of snow were barely obvious at the highest elevations. It was a nice short hike.
December 13, 2012 Bosterson Mount Defiance 11.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
Went through a lower inversion, hit snow at the headwall below Warren Lake, popped over the shoulder into amazing sunlight. Deeper powder above Warren, postholing to the top. Beautiful day above the clouds.
December 12, 2012 John Williams Big Spring 6.9 miles 750 feet gained
Awesome snowshoe trip!
December 9, 2012 Roman Submarine Rock 2.7 miles 750 feet gained
Rainy day, although the views were unobstructed to the horizon. Even saw some sun by the evening. We came there right at the low tide - I never saw so many sea stars before. Pictures got so-so because my camera got all wet.
December 9, 2012 Bosterson Horsetail Creek 13.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
Russ Jolly trail to the 2nd shelter, then OT up to Horsetail Cr. Tr. and on to Nesmith Point in the snow, then down to the 400 and OT across the washouts and back on the road. Eight started and only four finished...
December 9, 2012 Mileage Mike Elliott Creek 7.2 miles 1,250 feet gained
After staying late at the PH Meet n Deet we didn't want to go too far today. Also wanted to take it easy on the knee and shoulder. There were more OHV's at Roger's camp than I've ever seen! However, only saw one hiker and two bikers on the trail today. They were all mushroom hunting, and having great success. All in all, a very nice cool cloudy day with some...
December 8, 2012 Molly Higgins 3 miles 2,250 feet gained
This was my first real winter hike since recovering from my knee injury. The trail was mostly dry, there was no snow but there was some ice under fallen leaves. The wind was really harsh at the summit. It was fairly quiet, there were only about 3-4 other people on the mountain.
December 8 to December 9, 2012 Cowboy59 9.5 miles 500 feet gained 1 night
Wonderful overnight hike that treks along the Withlacoochee River on both sides. There is a primitive camp site at the merge of the Withlacoochee and Suwannee rivers. Day 2 takes you past the state's largest oak tree.
December 8, 2012 John Williams Goodman Creek 11.7 miles 1,750 feet gained
Awesome low elevation hike. Beautiful old-growth forest for the 2 miles of the hike.
December 8, 2012 Nat Turner Cape Horn 7 miles 1,750 feet gained
Started out in fleece, rain gear on about 10 minutes in. Clouds everywhere, Archer was as far as I could see to the east, Bosterson was lost in the clouds over on Table. Totally soaked, the road walk back to the car sucked. good lap, nice alternative to the typical oregon walks. (devils,angels,MF,triple)
December 8, 2012 Mileage Mike Moulton Falls 8.3 miles 1,750 feet gained
We tried to make it to Bells Mt. Summit from Moulton Falls, but there doesn't seem to be any way to get there easily. There is significant new logging on the Bells Mt. Trail, which isn't very appealing. Saw a half dozen hikers trail was fairly devoid of people. Some views of the valley but none of Mt. St. Helens.
December 8, 2012 Father Guido Sarducci West Tiger Mountain 9 miles 3,000 feet gained
From the Highpoint TH hiked to all three summits. A bit of snow begining @ around 1700' but nothing which required traction devices.
December 8, 2012 Bosterson Table Mountain 12 miles 4,250 feet gained
Rain! Snow! Mazamas!
December 3, 2012 John Williams Packard Creek Campground 8.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
Great low elevation hike in the Cascade foothills near Oakridge.
December 3, 2012 Bosterson Devils Rest 15 miles 4,500 feet gained
Late start (1:30pm), light rain. 35 minutes to Angel's Rest, 1:15 (cumulative) to Devil's, 2:30 (cumulative) to the Lodge. Then back up up up, darkness setting in around Fairy Falls, headlamp at Wahkeena Springs, going down the rocks of Angel's in the dark slowed me down. 4:45 total time for the loop.
December 2, 2012 Roman Little Badger 7.32 miles 2,000 feet gained
We hiked School Canyon (upper) trail to Helispot and Rock garden just below from there. Had mostly sunny weather, just a trace of snow at the high point and some wicked wind, but we were prepared for the cold and had a great time. The sign on road 43 @ SR26 say the road is closed Dec. 1 - Apr 1 but it was almost snow-free and we (along with other cars) used ...
December 2, 2012 Krystle 2.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
December 2, 2012 Mileage Mike Catherine Creek Shortcut 8 miles 2,250 feet gained
We felt like staying out of the heavy rain today so we headed east to the Cathering Creek area. We were greeted by a full rainbow! Temperatures were nice and cool but the best part was the amount of sunshine we saw all day! I was lucky enough to see a couple of deer head down toward Catherine Creek before disappearing. We only saw two couples the whole day. ...
December 1, 2012 John Williams Fir Creek 8 miles 250 feet gained
Great low elevation hike next to a beautiful river. There was a few trees down but nothing major.
December 1, 2012 Mileage Mike Jones Creek 7.9 miles 2,000 feet gained
I tried something very different today. I went to the Jones Creek OHV trail system. You may ask why? It turns out that the trail system closes to all motorized vehicles from Dec. 1 through Apr. 22! The trail system was empty, and it was in very good shape (for the most part) for hiking. The unfortunate part is that we took a wrong turn, several times! We sti...
December 1, 2012 Father Guido Sarducci Chambers Creek Reservoir 7.29 miles 1,250 feet gained
Took the mutt to the dog park and afterward we did a couple laps of the park.
December 1, 2012 Bosterson Kings Mountain 11 miles 4,000 feet gained
November 26, 2012 Bosterson Sherrard Point 14 miles 4,000 feet gained
Did Larch with the Multnomah Creek Way (444) lollipop at the end, but saw how close it got to Sherrard Point before it went back east way out of the way, and decided to fulfill a longstanding desire to climb the face direct. Went up a gully and across a talus field and ended up in a gully up to the NE ridge, which had some sketchy 4th class stuff, especially...
November 25, 2012 Chris Burnt Lake 9.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
A great little hike. A little bit of snow made for a little work and nice views up top.
November 25, 2012 Roman Sherwood Canyon 13.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
We started near Gray Butte, did a loop around Smith Rocks, and back long way uphill. The trail on the back side of Smith Rocks have been completely rebuilt some time in the summer, with wide, gentle switchbacks replacing former rocky & steep path (the reason we made it CW direction is to come up that part; used to be too steep to come down safely). We also v...
November 25, 2012 Mileage Mike South Falls 8.2 miles 750 feet gained
Sunny and cool day at beautiful Silver Falls! We didn't meet anyone (only a few people on the trail near South Falls) on the trail despite there being a huge number of cars in the South Falls parking lot. It could be because we spent the majority of the time in the backcountry!
November 24 to November 26, 2012 Barnaby B. 6 miles 6,000 feet gained 2 nights
Went with my awesome friend Nicky, and her friend Bryce. We drove from Austin, spent 2 nights in one of the only mountainous areas of Texas, and drove back. The views are wonderful, the trails are great. Bring lots of water!
November 24, 2012 Mileage Mike Bull Creek 6.3 miles 1,500 feet gained
We had heard that there was a possible trail at the end of a road past the gate near Table Rock Wilderness. We set out to explore this and found there was no trail. After this short exploration we took the trail into Table Rock Wilderness. We didn't make it too far as we needed to get back to the car before dark. It was a spectacular moody day with drizzle f...
November 23, 2012 Stacey Moran Point 9.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Decided to do a repeat of the Four Mile Trail the day after Thanksgiving. The past two weeks (since our last attempt) has been warm and dry, so we thought that this might be the last chance for awhile to visit Glacier Point without the mammoth size Yosemite crowds (unless we ski or snowshoe 24 miles). We arrived at a full TH at 10am. We drove to the next par...
November 23, 2012 Krystle Monte Cristo 8 miles 1,000 feet gained
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November 23, 2012 Mileage Mike Tootle 6.2 miles 1,750 feet gained
Extremely wet day but we were adequately prepared. We attempted to connect from the other side of the Cinnamom Trail (from the Kalama Horse Camp) but got too late a start. We were short by about .4 miles! The trail is in excellent shape, and we hit some snow at about 2900ft. Nobody was on the trail or parked at the horse camp; figure that? We were about 100f...
November 22, 2012 John Williams Soda Fork 5 miles 250 feet gained
Outstanding hike on an historic road. Incredible old-growth forest, a waterfall and a river, what more do you need?
November 22, 2012 Roman Upper Labyrinth 3.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
(pics hosted for another hike)
November 22, 2012 Nat Turner Oneonta Falls 8 miles 1,000 feet gained
Parked at MF. (we never do that) Went up MF, then over on 400 to the Elevator Shaft. Played around a bit. Looked for trail. Anyone know what the heavy use path a bit east of the rockslide is called? does it go to Nesika? Anyway east on 400, down and up in Oneoneta Gorge, Beers in the cave under ponytail. Downpour walking back. Soaked. We were the only ones a...
November 22, 2012 Mileage Mike Robins Island 4.3 miles 500 feet gained
Took a short hike with two of my sons to show them Wahclella Falls. We also hiked a short distance on the historic hwy but turned around due to exhaust fumes from I84. Beautiful sunny day and the trail was crowded, but you still can't beat the scenery!
November 19, 2012 Courtney Basik 3.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Impromptu Boulder hike. We hiked up to the Royal Arch and hung out between a couple of Flatirons for the afternoon and I did the whole thing in Sperry Docksiders. Skills.
November 18, 2012 Mileage Mike Tootle 8.4 miles 1,000 feet gained
What an incredibly cold wet/rainy day, but we were quite prepared. We saw the Kalama Falls trail from a previous hike and decided to try it. Last time we lost the trail in the snow. I wasn't sure how far it was and thought we overshot it. We ended up stopping at a flooded area. When we got home we looked at the maps and saw we were about 6/10 mile away from ...
November 18, 2012 Father Guido Sarducci Squak Mountain 7.07 miles 2,000 feet gained
Rainy day hike up to the West & Central Peaks.
November 17, 2012 Chris Franklin Ridge 8.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
The usual loop plus a side trip up to Nesika Lodge to check out Christmas ornaments.
November 17, 2012 scotty Eagle Creek Campground 15 miles 1,500 feet gained
November 17, 2012 Mileage Mike Githens Mountain 5.2 miles 2,000 feet gained
What a fantastic hiking day! I wasn't sure what the weather would be, and it was pouring rain during the entire hike out. There were NO hikers on the trail. This trail does nothing but go down, down and down. Most of the altitude lost is in the last 1 to 1-1/2 miles before reaching the creek. Eagle Creek was quite spectacular, but we didn't cross due to high...
November 16, 2012 Roman Gordon Canyon 13 miles 1,000 feet gained
Spent 2 great days at the Deschutes with my grandmother, hardly had any rain (10 minutes on Sat.) and there was even some sun! Quite a change after driving through downpour in the Gorge. There's some neat trails in the first 3 miles along the river; allows skipping some of the road and see better river views. We also found (on my 3rd try) a trail to Ferry Sp...
November 15, 2012 John Williams Lost Prairie Group Campground 2.2 miles 750 feet gained
Short, snowy hike to check out some of the oldest, largest Alaska-cedars in Oregon.
November 12, 2012 Nat Turner Doane Creek 6.5 miles 750 feet gained
Wet and Foggy. Tryin' to get some winter miles in.
