November 5, 2012 Courtney Basik 3 miles 0 feet gained
We ventured to Littleton, CO to explore the massive Red Rocks and flatirons at Roxborough State Park. It was a nice, easy and enjoyable hike. I loved all of the views in the open space.
Recent Hikes
November 4, 2012 Nat Turner 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Wet Day. Went up to Emerald creek falls. saw two guys standing in the creek for tripod shots. They were knee deep. went wandering in the woods below Indian Pt. Left after taking spooky pics, and hearing a big rockslide above me in the fog. Dog freaked out as well, something big was in those woods above trail 400. We did not stay to find out.
November 4, 2012 Krystle 12.5 miles 3,000 feet gained
November 4, 2012 Mileage Mike 7.8 miles 1,000 feet gained
Quite a beautiful fall day spent in the Tillamook State Forest. Almost no people on the trail, but the OHV and truck/car traffic on the forest roads made for a very noisy day.
November 4, 2012 Father Guido Sarducci 9.67 miles 3,250 feet gained
Hiked to the summit of West Tiger 1 from the Issaquah H.S. trailhead.
November 3, 2012 scotty 12.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
November 3, 2012 Mileage Mike 7.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
It was actually a nice cloudy and cool day with very little rain, except at the end of the hike. The trail up Tanner Creek to Wahclella Falls is excellent. There was a bit of mud in a few places, but not bad. Wahclella Falls is a spectacular punchbowl falls with a huge water flow. The parking lot was full, so we parked at Bonneville. We didn't see many peopl...
November 2, 2012 Jen 4 miles 250 feet gained
Delightful wanderings in the woods off the Abbot Road. Mushrooms very sparse, no edibles.
November 1, 2012 John Williams 6.2 miles 750 feet gained
Great short hike near Sisters in a Wilderness Study Area.
October 30, 2012 Nat Turner 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Started loop at Horsetail, then Ponytail, Triple, Oneoneta, Tunnel, Road, Car. not a bad day
October 29, 2012 Nat Turner 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
Urban Carbon Free Miles.
October 28 to October 29, 2012 Chris 3.5 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
A quick trip to the adirondack shelters in Ecola. It rained like crazy, and the shelters were a nice respite given the extreme wetness. Woke up to a slug on my sleeping bag.
October 28, 2012 Mileage Mike 8.4 miles 1,000 feet gained
We didn't know what to expect on the Fort to Sea Trail but were very pleasantly surprised. The trail was in great shape and we made it as far as US101. It was a very rainy day but we were prepared and had a great time. There were NO people on the trail!
October 27, 2012 Father Guido Sarducci 4 miles 1,000 feet gained
Trail is in good shape.
October 27, 2012 Mileage Mike 5.4 miles 500 feet gained
Rainy, blustery and very windy day with few people on the beach! Awesome!
October 26, 2012 Jen 6 miles 750 feet gained
Brought some friends along to visit one my favorite areas.
October 26 to October 28, 2012 Tom 11 miles 0 feet gained 2 nights
I got to head up to my favorite place, the Superior Hiking Trail, recently with a couple other hammock forum members. We went for a quick weekend trip to the castle danger area. Got there around 7:30pm on Friday night and got in some good night hiking. CryOTheWild and BigFatSellOut both over dressed and soon had to strip some layers as the first mile or so i...
October 26 to October 28, 2012 Nick of the woods 16 miles 0 feet gained 2 nights
October 25, 2012 John Williams 8.4 miles 1,000 feet gained
This was a cold, cold rainy day at 5,000 feet. Beautiful hike, lot's of standing water on trail after heavy rain.
October 22, 2012 Courtney Basik 2.5 miles 0 feet gained
On the last day that Drew's parents were visiting we had a picnic at Chatauqua Park and then did a quick hike near the Flatirons and then showed them the Red Rocks of Boulder.
October 21, 2012 Krystle 6.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
We were supposed to go to East Zigzag but ran into more snow than we were prepared for and turned around at Burnt Lake.
October 21, 2012 Nat Turner 7 miles 0 feet gained
Low water enabled access to Sundial island. Looks quite different from years past. saw an excellent Kingfisher, and a nice mature Red Tail Hawk.
October 21, 2012 Roman 4 miles 1,000 feet gained
Wanted to do sort of loop - White River up, PCT down, then cut off-trail. However, when I got to Timberline/PCT junction (per my GPS), PCT was no where to be found in snow, so I returned back into the canyon. There's still little snow and snowshoes aren't needed yet (though gaiters would be helpful). Saw no one all day long, hard to believe this place will b...
October 21, 2012 Mileage Mike 5.4 miles 500 feet gained
After yesterday's hike in a light dusting of snow I craved more of the white stuff! We headed out to Government camp to hike the myriad of trails in the area. I also wanted to complete the Enid Lake loop that we never finished. The snow was a bit deeper than expected (4"-6"), which made for slower hiking. Enid Lake looks very nice with a dusting of snow arou...
October 21, 2012 Father Guido Sarducci 10 miles 2,500 feet gained
Began the hike @ the Talapus Lake TH and hiked to Talapus, Olallie, Island & Rainbow Lakes. There was a bit more snow then I expected but all trails were in good shape and no traction devices were needed.
October 20, 2012 Sanish 5 miles 4,500 feet gained
Trip to Blood Mountain and later stay in a farm house in N.Georgia, with John and Racheal.
October 20, 2012 scotty 11 miles 2,000 feet gained
October 20, 2012 Chris 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
October 20, 2012 Mileage Mike 8.7 miles 750 feet gained
We reached the TH and there was snow covered trees and a light dusting of snow everywhere but on the road. Hunter camps were all over but the trail was devoid of hikers or hunters. It snowed briefly which only added to the awesome mood! My knee was feeling pretty good for most of the hike, and I didn't want to end the hike so soon, but the earlier sunsets ar...
October 19, 2012 Jen 3.5 miles 750 feet gained
Took a friend visiting from D.C. on this classic hike.
October 18 to October 19, 2012 Nick of the woods 1 miles 0 feet gained 1 night
October 18, 2012 Barnaby B. 24 miles 5,000 feet gained
Went here with my fraternity brother Erick Schlanger. Nature threw everything at us but we survived. Stay tuned I want to write up lots more about this trip, so come back and read.
October 17, 2012 John Williams 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Beautiful old-growth creek hike in the Cascade foothills.
October 15, 2012 Courtney Basik 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Drew's parents came to visit us in Colorado during October so we took them for a hike to see Calypso Cascades. My friend Steph came along too. Fun times. It was so windy!
October 14, 2012 Debbi 6 miles 250 feet gained
October 14, 2012 Mileage Mike 8.2 miles 1,250 feet gained
A beautiful cloudy day in the Clackamas Wilderness can't be beat! We investigated to see if there were some trails near the TH that were on the map, but they no longer exist. We only saw one group of people the entire day. We tried making it to Pup Creek Falls but had to turn around to get back home. The knee held up pretty well for the distance we hiked!
October 13, 2012 Debbi 6 miles 500 feet gained
October 13, 2012 isaac 11 miles 2,750 feet gained
A beautiful day. Beautiful scenery. One of the neatest variety of surroundings on a single hike. Creeks, big trees, panoramic views, cliff faces. The only downside was lots and lots of people. Neat that they all were out enjoying the Lord's creation, but if you want solitude, try a different route.
October 13, 2012 Mileage Mike 8.3 miles 500 feet gained
It was a beautiful rainy day at Silver Falls State Park. It was nice to see water puddles on the ground and rain falling from the sky. We started out at the South Falls parking lot and then visited the South Falls before heading into the backcountry. We ended up hiking the Howard Creek Loop trail and saw no people! There were plenty of people in the campgrou...
October 12, 2012 Jen 5 miles 750 feet gained
Evan and I explored this wonderful bluff of massive hexagonal basalt columns
October 12, 2012 Debbi 6.5 miles 750 feet gained
October 11 to October 12, 2012 John Williams 1 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
Great high elevation hike. Incredible vistas of Diamond Peak.
October 11 to October 14, 2012 Kyle Meyer 33 miles 8,000 feet gained 3 nights
## Day One (320 miles of driving) Five of us left Portland Thursday after work for the long drive out to Joseph, our two cars arriving within minutes of each other at the Wallowa Lake trailhead a little past 1am. We donned our insulation quickly and commenced with the drinking, standing in a small headlamp-lit circle in a dark, empty parking lot. It took a b...
October 9 to October 19, 2012 RenegadePilgrim 130 miles 500 feet gained 10 nights
I spent 11 days walking along the Camino Portuguese, spending the first 4 days on the Orla Litoral/Caminho do Costa route before taking a train inland to rejoin the Central route. I walked a total of 209.1 km (best guess) or 130 miles. Here is my itinerary: Day 1: Matosinhos to Azurara, 22km Day 2: Azurara to Fao, 21.5km Day 3: Fao to Viana do Castelo, 27.5k...
October 9, 2012 James Hall 2 miles 0 feet gained
Walked up Leif Erikson Drive just for a little bit and split off left. Walked up to the Wildwood trail and went left. Took that to the Aspen Trail and headed out back to the street. Nice little hour long or so hike for those need to talk a little walk/hike days.
October 8, 2012 Randy Frost 16 miles 4,000 feet gained
We did this loop last year and got a much earlier start this time. We hit the trail at sunrise and finished about 3:00. It was perfect weather and had a lot of great photo ops. The creek was so low that we just hopped rocks to cross and didn't even get our feet wet. This has become one of my most favorite hikes. It has a little bit of everything, and great v...
October 7, 2012 Krystle 12 miles 5,000 feet gained
What a ball buster! Went up the Starvation route, trailhead to summit in 4 hours. Came down the Defiance trail.
October 7, 2012 Mileage Mike 7.1 miles 1,000 feet gained
Beautiful warm day and we set off to find an easy hike that the knee wouldn't object to. The Still Creek trail is very nice and not too bad on the knees. We made a loop out of it by following back around on some of the forest roads, and stopped to take a quick jaunt on the Flag Mt. Trail. It's interesting to note that the road to the Flag Mt. Trail has been ...
October 6, 2012 The Angry Hiker 10.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
Damn near froze my ass off.