January 15, 2012 Kyle Meyer 13.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
Took the Altai Hok skis out for a test ride with the sudden low elevation snow. Had a lot of fun learning to cross country ski with these "skishoes". I'd guess 8 of the miles were spent hiking on skis. After Road 777 ends, the trail is an asshole. All the branches are weighed down with snow making the 1.25 mile trail down to Tanner Creek a real pain. Once I ...
January 14, 2012 Ken 10.5 miles 3,000 feet gained
Snowing. Got a late start. Nice day. Had the trail to myself. Lots of blow downs. Used micro-spikes. Not too cold. Had to turn back just before Marmot Pass due to weather. Still, a great day. Peaceful and beautiful.
January 14, 2012 Mileage Mike 7.6 miles 2,000 feet gained
Actual mileage 7.6miles, Elevation gain 1906ft (corrected with gpsfly) Was set to zero as didn't enter value!
January 14, 2012 Krystle 12.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
It was icy and wet. But wow, what a spectacular hike!
January 14, 2012 Debbi 3 miles 250 feet gained
January 14, 2012 Jen 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Messin around in my favorite area. Cedar creek was an easy rock hop, some nice seasonal waterfalls coming down the east side of Hamilton. I put my field camera back out in a spot that smelled like elk and had lots of prints and poos, fingers crossed.
January 14, 2012 Nat Turner 6 miles 0 feet gained
Started Pouring right when we got back to the car..... just in time.
January 14, 2012 Father Guido Sarducci 8.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Began hike @ the Issaquah H.S. trail head. Greeted w/ steady rain which turned to snow @ around 1000'. Snowed off and on as I took the Poo Poo Point Trail and then the One View Trail up to the 15 mile gap. Came down the same way went up.
January 13, 2012 jon 7 miles 2,750 feet gained
January 13, 2012 Chris 4.5 miles 750 feet gained
A quick trip to Newton Creek to start off the year and try out some new snowshoes to make sure they worked right. What a nice spot! I'm never going to White River ever—ever again. The car thermometer was reading 44 at the Teacup Sno-Park and things were nice and sunny. Everything was pretty consolidated, so snowshoes really weren't necessary, but this weeken...
January 12 to January 16, 2012 Nick of the woods 15 miles 0 feet gained 4 nights
Report coming soon
January 12, 2012 Dustin DuBois 10 miles 2,000 feet gained
Council Crest to Wildwood and back, then Council Crest to Terwilliger and back. Elevation gain and mileage are educated-estimates as GPS wasn't working, will re-do for proper measurements.
January 12, 2012 Josh Mayer 2 miles 0 feet gained
While in Penang, Malaysia for a few days I headed out to Penang National Park with some of my family. A 2 mile trail over the hills and through the jungle to Turtle Beach (yes, where they lay eggs). It started raining near the end, so we didn't get to enjoy the beautiful beach. There is usually a lake there that has a layer of fresh water and a layer of salt...
January 11, 2012 Roman 4.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Now working 2.5 days a week & today was a 2.5th day so I got time for a short hike. The trail is partly shielded from east wind so it was OK until almost the top. At the very top, wind gusts were crazy - I had to kneel down behind the rock 'cause it was impossible to stand! It was towards 80-90mph since I know can stand at 70mph wind.
January 11, 2012 Father Guido Sarducci 5 miles 250 feet gained
This is my “I gotta get away from work” hike which I usually take in some variation 2-3 times per week. The BPA Trail begins @ Celebration Park in Federal Way and meanders SW for approx. 4 miles ending in NE Tacoma. There are several trails which parallel the main asphalt trail. These offer more of a hiking experience and elevation gain and give you access t...
January 10, 2012 Nathan 10 miles 2,750 feet gained
January 9, 2012 Christophe Deppe 3 miles 250 feet gained
January 9, 2012 Christophe Deppe 4 miles 750 feet gained
January 8, 2012 Mileage Mike 7.3 miles 1,500 feet gained
Actual mileage 7.3miles, Elevation Gain 1387ft (corrected with gpsfly)
January 8, 2012 Water (Matt) 6 miles 5,250 feet gained
Southside up Hood with some new folk. I accidentally drove to Sandy the night before at 3am when there was a communication snafu about our departure time. That kind of sucked, I had to drive back home and then do the same thing the NEXT night.. oh joy! Anyways this was a great day up. Way later than normal, think I was on the summit sometime around 10:30am? ...
January 8, 2012 Kyle Meyer 5.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Rented the "Barlow Cabin" near Trillium Lake for two nights with my beautiful wife and another couple. We snowshoed out to the cabin with a pulk loaded with delicious New Seasons goodness, relaxed by the warmth of a fire, climbed Multorpor Mountain, and otherwise enjoyed the woods.
January 8, 2012 Roman 6.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
Hiked from Timberline Lodge to the saddle at Illumination Rock. The things were icy between 6-8000+/-, higher up it was mostly well-packed snow. That small gully just before Illumination Rock had minor rock/ice falling almost all the time, but the rock itself seems a safe place to be. Many people were going off the summit and then boarding/skiing down. Illum...
January 8, 2012 Justin Wright 3 miles 2,000 feet gained
Snowshoed from Government Camp to Timberline, then hitched a ride back down :)
January 8, 2012 Bosterson 19 miles 4,750 feet gained
Started at Wahclella. Light snow on the trail after the Wauna Point junction. More snow after the Dublin junction. Pretty full snow on the trail starting around 4000 ft and big drifts in beargrass alley. Light snow on the summit spur trail until higher up - after that, just a snow hill to the top. The summit was pretty clear - we found dry rocks we could sit...
January 8, 2012 Father Guido Sarducci 3.5 miles 250 feet gained
This is my almost daily dog walk. Bresemann forest & Spanaway Lake have many trails to explore and in the winter time foot traffic is light. For the pupose of this site I am only going to list this hike 1x.
January 7, 2012 Ken 6 miles 1,500 feet gained
Just pulled off Mt Loop Hwy to get some snowshoeing in. Had the road to myself. Nice workout with some decent views on fresh snow.
January 7, 2012 Mileage Mike 5.7 miles 2,000 feet gained
Actual mileage 5.7miles, elevation 1943ft (corrected with gpsfly)
January 7, 2012 Mileage Mike 0.7 miles 500 feet gained
Actual Mileage 0.7 miles, Elevation gain 452ft (corrected with gpsfly)
January 7, 2012 trishac 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
January 7, 2012 Phoebe "BertMoss" 5 miles 500 feet gained
just another day in FP
January 7, 2012 Debbi 3.5 miles 750 feet gained
January 7, 2012 Krystle 4.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
My go-to hike in the gorge :) It was misty most of the way, cleared up when we got to Angel's Rest. Lots of traffic, which made for lots of muddy patches.
January 7, 2012 Sirhikesalot1 3 miles 250 feet gained
Took my wife out for a little snowshoe hike, the lack of snow pushed us off trail lookoing for more. Fun day...
January 7, 2012 Dustin DuBois 6.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Same trail again. =)
January 7, 2012 Bosterson 19 miles 5,500 feet gained
Herman Creek, up Casey Creek trail, then in snow to Green Point Mountain and back down. Pics by Mayhem.
January 6 to January 7, 2012 Shane 10 miles 5,000 feet gained 1 night
See Kyle Meyer's TR. It's really accurate.
January 6 to January 7, 2012 jon 8.5 miles 4,250 feet gained 1 night
Went with Kyle and some other friends. Summiting wasn't in the cards this weekend, unfortunately.
January 6 to January 7, 2012 Kyle Meyer 10 miles 5,000 feet gained 1 night
Spent the night near the parking lot in wait for an early morning assault on Mt. Saint Helens. Unfortunately, the summit was not in the cards for the climb, with a thick layer of rime ice making the climb extremely treacherous. We turned back a half mile and 1000 vertical feet from the summit. I'm going to wait until some real snow gets laid down before atte...
January 6, 2012 Father Guido Sarducci 10 miles 2,000 feet gained
This moss laden forest is an nice alternative hiking area to it's much more crowded neighbor Tiger Mtn. Many well signed trail options offer a moderate climb to the remnants of the Bullitt Lodge and the peaks 2000' summit.
January 6, 2012 Dustin DuBois 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Same hike as last time except I missed the last mile because the in-town trails are creepy at night and I don't trust them by myself, unarmed, with no flashlight =D.
January 5, 2012 Nat Turner 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
Despite the pin drop, we did not go swimming in the Drinking Water.
January 4, 2012 Christophe Deppe 5 miles 2,000 feet gained
January 4, 2012 Jen 5 miles 0 feet gained
I visited some cool limestone caves in the Citrus Tract of WSF.
January 4, 2012 Nat Turner 3.5 miles 750 feet gained
Up Starks, through some weird alleys, both summits, and Lucy along for the walk, MSH and hood in full view as well as that rainstorm. in under the wire!
January 3, 2012 Christophe Deppe 4 miles 250 feet gained
January 3, 2012 Dustin DuBois 6.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
My first hike of 2012 and, while I wasn't able to make it out of town or do a "loony" hike, it was a great morning for a stroll through some of Portland's trail system. I did the Marquam Trail to Council Crest Out-and-Back for breakfast this morning (started around 7am), except I did it backward. I got dropped off below Council Crest where Talbot turns into ...
