December 2, 2011 Chris Confluence 4 miles 250 feet gained
Running with the dogs. Not my dogs, but every other dog in Portland.
Recent Hikes
December 2, 2011 Roman Hamilton Mountain 7.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Family hike on Hamilton Mtn. The gate before the trailhead is now closed (for the winter?) so one has to start at Beacon Rock.
December 2, 2011 Bosterson Munra Point 6 miles 2,000 feet gained
December 1 to December 2, 2011 Kyle Meyer Eagle Creek 20 miles 5,000 feet gained 1 night
Eagle Creek has it's own climate—I need to remember this for future trips. Trying to take advantage of the beginning of this stretch of great weather, a friend and I headed out for a two night loop of Eagle Creek to Wahtum Lake. We hiked to 7.5 mile camp the first night. Despite the blue skies, everything was soaking wet. Drenched. With a low in the mid 30s,...
November 30, 2011 Chris Buck Creek 5.5 miles 500 feet gained
A run at dusk—the park (or at least the gate, but I saw a Metro pickup doing a sweep) closes right now at 4:30. The best trails are next to the river. There's parking just outside the entrance as of Dec 1, so you don't have to pay Metro's $5 fee.
November 30, 2011 jon Nesmith Point 10 miles 3,750 feet gained
November 29, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" Cascade Spring 4 miles 250 feet gained
Lovely day for a hike. Made the proper turn this time to see the waterfall... even with all the garbage, shoes, used condoms, and beer cans it was a freaking beautiful place.
November 28, 2011 Roman Devils Rest 8 miles 2,250 feet gained
I forgot the camera for this one, so no pictures. Angels Rest was in the fog on the way up, but when I went back the cloud deck briefly lowered just enough to allow the "airplane view" from AR of being above the clouds - with Archer Mtn., Silver Star and the surrounding hills being islands in white sea. Of course, if I took the camera it wouldn't happen ) On...
November 27, 2011 tammy warber Green Canyon Way 4 miles 250 feet gained
We only hiked in to Rolling Riffle Camp- out and back. There was a decent amount of patchy snow around the trail. Very little snow on the trail itself. It's was a little muddy, but not too bad. Not many people were on the trail and no one appeared to be camping. A few of the sites we pasted were clear of snow and definitely usable.
November 26, 2011 ChurchFish 7 miles 750 feet gained
November 26, 2011 Sirhikesalot1 Clear Lake Butte 8 miles 1,250 feet gained
Did Clear Lake Butte from Skyline snow park. 2 miles of the hike were off trail snowshoe up the north side of the butte. Great views on top
November 26, 2011 Roman Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area 8 miles 2,000 feet gained
The trail is now 99% snow free.
November 26, 2011 Debbi Jones Creek 8 miles 500 feet gained
November 25, 2011 Debbi Eagle Creek Campground 6.5 miles 500 feet gained
November 25, 2011 Eric Peterson Sherrard Point 19 miles 4,250 feet gained
Broke 200k' of EG and Mayhem took some pictures, heheh :)
November 24, 2011 Joe Omundson Elk Creek 7 miles 500 feet gained
November 24, 2011 Jen Multnomah Falls Viewing Deck 5.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
Took this classic hike early on T-day. Pretty quiet on the trail.
November 22 to November 24, 2011 Randy K. 6 miles 0 feet gained 2 nights
November 20, 2011 Joe Omundson Neahkahnie Mountain 5 miles 1,750 feet gained
November 20, 2011 Water (Matt) Timberline Trail 3.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
just went up for some afternoon sun on the snow. Nice vitamin D replenishment. lee slopes well loaded, windward sides hard packed, crusty, icy, just an inch or two of well compacted snow. Camera (or memory card) decided to hiccup mid-way through out trip, so, only have second half pics (going up later..)
November 20, 2011 Chris Mount Talbert 3 miles 750 feet gained
The big push to mile 1000. Every little bit helps.
November 20, 2011 jon Angels Rest 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
30-something degree weather and high winds did not deter people from hiking in t-shirts and sweatpants.
November 20, 2011 Conner Dowling Moffett Falls 9 miles 3,500 feet gained
November 20, 2011 Debbi Marquam Gulch 3.5 miles 0 feet gained
November 20, 2011 Roman Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area 8 miles 2,000 feet gained
Up to a foot of snow on the ground, but trail is well tracked. Great views, fun times.
November 20, 2011 Jen Sedum Point 8 miles 1,500 feet gained
Heading up to Sedum Point to break in my new boots. Wasn't expecting so much snow, but it was lovely.
November 19, 2011 Sirhikesalot1 Frog Lake 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
First snowshoe of the season. Did a short goof around hike around Frog Lake, and a little bit of the PCT. Snow was great, 30" of fresh fluffy powder.
November 19, 2011 Christophe Deppe Tumwater Canyon 4 miles 1,750 feet gained
November 19, 2011 Eric Peterson Siouxon Peak 20 miles 3,500 feet gained
Oh my... Meet Magnus and Mayhem in Amboy right before 5:00 and Magnus shuttled us up to the Siouxon Creek TH in his AWD. Was snowing right down to 1200' but there was only a few inches of accumulation at the TH parking area. Headed on Siouxon Creek trail to Chinook Falls and forded again using the decent log that is there. Stayed out of snow shoes all the wa...
November 18, 2011 Kyle Meyer Tanner Cutoff 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
Took a (really quick) jaunt up road 777 from the Tooth Rock trailhead. Fighting sunset, I hiked about 4.5 miles in before turning around and jogging all the way back down to the road until the trail wouldn't let me anymore. On the way up, I ran into a young buck who wouldn't let me pass. He wanted to go down the road and I wanted up, so I eventually climbed ...
November 18, 2011 Chris Cape Horn 7.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
Had just a short while, so I thought I'd do something close. First time doing the loop. Go now—before the falcon closure at the end of December, though one must be careful on some of those cliffy sections with slick leaves and wet rocks. Really a nice hike, given how close it is to Portland.
November 15, 2011 Jen Sandy River 7 miles 1,000 feet gained
This is another trail I have avoided because of the touron factor- but if you go on a Tuesday in November- you get a pretty quiet trip. Just saw one other hiker. Easy run, easy crossing of the Sandy River (seasonal bridge has been dismantled). A few slightly clouded views of Wyeast. Cool to see how the river changes course. Gorgeous moss covered understory w...
November 15, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" Lower Siouxon 8.5 miles 500 feet gained
Being the only dry day this week, it was a great day to get out for a hike. This was my first time visiting the area and it was frickin amazing!! We spent the first 15 or so minutes of the day in the parking lot looking at mushrooms. It was like a fungi party. Amazing hike with some hot mulligatawny soup for lunch. I can't wait to come back here again and ag...
November 15, 2011 jon Nick Eaton 10 miles 4,000 feet gained
This was sorta a bust. The original plan was a loop starting up Nick Eaton Ridge, and then taking Casey Creek trail back to Herman Creek. Fairly simple. Unfortunately, there was enough snow on top of the ridge that I couldn't find the CC trail intersection. I hiked up and back a fair amount to see if there was a sign, flag, marker, anything to denote an inte...
November 13, 2011 Debbi City of Portland Reservoir Number 4 4 miles 0 feet gained
November 13, 2011 Chris Franklin Ridge 10.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
Did the Multnomah Wahkeena loop with a side trip up to Nesika Lodge. Perfume Bomb Count: 5 (a record!)
November 13, 2011 jon Angels Rest 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Weather was good, and almost no one was there. A nice late afternoon hike.
November 12, 2011 Joe Omundson Hardy Falls 8 miles 2,250 feet gained
November 12, 2011 Joe Omundson Henry Hagg Lake 13 miles 250 feet gained
November 12, 2011 Christophe Deppe Pcnst-N-Skykomish 3 miles 750 feet gained
November 12, 2011 Roman Allen Canyon 10.5 miles 250 feet gained
Easy, long hike. Want to bike it someday.
November 12, 2011 Eric Peterson Horseshoe Ridge 20 miles 5,250 feet gained
15th hike with Captain Defiance! Wow! 11 Saturday's in a row too hiking with him. Amazing that we have not killed each other!! :)) Siouxon Creek area is first rate even when you have no view and are rained in! Hiked with 3 new fellers too - Brad, Magnus and Dave. Thought maybe we would see Chris since he suggested the hike and the open invite was just that, ...
November 11, 2011 Jen Franklin Ridge 6 miles 1,750 feet gained
Beautiful fall color up in Multnomah Basin!
November 11, 2011 Chris Tanner Creek 12 miles 2,250 feet gained
Kind of just a road walk. Given what else is in the area, probably only worth visiting if you're looking for an easy trail run or are looking to make a bigger loop.
November 10, 2011 Roman Table Mountain 11.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
Finally found where this trail begins off N corner of table. NW ridge trail has great views, but really brushed and rugged for a mile... after which it turns into easy-to-walk (but viewless) forest road. Took a turn left @ powerline and then reconnected with PCT (more good views from talus fields). Nice day to be out.
November 8, 2011 Chris Doane Point 4.5 miles 500 feet gained
November 7, 2011 Roman Paradise Park 4.5 miles 500 feet gained
Snow's not too deep on Timberline yet... Get there if you can, great scenery package included (lenticular clouds at additional charge).
