September 18, 2011 Kyle Meyer 3.5 miles 0 feet gained
Fun little camping trip with friends. Hiked around the lake one day so I figure it's worth posting on here!
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September 17, 2011 Christophe Deppe 5.5 miles 250 feet gained
September 17, 2011 Roman 9 miles 0 feet gained
Another family hike. We hiked south from near McKenzie Pass, connected to PCT and followed it for about 4.5 miles. Initially, the trail goes through forest with a few glimpses of a lava field (jumble of boulders several dozen feet high), then it goes by the two lakes, and after a little while climbs on the lava. Very nice trail from the lakes and above, more...
September 17, 2011 Chris 20.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
For some reason, I really like Indian Heaven. But for some reason, I can only seem to get there when it's in a big raincloud. Today, I think it was a combination of our weather, plus what seems to be the perennial fog that just doesn't leave that place. That being said, it was still great. I got to the Sawtooth Trailhead around 10:30—things were pretty crowd...
September 17, 2011 Eric Peterson 10.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
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September 16, 2011 Roman 13 miles 2,750 feet gained
Same hike as 3 days before, this time I took my mom for her second time in Goat Rocks (1st time this year). Met some frozen backpackers with everything on (as we headed with t-shirts) and they said it was outright miserable a day before - rain, wind and cold! Once we got to Snowgrass Flats, we could see flowers really got a beating from the weather. It also ...
September 16, 2011 jon 7 miles 2,500 feet gained
With time before work this morning, I thought it might be fun to see how quickly I could hike up to Devil's Rest. This isn't normally my type of thing, but I had the itch so I went with it. I hit Angel's Rest in 40 minutes and continued up, but unfortunately a wasp flew into my shirt and stung me right below my shoulder blade. This made the rest of the trip ...
September 13, 2011 Roman 14 miles 3,000 feet gained
Went with my dad to show him Goat Rocks while the summer weather is still here. I heard it was a cloudy day back in Vancouver, but at GR it was 100% sunny despite the forecast. Since my dad doesn't consider camping his hobby, the only option was to hike it in a day. We started at Snowgrass TH, went up trail #96 to the PCT, then on PCT to Packwood "glacier" o...
September 11 to September 12, 2011 Jen 17 miles 4,000 feet gained 1 night
I joined a Mazamas group for this trip. We started at the Main Eagle TH, and hiked up Eagle creek to Cached Lake, made camp and summited Needlepoint Peak the next day. Fun off trail scrambling through alpine meadows and granite slopes. Stunning views of the Wallowas all around at 9000 feet!
September 10 to September 11, 2011 Coeptus 10.5 miles 3,750 feet gained 1 night
This was the first Hiking trip with my wife so I tried to pick a relatively easy trail for her first time. Unfortunately the last 1/3 of the Gale River Trail had some very steep rocky/boulder sections that my wife so lovingly named "The Stairs from Hell." We also tried to make it over to Mt. Garfield, but the Garfield Ridge Trail contained some really slippe...
September 10 to September 11, 2011 Water (Matt) 12 miles 5,000 feet gained 1 night
WARNING, THIS IS NOT A HIKE.... just to clarify that for those considering. Recall that two weeks later on September 24 a man fell to his death while 'scrambling'. His body has not been recovered and it is hoped that the winter snow and ice will migrate it down to a less hazardous area for recovery next year. re-Posted from CC.com... Why I keep coming back t...
September 10 to September 11, 2011 Joe Omundson 12 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
September 10, 2011 Christophe Deppe 5.5 miles 750 feet gained
September 10 to September 11, 2011 Jen 14 miles 3,750 feet gained 1 night
Gorgeous hike in a remote section of the Wallowas. Did not see another human.
September 10, 2011 Debbi 4 miles 0 feet gained
September 10, 2011 Debbi 5 miles 0 feet gained
September 10 to September 11, 2011 Kyle Meyer 8 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
Took my pops on his first backpacking trip ever on an easy jaunt on the old abandoned Cascade Crest Trail over to Bear Lake from the Thomas Lake trailhead. Some huckleberries were around for the first mile or so, but none of the bushes higher up have berries yet, let alone ripe ones. I caught eight cut throat trout out of Bear Lake, including a few impressiv...
September 9, 2011 Chris 6.5 miles 750 feet gained
This trip was supposed to be a Three Finger Jack loop, but it ended up being an out-and-back to Square Lake. The big problem was the bumble bees. The trail was covered in a white flower which was at the peak of its pollination so the bees were going nuts. Usually they don't bother me, but I had several swarm me, and since I had shorts on and was walking righ...
September 9, 2011 Eric Peterson 25 miles 10,250 feet gained
This was supposed to be a Mt. Hood 1 day around hood hike, but what with the fires and all we had to change it up and do something different. Behold! I give you the DWTHB all in one day loony hike! Met up with Guy, Cascadehiker and Mayhem right around 5:00 am @ Dog MT. to start the pentuplet. [attachment=14]Start.jpg[/attachment] Made pretty good time being ...
September 8, 2011 Stacey 10 miles 4,500 feet gained
Trip Report and Photos soon.
September 6 to September 8, 2011 Bosterson 20 miles 7,000 feet gained 2 nights
Drove from Portland out to Eagle Cap in the morning. Left Wallowa Lake TH around 1pm and went up to Ice Lake. Next morning went up the use trail (marked with cairns) to the summit of the Matterhorn (9826 ft), then scrambled across the ridges and gendarmes to the summit of Sacajawea Peak (9838 ft), the tallest in Eagle Cap. Retraced my steps back to the summi...
September 5 to September 10, 2011 Julia 59 miles 9,250 feet gained 5 nights
September 5, 2011 Debbi 7.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
September 5, 2011 Eric Peterson 26 miles 4,500 feet gained
Laggy and Draggy went for a day hike.
September 4 to September 8, 2011 Roman 36 miles 6,750 feet gained 4 nights
Now to my favorite place in the world :) DAY 1 After spending a night 3.5 miles from Snowgrass trailhead, I got an early-ish start. Met droves of backpackers heading back. After arriving to Lily Basin/Snowgrass trail junction, it was "select your own camp" thing I set a "base camp" at the largest campground close to the junction. Hiked to Goat Lake without a...
September 4, 2011 Jen 6.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
I wanted to stay clear of the smoke and have an early morning beat the heat run. I hid my bike in the bushes at the Herman Creek Campgound and drove back to Bridge of the Gods. Nice easy run, did a little exploring at the Pinnacles and another outcropping along the way. Pretty quiet on the trail this morning. It was fun riding back through Cascade Locks on m...
September 4, 2011 Sirhikesalot1 19.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Spent 6 days with the family based in Newport. Made several jaunts from base, mostly in the morning when some were sleeping in. South Beach, Cape Perpetua, Yaquina Head, Yaquina Bay, Devils Punchbowl, Otter Crest, Cape Fowlweather.
September 3 to September 5, 2011 Water (Matt) 17.5 miles 2,250 feet gained 2 nights
Have wanted to check out the Seven Devils for a while. Seen them three times now from the top of Wallowa Peaks, jutting out over there in Idaho. For the record had never visited or seen Hells Canyon but heard aplenty bout it. Friday: Left PDX late afternoon. Arrive in Riggins at Salmon River Inn ($50?) around midnight? Got to drive through a recently started...
September 3 to September 5, 2011 Shane 18 miles 3,500 feet gained 2 nights
Camped out with a big group of friends at Lake Stuart for 2 nights. Day hiked to Colchuck Lake, swam around and caught/cooked up a bunch of delicious trout! Great weekend!
September 3 to September 5, 2011 jon 23 miles 7,000 feet gained 2 nights
I enjoyed a wonderful weekend with our large group. We camped out on Lake Stuart and, as Kyle mentioned, a few of us hiked up Aasgard Pass to check out the upper basin. We started our climb a bit late in the day, so I didn't get to see all of the upper alpine lakes like I wanted, but maybe next year. Colchuck Lake is gorgeous, and I'm definitely going to try...
September 3 to September 5, 2011 Kyle Meyer 22 miles 7,000 feet gained 2 nights
Coming from Portland, the scale and ruggedness of the central Washington cascades are overwhelming the first time you see them. They are jagged and looming and give a sense of grandeur that you don't get anywhere in, say, Mt. Hood National Forest. Twelve of us met up at Lake Stuart Saturday with the intent to day hike into the Core Enchantments Sunday. Only ...
September 3, 2011 Debbi 8 miles 1,000 feet gained
September 3, 2011 Christophe Deppe 10 miles 3,000 feet gained
September 3, 2011 Jack K. 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
September 3, 2011 Chris 18.5 miles 3,000 feet gained
A planned 2-nighter turned into a day trip. I'm not entirely sure why, but I think I'm just getting hiked out for the year. I still want to make 1,000 miles, though. Drove up Friday night and did some "car camping" (in the car). I did the Walupt lake loop, adding on Cispus Pass and a little wandering. The basin below Cispus is pretty cool, with several casca...
September 3, 2011 Roman 11.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Took our friends from S. Cal. to Paradise Park. It was nice today for the most part, but the Park was really filled with smoke. I saw only 2 or 3 groups camping, lots of dayhikers, and many backpackers heading in and out of Paradise (or heading in and turning out because of smoke?). Still, we saw most of the views and the flowers are near peak, better than o...
September 2 to September 5, 2011 Heather&Wein 28 miles 5,250 feet gained 3 nights
September 2, 2011 Bosterson 19 miles 4,750 feet gained
Started at Multnomah Falls. Took Gorge Trail 400 to Ponytail Falls, then up Rock of Ages to the Horsetail Falls trail. Turned left onto the Bell Creek trail, followed it through a bunch of brush and blowdowns to where it meets the Oneonta trail again, then up to Larch Mountain. Down the normal Larch Mountain trail to Multnomah Falls and the car.
September 1 to September 2, 2011 Julia 13 miles 2,000 feet gained 1 night
September 1, 2011 Jack K. 14.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
August 31, 2011 ChurchFish 18 miles 2,500 feet gained
August 31 to September 3, 2011 RenegadePilgrim 10 miles 3,500 feet gained 3 nights
We drove up from Portland on Aug. 31st with the intent to camp at the Ten Mile Shelter at the trail head of the Upper Big Quilcene Trail. Getting out of Portland was a nightmare, there was a car accident on I-5 and no traffic was moving so we ended up heading east to I-205 and got on our way, about an hour late! We arrived at the trail head around 7p, then s...
August 30, 2011 Eric Peterson 6 miles 2,500 feet gained
'Recliner Hike' after the Ice Lake trip to 'recon' Chief Joseph trail/MT ascent. Somewhat of a precursor for the hike that follows this one. I needed a quick little recliner hike to keep my knee from totally whacking out on me after the longish 19 mile Ice Lake hike. Went up to the Chief Joseph trail from the South Wallowa Sate Park TH and found their nice f...
August 30, 2011 Roman 8 miles 2,000 feet gained
Hiked with my dad and with our dog to Bald Butte after changing our Mt. Hood plan (too much smoke). Nice hike through a variety of terrain - oak savanna, evergreen forests, and a couple overgrowing clearcuts. Had good views of Hood River and Mt. Hood (mostly hidden in smoke at the moment). Looks like there's a lot of balsamroot in spring, now it was all dry ...
August 29, 2011 Eric Peterson 19 miles 3,500 feet gained
Took the family over to Wallowa State Park for some camping fun! Did a few hikes while we were there. Cruised up to Ice Lake and had the track from Water's climbing mate for the Matterhorn thinking I could tackle this whole thing in one shot. Hhehe. Luckily some thunder and lightning activity while I was breaking at Ice Lake changed my mind, another day for ...
August 29, 2011 Roman 12 miles 2,250 feet gained
Hiked from Timberline Lodge to Split Rock in Paradise Park. Besides a couple of snow patches, the trail has melted out. No mosquitoes and almost no biting flies, warm but breezy weather - a perfect day for a hike. Very few people after Zigzag Canyon overlook. It's surprising how much easier this hike became since I hiked it a year ago.
August 29, 2011 jon 7 miles 1,750 feet gained
I decided to escape the pea soup clouds of Portland this morning in search of sunshine. Bringing my SLR and 70-200mm lens, I thought it'd be fun to get some close-up shots of Mt. Hood from across the highway on TDH. Lots of people around Mirror Lake, but only a couple once I got past it.
August 28, 2011 Heather&Wein 2 miles 500 feet gained
August 28, 2011 Stephanie McCloud 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
August 28, 2011 Shane 10 miles 1,500 feet gained