August 28, 2011 Christophe Deppe 5.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
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August 28, 2011 Stacey 10 miles 2,250 feet gained
Arrived at the Top Spur trailhead at about 9:40am. Trailhead parking was packed, so we went past the trailhead and parked on wider area on the side of the road. We took our time hiking to McNeil point. Awesome views of Mt. Hood, lots of huckleberries, lots of wildflowers, and still a small amount of snow. Wildflowers included paintbrush, lupine, avalanche li...
August 28, 2011 Bosterson 11 miles 3,500 feet gained
This was originally supposed to be a McNeil Point > Cairn Basin > Barrett Spur hike, but we improvised. Got to Top Spur at 9:30am and the parking lot was totally packed. Went out to McNeil Point shelter, and then up the ridge to the rocky summit at around 6900 ft (NWHiker calls this McNeil Peak). The plan was to backtrack back to the Timberline Trail, follow...
August 28, 2011 Roman 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
Nice hike, good road (looks like recently repaired), terrible overflow parking (cars park on the shoulder of 1-line road with sheer drop-off on the other side), a lot of flowers, fire closure posted half way in as we headed out (posted this on PH). We also went to see a tiny Dollar Lake. The fire is small and nothing to worry about; given the size of fire cr...
August 27 to August 28, 2011 Water (Matt) 21 miles 3,750 feet gained 1 night
First time in Goat Rocks having been here for 4 years. We've been to the Redwoods, Crater Lake twice, Wallowas 3 times, Hells Canyon, Olympics 3 times, up to BC, Okanagon Valley, and all over the Oregon Cascades, St. Helens, Adams, and Rainier... but never Goat Rocks, for all the wonder I've heard of it. Finally! Had some fun on this one. Sheep Lake wasn't e...
August 27, 2011 Joe Omundson 6.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
August 27, 2011 Jack K. 6.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
August 27, 2011 Debbi 4 miles 500 feet gained
August 27, 2011 Christophe Deppe 7 miles 2,000 feet gained
August 27 to August 28, 2011 Jen 9 miles 3,750 feet gained 1 night
I went with the Mazamas on this trip. There have been some thunderstorms in the area lately, so we watched the clouds carefully. Gorgeous morning, plenty of folks out on the trail. The scramble route up the scree to the summit block was fun, but very dusty on the way down. I reccommend wearing pants or gaiters, and bringing gloves. We used protection on the ...
August 26 to August 28, 2011 Heather&Wein 9 miles 500 feet gained 2 nights
August 24, 2011 Roman 5 miles 250 feet gained
The last full day of the trip was reserved for hiking in Grand Teton but over night the park became choked in smoke from the two nearby wildfires. After we determined the air almost unbreathable, we drove over to Yellowstone and spent another day there.
August 23, 2011 Roman 4.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Explored South side of Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, hiked down to Lower Falls and along Rim Trail. Also visited a small geyser basin west of Yellowstone Lake.
August 23, 2011 Anne S. 15 miles 5,000 feet gained
Really rough day on Mount Hood. hiked the Timberline Trail to Paradise Park, fairly easy even with the climb out of Zigzag Canyon. Ascended through the wildflowers up to the pumice slopes near the top of the canyon. Began to feel tired, some clouds to the south. made it to the snowfields above Mississippi Head when clouds rolled in. Opted not to descend to l...
August 23, 2011 Jen 14 miles 2,000 feet gained
Wow what a beautiful area! I started from the Blue Lake TH and took it to the Butte Camp Trail and headed up to the Loowit. In your face views of MSH, and very quiet on this side of the mountain, I only saw two groups of hikers and one group of trail maintenance workers in the 6 hours I was out. I headed back down on the Sheep Canyon Trail- which has a HUGE ...
August 23, 2011 Bosterson 9 miles 4,500 feet gained
Scored a free permit from someone who couldn't go, so I did some last minute planning and ran up there. I was dismayed by the rain last night, and the forecast called for clouds in the morning but burning off by afternoon, so I skipped the alpine start and left Portland 9ish - after gas and permits and such, I hit the trail at 11am. It was totally misty for ...
August 22, 2011 Roman 5 miles 750 feet gained
Small hikes around Yellowstone - Upper, Middle, Bisquit, Black Sand Basins, Great Canyon north rim hike, and just stopped on all viewpoints photographing thermal features and wildlife. We also hiked the back side of Grand Prismatic Spring to get an elevated view of this colorful lake. Great to spend time with the whole family together.
August 21, 2011 Joe Omundson 7.5 miles 500 feet gained
August 21, 2011 Christophe Deppe 2 miles 250 feet gained
August 21, 2011 Roman 4 miles 1,000 feet gained
A few short hike on the first day in Yellowstone - Mammoth Hot Springs (the springs are drying out comparing with 3 years ago and lost most of the color), Norris Geyser Basin, a couple of other points.
August 21, 2011 Chris 12.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Lupine. People. A few other flowers. A little bit of snow. Far less crowded early in the morning.
August 21, 2011 Stacey 6 miles 1,000 feet gained
August 20, 2011 Christophe Deppe 10 miles 3,500 feet gained
August 20, 2011 Jack K. 7.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Great hike with a nice swimming spot in the middle.
August 20 to August 21, 2011 Kyle Meyer 7 miles 500 feet gained 1 night
My wife Christy and I took an easy trip out here to bask in the sun, relax, and swim. I also brought my tenkara fly fishing rod I am absolutely stoked about. I think this might have been my favorite hike of the year. Here's why: 1. We jumped off a 10 foot rock into crystal clear green water over and over. 2. Christy napped in our hammock while I fished. 3. W...
August 20, 2011 Justin Wright 7 miles 2,000 feet gained
One awesome hike with an amazing view of Mt Hoods Summit.
August 20, 2011 Eric Peterson 29 miles 7,000 feet gained
Started from Herman Creek TH with Don and Mayhem at about 7:00 am. Don promptly took Mayhem and I up a short cut to go around something and get up to Gorton Creek Trail a little faster. Headed up Gorton Creek to hit Indian Point. Got some good pictures and movie of Don scrambling up there. Cruised up Gorton past Deadwood and Ridge camps and met a nice trail ...
August 20, 2011 Bosterson 39 miles 12,250 feet gained
The next installment of the Acronymic Gorge Triple Crown (AGTC?) series of combo hikes: Tanner Butte - Nesmith Point - Table Mountain. I got up at 3:15am on maybe 3 1/2 hrs of sleep and hit the trail to Tanner Butte under headlamp at a touch before 5am. Got to the top in a little under 3 1/2 hrs, back to the car around 11:30am, for about 6 1/2 hrs hike time,...
August 19 to August 21, 2011 Joshua Hudson 36.5 miles 5,000 feet gained 2 nights
My father and I hiked this amazing trail together. It was the first backpacking either of us had done since I was little. We left the Hoh Visitor center around 11:00 A.M. (My advice, try and leave earlier) and walked all the way to Martin Creek (14.7 miles) on the first day. The first 12.4 miles of this trail are pretty flat as you work your way up the Hoh R...
August 19, 2011 Roman 3 miles 250 feet gained
Short hike on the way to Yellowstone NP with my family. The swim in the lake was great (water 72F, air 85F), the trail is beautiful too - the lake is lined with pine forests and there are some large granite rocks near the water. It was quite crowded and hard to find a good spot to swim. Also took a walk around town. Sorry no pics.
August 19, 2011 Justin Wright 10 miles 1,500 feet gained
Went and checked out the North side of Mt St Helens for the first time. Got some great views of Spirit Lake as well as the crater.
August 19, 2011 Jen 8 miles 2,000 feet gained
I started at the south Burnt Lake on FS 27. The road is very rough, but you get to travel through some lovely meadows up to the Zigzag Ridge before dropping down to the Burnt Lake Basin. Pretty buggy at the lake and in the woods. The breeze on the ridgetop was merciful, and a better place to have lunch than the lake.
August 18, 2011 Bosterson 15 miles 4,500 feet gained
Contrived loop to break in some new shoes. Started at Angel's Rest TH at 4:15pm (!), up to Angel's Rest by 5, then traversed to Wahkeena Springs and went down the falls trail (which is actually kind of cool until it becomes paved) back to the Old Columbia Highway, then took the connector trail to Multnomah Falls Lodge, went up to the top of the falls and up ...
August 17 to August 18, 2011 ChurchFish 15 miles 3,750 feet gained 1 night
August 17, 2011 Josh Mayer 3 miles 0 feet gained
Followed up Rattlesnake Ledge with this little one. Easy hike to see a tall waterfall. But, we went off the spur to see the upper falls. Didn't do small side trip to see main one. Much of trail follows a small river.
August 17, 2011 Josh Mayer 4 miles 0 feet gained
Hiked Rattlesnake Ledge with family. Easy, with great views from Seattle to the Cascades. Rattlesnake Lake was beautiful and warm.
August 16, 2011 Bruce 4 miles 1,000 feet gained
August 14, 2011 Joe Omundson 7.5 miles 500 feet gained
August 14, 2011 ChurchFish 12 miles 6,750 feet gained
August 14 to August 17, 2011 Anne S. 35 miles 5,000 feet gained 3 nights
The hubs and I roadtripped down to Cali and spent four days on the JMT this month. We started at Tuolumne, were surprised at the beauty of Lyell Canyon, tackled Donahue Pass out of Yosemite, filled up our camera's memory at the lakes, and exited at Agnew Meadows via the River Trail. It was challenging and spectacular, especially past 1000 Island lake. Snow w...
August 14, 2011 Jack K. 11.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
August 14, 2011 Bruce 6.5 miles 250 feet gained
August 14 to August 17, 2011 Justin Wright 54 miles 8,500 feet gained 3 nights
Took a friend backpacking in the Gorge for a few days. Here's what we ended up doing: Sunday - Got dropped off at Eagle Creek late Sunday night and hiked up to Tenas Camp. Monday - Hiked from Tenas Camp up to Whatum Lake. Got stung by 6 or 7 bee's on the way up there. Saw the signs but didn't see the bee's coming so fast. Tuesday - Left Whatum Lake on the PC...
August 14, 2011 Christophe Deppe 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
August 13, 2011 Stephanie McCloud 12 miles 2,000 feet gained
Our first long day hike in NM, the first weekend after finding a place to live in Albuquerque. We met several lizards that looked like bearded dragons, although they were more colorful. We hiked from the Canyon Estates parking lot up the South Crest Trail until we reached the northern Embudito Trail trailhead—then turned back around due to looming storm clou...
August 13 to August 14, 2011 Heather&Wein 12.5 miles 4,000 feet gained 1 night
This overnight trip/hike has been on our to-do list for quite a while and we finally got to complete it. Original plan was to hike into and camp at Burnt Lake, but when we arrived there were only a few sites left and none that really caught our attention. So then we decided to continue on to Cast Lake which ended up being a great call. We ended up doing arou...
August 13 to August 14, 2011 Shane 8 miles 1,750 feet gained 1 night
Awesomeness! Had a great trip: swimming, fishing and hiking. Also, the place is covered in wild blueberries. We came out with just enough to make a delicious blueberry pie!
August 13, 2011 Justin Wright 12.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
Made it to the top of South Sister, one amazing view at the top! Had perfect weather to hang out on the summit it for a bit.
August 13 to August 15, 2011 Water (Matt) 21 miles 5,250 feet gained 2 nights
hopefully some pictures soon... i fell and biffed myself by the car when i woke up on Sat AM before we left. then I was sitting there trying to get an embedded rock out of my palm but couldnt, and I passed out and landed on my nose and make that look like hell. Friend Jason had to pull rock out with some mini pliers. We cared for the wound then went on our w...
