June 24, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" East Fork 4 miles 500 feet gained
Had a tough decision to make after work today; Sit in Friday rush hour traffic, or head the other way and go for a short hike. Ummm, I choose hike! It was nice to venture out of the Gorge for some different scenery (not that I don't love the Gorge to pieces)
June 24 to June 25, 2011 Chris Pamelia Lake 19 miles 5,750 feet gained 1 night
My original plan was to do a long ridge hike in Middle Santiam, approached from Rt. 22 to avoid the long drive in, but because the access road was closed for repair, and the alternate was snowed in, my plan was stymied. Thanks to my friend Bill Sullivan, I had other options. I called over to Detroit Ranger Station and got a Pamelia permit. Right down the roa...
June 23 to June 24, 2011 Water (Matt) Middle Sister 10.5 miles 5,000 feet gained 1 night
Damn. Lost this the first time 'round. Anyways. Repeat of Middle Sister. This time with compatriot Al and wife of 1 week, Kara!! Left PDX at 5:00am after dropping friend off at airport (so really, left PDX). Sisters Coffee rocks me! McDonalds cancer biscuit breakfast also primo for the mountains. Snow melted fast. Approach even quicker, but more blowdown to ...
June 23, 2011 jon West Benson Way 10 miles 4,500 feet gained
June 23, 2011 Shane Eagle Creek Trail 10 miles 4,500 feet gained
June 23, 2011 Kyle Meyer West Benson Way 10 miles 4,500 feet gained
We planned to climb Hood on Thursday, but with clouds moving in the night before limiting the overnight low to above freezing, we thought it safest to postpone the climb. Instead, we climbed Ruckel Ridge! This is an extremely fun trail, full of ridiculous steeps, precarious foot placements, and plenty of exposure. The trail feels more like an adventure than ...
June 22, 2011 ChurchFish 1980 Crater 12 miles 5,500 feet gained
June 22, 2011 Trainer Kim 10 miles 0 feet gained
Good hike- it's been a few years since I have done it. Some of the flat section of trails were thick, but overall it was a pleasant hike.
June 21 to June 22, 2011 Bosterson Warren Lake 5.5 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Last Friday I noted how nice it was at Warren Lake on my way to Defiance, and how nice it would probably be to camp up there and just hang out and go in the water and read. Sooo.... my friend had somewhere early to be today, so yesterday we drove up the back way to the Mitchell trailhead, yielding a whopping 3/4 mile stroll down to Warren Lake. We spent the ...
June 21, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" Devils Rest 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
The hike up was quiet and chill, lots of flowers and snakes. But wow did it get busy! On my way down around 10am, between the vista trail and the parking lot I crossed paths with about 35-40 people; Note to self: leave town much earlier tomorrow.
June 21, 2011 Justin Wright Angels Rest 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
First time up to Angels Rest, love the view.
June 20, 2011 Jen Unicorn Peak 6 miles 2,500 feet gained
I did this climb with the Mazamas. We had a great day, wonderful snow climbing on nice malleable crusty stuff in the morning, which made ascending through the snow chutes very manageble. The sun came out and views all around were amazing. Short climb on a fixed rope to the summit. The sun softend the snow for our after lunch descent- fun glissades down.
June 20, 2011 Roman Dog Mountain 7 miles 2,750 feet gained
Made another hike up Dog Mtn this morning (BTW I've officially graduated so Monday will be my hiking day!). Balsamroot is very good, but beginning to fade. The meadows are yellow all the way to the summit now.
June 19, 2011 Joe Omundson Catherine Creek Shortcut 8 miles 2,000 feet gained
June 19, 2011 Sirhikesalot1 Smith Rock 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Spent Fathers Day with the family hiking in the park. Good times....
June 19, 2011 Roman Salmon Butte 9 miles 3,000 feet gained
Was going to hike Middle Salmon River trail, but when I got there decided to do something less crowded and continued 1/3 mile to a new Salmon Butte trailhead. I've never done this hike before but read on Portland Hikers that the road to an old trailhead had been decommissioned and blocked just after Salmon River crossing. Making calculation on Kyle's map, th...
June 19, 2011 Chris Observation Peak 17 miles 4,000 feet gained
So glad to be done with this one. Took the 194 trail north to 158. 158 had several blow downs and the snow started at 3400. Well packed but icy. From the basin around 3400, I ventured off trail to avoid the sidehilling - I wouldn't do this hike for the next several weeks without a good GPS or excellent navigation skills. Routefinding in the several miles of ...
June 19, 2011 Eric Peterson Sherrard Point 16 miles 4,250 feet gained
Started down at Wahkeena around 11 am. Made good time up to a point under Devils Rest to cut across some old logging roads to get up to Larch Mountain road. Ran into one of my daughters class mates on the remote logging road, they were doing a 3 sons and a dad Fathers Day hike of some sort. Figured out later that they parked at the yet closed Larch Mountain ...
June 18, 2011 Heather&Wein Table Mountain 9 miles 4,250 feet gained
Headed out around 9am and headed out at the trailhead around 10am. Went up past Carpenter Lake and connected with the PCT. We ended up taking the middle route up (not heartbreak nor the PCT). It was a beautiful, windy climb...but the loose rocks weren't so great for Wrangell. We made it to the top and had BEAUTIFUL views of fog! Gorgeous. We did take a break...
June 17 to June 18, 2011 Kyle Meyer Gillette Lake 7 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
Quick overnight with friends. Swam, caught two bull trout, and hung out by a roaring fire provided by perfectly seasoned wood from the clearcut. A great camping experience with very little backpacking :)
June 17 to June 18, 2011 Conner Dowling Gillette Lake 6 miles 500 feet gained 1 night
June 17, 2011 Sirhikesalot1 McIntyre Reservoir 6 miles 0 feet gained
I did a quick in and out on the old Cazadero trail, starting in Boring. Fun hike for an after work fix..
June 17 to June 18, 2011 Shane Gillette Lake 6 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
Nice day for a nice hike. Even better day for eating delicious lake trout and sleeping under the stars!
June 17, 2011 jon Bandera Mountain 7 miles 3,000 feet gained
While visiting a few friends in Seattle I had half-day to myself, so I drove out into the Cascades for this short hike. I only went as far as Little Bandera, which is a peak separated by a half-mile ridge from its slightly taller namesake, mostly due to my lack of a traction device and a heavily corniced ridge. The views were great and the crowds were small ...
June 17, 2011 Bosterson Mount Defiance 11.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
Up Starvation and down the Defiance trail. The latter is probably steeper - next time I'm going to try going up it and down Starvation. Totally beautiful bluebird day, wanted to stay at Warren Lake sitting in a chair with a book or something. (I'll have to go back there for an overnight.) Very little snow compared to TRs from a week ago - we didn't hit any a...
June 17, 2011 Chris Burnt Lake 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
Hike up to Burnt lake. Super nice day. Snow at 3800ft and deep beyond that. The original plan was to go up to east Zigzag, but the consensus was to turn around shortly after the lake.
June 16, 2011 Muno Hardy Eagle Creek 15 miles 4,000 feet gained
Hike was great to start with, Eagle Creek is a gentle climb, We took the Benson trail about 5 miles up Eagle Creek. The Benson Trail is very steep, lots of tree across the trail require lots of climbing over. Some wonderful views of the canon, and then later of the Eagle Creek bowl. After about 2.7 miles we had reach the Benson Plato, coming from the south a...
June 16, 2011 Justin Wright Ennis Creek 30 miles 2,000 feet gained
Been wanting to try this one for awhile. Got dropped off at the trailhead on Newberry Road at 5:30 am and started walking towards the Oregon Zoo. About 5 miles in, I started to notice a pattern...switchback, switchback, switchback, footbridge. That basically sums up the first 25 miles of the hike. Once I got to the Pittock Mansion I was able to get some grea...
June 15, 2011 Trainer Kim Rock Creek Butte 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
I have tried to summit table twice before to get stuck at the boulder field. Third times a charm! I started @ Bonneville Hotsprings and climbed through the mud and muck for about 45 minutes before coming to the meadow and turns for Aldrich Butte. The PCT was gorgeous and dry. Heartbreak Ridge was slick and muddy, which wore me out by the time I got to the to...
June 15, 2011 Chris Mcintyre Ridge 6 miles 750 feet gained
Went up late tonight to get a quick hike in. The plan was to do Wildcat, but I ran into drifts on the road 2 miles before the trailhead. A high clearance vehicle would do fine. Outbacks and smaller, if going this week, bring a shovel in case you get high-centered. I didn't have either, so I ended up road walking a good ways. It was supposed to be clear out t...
June 14, 2011 Monica Hutson Gulch 4 miles 500 feet gained
Nice hike we did at the start of the summer. (sorry for late post)
June 14, 2011 Shane Dog Mountain 6.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
Saw the TR for this hike on portlandhikers, and had to go check out the wildflowers. They are immaculate, but I left my camera in the car. We didn't quite make it to the summit because we had to get back to town. No worries there - I've been to the top, just wanted to see the flowers in person.
June 14, 2011 Jen Devils Rest 7 miles 2,250 feet gained
I've been laying low because of a back injury. It was good to get out on the trail again today. The wildflowers are amazing on this loop. Wonderful variety as you ascend, including....spring beauty, oxalis, waterleaf, inside out flower, wild ginger, rue, bleeding heart, valerian, serviceberery, bunchberry, thimbleberry, salmonberry, false Solomon's seal, goa...
June 13, 2011 Muno Hardy Rodney Falls 7 miles 2,000 feet gained
First hike in a long time, thought it was going to be painful, but was a breeze. Good fun. Started out around 9:45 am, took the west trail, climbed 2000ft in the first 1.5 miles. ate lunch on the ridge, returned via the eat trail. Rained all morning, made it a wonderful trip.
June 12, 2011 Joe Omundson Saddle Mountain 5.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
June 12, 2011 Jack K. Ramona Falls 7 miles 1,000 feet gained
June 12, 2011 Christophe Deppe Wallace Lake 11 miles 1,500 feet gained
June 12, 2011 Chris Three Corner Rock 18 miles 4,250 feet gained
They say the third time's the charm. Apparently not. Yet again, Table evades me. I started at one of the CG-2000 trailheads around 1p and made my way up the PCT towards Three Corner Rock. Hit snow patches around 3200', which continued on the east side of the ridge all the way to table. Often it was easier to bushwhack up higher on the ridge, or take 4x4 road...
June 12, 2011 Justin Wright Table Mountain 13 miles 4,000 feet gained
Finally made it up to the top of Table Mountain. Started at the Dick Thomas trailhead and took the West Trail up to the top, then came down the North side. We eventually hit the PCT and then bushwhacked are way up to the top of the mountain behind table, which has an elevation of 3,553 ft (name?). Came back down and then followed the PCT back to the Dick Tho...
June 12, 2011 Roman Dog Mountain 7 miles 2,750 feet gained
Balsamroot is at the peak right now. Many other flowers as well. Even though the cars were parked in 4 rows at trailhead (we parked at the shoulder just east because parking was completely crammed) it didn't feel too crowded on the mountain, probably because it's not one trail but three.
June 11 to June 12, 2011 Bill Law Fresno Dome 7 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
See trip report on my web site.
June 11, 2011 Jen Crescent Lake 4 miles 500 feet gained
A little morning ramble looking for another one of those big mossy scree fields after seeing it on Google Earth. This one is huge and covered with soft deep moss, and has a nice ridgetop giving spectacular views. The big bonus was finding what I am sure is a vision quest pit, at the top, in the NE corner- approximate location marked on the map. See link to T...
June 11 to June 12, 2011 Michael Snow Lakes Trail 13 miles 4,000 feet gained 1 night
Hike along Snow Creek to the far end of the Snow Lakes. Includes a dam crossing and snow camping. Last weekend before you need a permit.
June 11, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" Timothy Bike 3 miles 0 feet gained
The end of this road trip signified the end of my 3 week vacation in-between jobs (*sad trombone sound*) we were supposed to be headed straight to Portland, but I managed to finagle a short side trip to Little Crater Lake, the PCT is about 1/2 mile from the campground. Not a particularly interesting area to hike, but the spring fed lake was clear and blue an...
June 10, 2011 Bosterson Ruckel Creek 9 miles 4,000 feet gained
Fun! Almost no snow on the Benson Plateau at the Ruckel Creek junction, so easy routefinding.
June 10, 2011 Eric Peterson Mount Defiance 18.5 miles 7,250 feet gained
Started with a warm up on Hamilton on the WA side. No sweat, quickie hike while it's still free. Cruised over to Defiance to hike that trail, did Starvation 2 weeks and I still think Defiance is steeper going up. But I was not fresh as I just did Hamilton. My biggest 1 day gain ever, S Sister was close, but today topped it I think... Knee - started Hamilton ...
June 10, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" Hurd Creek 5 miles 750 feet gained
Read about the "northernmost stand of rare cyprus trees" and thought that would be a cool thing to check out. I wasn't too sure what a cyprus tree looked like, but I did know they were the rarest tree in North America, only growing in the Siskiyou Mountains, and therefore assumed they would be very interesting. It turns out they are just glorified Juniper bu...
June 9, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" Big Butte Creek 7 miles 1,250 feet gained
Headed to Southern Oregon with no real plan. Started the day with the glorious hot springs and a waterfall. Then picked a hike at random from the Hiking the Siskiyous/Southern Cascades book, "Viewpoint Mike", turned out to be a nice destination, lots of cool flowers, great views, and right by Lost Creek Lake for a post hike swim (yes! it was actually warm en...
June 9, 2011 Shane Mount Saint Helens 7 miles 5,500 feet gained
Only a very good reason is going to get me out of bed by 4:00 AM. Promise of a sunny, 53 degree day on MSH fits that bill. Kyle, Jon, Kevin and I set out from the trailhead just after 7. My Salomon Comet 3D GTXs, Kahtoola Microspikes and Outdoor Research gaiters were more than adequate to keep me stable and dry the whole way up. It was really warm, and by th...
June 9 to June 10, 2011 Chris South Coldwater 16.5 miles 2,750 feet gained 1 night
I headed up north again this week, this time to scout out some options for an upcoming trip. I didn't get out of Portland until 5:30, and then got stuck at the bridge for about a half hour while I waited for the drawbridge to come back down. 504 was covered with yellow flowers, and the drive to MSH was super quiet: the last 20 miles I saw no cars. I couldn't...
