June 4, 2011 Christophe Deppe 5.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
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June 4, 2011 Evan E 3 miles 3,500 feet gained
June 4, 2011 Anne S. 8 miles 2,250 feet gained
3rd time, first time w/husband. Great day, but crowded trail and gnats. Hiked fast, felt strong. Relatively easy.
June 4 to June 5, 2011 Water (Matt) 10.5 miles 5,000 feet gained 1 night
Whilst I've mounted the young easy sister to the south, and the difficult old one to the north, the moderate middle has managed to elude me. A brilliant weather forecast? Check. A mountain to climb? Check. A partner to Climb with? Check... but not so fast. Al and I were suppose to tick this one off. I've never really see a crevasse on the climbing route on t...
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June 4 to June 5, 2011 Heather&Wein 4 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Had a late start as we had some things to do in the morning so we drove out for an afternoon stroll to Fall Creek Falls. Started out on the lower falls trail -- saw the beautiful, indescribable view of the falls, then went back on the upper falls trail! Wrangell had some fun in the river. Afterwards, we drove to the opposite side of the pass to the Ice Caves...
June 4, 2011 Justin Wright 15 miles 5,250 feet gained
Hiked this with the Mazamas. They call it the Silver Star Grand Tour, which I can easily say is my favorite hike so far. We started off at the Starway Trailhead, then followed an unofficial trail that's being developed by the guy who lead the hike. It took us across a creek crossing and up an extremely steep talus field. We eventually hit the Silver Star par...
June 4, 2011 Eric Peterson 6.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Pablo from PDX HIkers turned me onto this one. I also had been wondering about a way to get from Wauna Viewpoint to Wauna Point. Well there is a way, a very steep, slow and brushy way. Took me about 2 hours to gain about 1000', but the views were great the entire time! Had the audacity to show up at Eagle Creek at around 3 pm, but did find a spot to park. Ma...
June 4, 2011 Sirhikesalot1 2.5 miles 750 feet gained
Spent the morning snowshoeing around Timberline. Great weather, but a little windy. It was worth putting up with the wind though.
June 3, 2011 Bosterson 6 miles 2,000 feet gained
June 3 to June 4, 2011 Shane 18 miles 4,750 feet gained 1 night
It was beautiful out, so we hoped to spend the day by a just-melted Wahtum Lake. Unfortunately, Wahtum is still very much covered in snow, and there was enough snow around to discourage Kyle, Jon and I from completing that part of the trip. We did get to do a little glissade on the way down from the ridge to Tomlike; that was fun. It was a gorgeous day, and ...
June 3 to June 4, 2011 Kyle Meyer 18 miles 4,750 feet gained 1 night
We were aiming for Wahtum Lake and Chinidere Mountain, but the ungodly amount of annoying snow kept us away. Instead, we went up to a rocky prominence on the ridge near Tomlike Mountain. We decided against going the few hundred feet further up Tomlike because, damnit, it was the nicest day of the year so far and, damnit, it was freezing cold on that ridge! G...
June 3 to June 4, 2011 Chris 13.5 miles 1,500 feet gained 1 night
Friday night after work, I left Portland right at the beginning of rush hour, and once clearing the bridge, made my way up 503 towards Lewis River. Plan A-1 was to scope out Mt. Mitchell and see if the snow mentioned in a trip report two weeks ago was still sticking around. I took my chances and drove up to the trailhead, but just through the trees you could...
June 3, 2011 Jen 8 miles 250 feet gained
Beautiful area! I came here for an easy stroll and wanted to find the marmots and get some good wildflower photos. Success on all three goals. Next time, I'm bringing my bike.
June 3, 2011 jon 10.5 miles 3,750 feet gained
A wonderful day yesterday to get out and tackle this interesting loop. The first 2.5 miles were a real grind, but checking out Rock of Ages Arch and Devil's Backbone made the early going worth it. At the top, I hiked back toward Oneonta creek fording at least six creeks, the last of which had a huge fallen tree to walk on. The descent was wet and muddy causi...
June 3, 2011 Roman 8 miles 3,250 feet gained
Hiked East (Heartbreak Ridge) trail up, then West trail down (some people call it Windbreak Ridge). East trail has little views and LOTS of small biting flies (gnats?). West trail was in the open most of the time and almost bug-free; I'll use it up and down from now on. Only a few snow patches under the trees on the summit. Many flowers, especially glacier l...
June 3, 2011 Justin Wright 6.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
Decided to head out to Dog today to see if I could beat my time from my last <a href="http://wenthiking.com/users/56-justin-wright/hikes/520-dog-mountain-x2-">trip report</a>. Since I missed my goal of getting to the top in under an hour, I decided to push it a bit harder today. I tried to jog as much of the trail as I could but by the time I got to the top ...
June 2, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" 7 miles 750 feet gained
Went out to Eagle Creek today, saw lots of flowers, people and gastropods of all sorts.
June 1, 2011 ChurchFish 10 miles 3,500 feet gained
May 31, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" 7 miles 2,000 feet gained
Started out the day hiking Elowah falls & Upper McCord creek. The cliff at McCord creek is exploding with color! Pink, Red, Purple, Yellow, white... Lots of cliff paintbrush, smooth leaf douglasia, larkspur, Howell's daisy, white shooting starts, hot pink rock penstemon and tons of 5 ft ferns. It really is a sight to see, and so amazing such a variety of col...
May 30, 2011 Jen 4 miles 500 feet gained
I brought the family along for a little exploration. My husband and two kids age 8. Our mission was to check out my game camera on Greenleaf Creek and find a hidden lake nearby- waypoint marked on map. We started from the Blue Lake side and walked in on gravel logging roads owned by Longview Fiber. We got to the creek and decided not to cross- interesting ho...
May 30, 2011 Debbi 8 miles 750 feet gained
May 29, 2011 Joe Omundson 9.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
May 29, 2011 Jack K. 6 miles 1,250 feet gained
May 29 to May 30, 2011 Water (Matt) 14 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Myself, fiance, friend, and his wife, along with their dog went for an easy, fun, relaxing hike up badger creek. I've spent good time up on Lookout Mnt, Gumjuwac Saddle, Gunsite Butte, etc.. but never been all the way over to the full East side of it. Loved seeing some environ that reminds me of the pondy forests over by Bend. Water color was incredible. I l...
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May 29, 2011 jon 3.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
May 29 to May 30, 2011 adam milgrom 6.5 miles 500 feet gained 1 night
Very pretty, not too difficult hike. The drive to the trailhead goes pretty far into the woods, but it's very quiet once you're in there. We camped about half-way in, which made it an easy in & out hike for a overnight trip, at one of two sites we found right on the creek. A little muddy this time of year. All in all, very solid.
May 29, 2011 Sirhikesalot1 9.5 miles 750 feet gained
Had a great day of waterfall viewing with the better half...
May 28, 2011 Stacey 8 miles 750 feet gained
Hiked the Wildwood Trail from Oregon Zoo to the Japanese Gardens and then Pittock Mansion.
May 28, 2011 Christophe Deppe 5 miles 250 feet gained
May 28, 2011 Eric Peterson 11.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
Messed up and went the easier way via Starvation Creek trail up to the Mt. Defiance microwave installation. I went down Mt. Defiance trail thinking it was the easier on the knees route, guess I better read my trail descriptions first before leaving the house again. Fun hike in deep snow after the 4k' level and put snow shoes on soon thereafter, no views thou...
May 28, 2011 Debbi 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
May 28 to May 29, 2011 Kyle Meyer 19 miles 6,000 feet gained 1 night
Went backpacking with six others Saturday night at Cedar Swamp camp on the Herman Creek trail. I thought that it would be far enough removed from the obvious popular choices in the gorge that we might find some solitude, but unfortunately that was not to be the case. I've never walked so far to camp by so many other people (4 other groups). Sunday morning, f...
May 28 to May 29, 2011 Nate Meyer 19 miles 6,000 feet gained 1 night
We headed up Herman Creek trail and camped at Cedar Swamp under a kick-ass lean-to. The next morning to hiked up to Green Point mountain via the Herman Creek Cutoff and Gorton Creek trails. We followed Gorton Creek back down, with a brief bit of excitement that only losing the trail in the snow can provide. [Here's the fullscreen topo](http://wenthiking.com/...
May 28, 2011 Roman 5.5 miles 750 feet gained
It was not a trail I intended to hike, and not a trail at all. Since my parents didn't plan to hike that day I asked to drop me off at a trailhead and let me hike for 3 hours. The trailhead was supposed to be 4 miles from UT 191 but when we got there it was a vertical wall... We found a trailhead at 6.5 miles and I was on the way on what turned out to be 4WD...
May 28 to May 29, 2011 Eric Thompson 21 miles 8,500 feet gained 1 night
I originally planned to hike from oneonta up towards larch until the snow then cut east/north back to nesmith point. plans don't always work out... terrific day, albeit a bit crowded for a late start from ainsworth, past horsetail falls, and triple falls. I camped at "e" just off Multnomah spur, trail 446. nice site, but it's right on the trail. less travele...
May 28, 2011 Justin Wright 11.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
Did one of the hikes on my to-do list today. Went up Elk first, then looped around to the King's Mountain summit. Finished off by walking the trail that runs along the highway back to the Elk Creek Campground. There's some pretty steep terrain between the two mountains but it was a lot of fun. There's a small amount of snow left on the road but other than th...
May 28, 2011 Chris 12.5 miles 4,250 feet gained
Didn't have a lot of time today, so I picked something close and quick. Got to Herman TH at about 11a with about 35 cars in the lot. I think everyone thought - It's Memorial Day Weekend, Eagle's gonna be packed, lets do Herman. Went past Indian Point and Deadwood Camp to about 3500 where the snow started, so I turned around, went back down to Deadwood and up...
May 28, 2011 Sirhikesalot1 6.5 miles 750 feet gained
Hiked from Oneonta to Ponytail Falls and out to the 400 trailhead at the east end, returned though Ainsworth area an the historic highway.
May 27 to May 30, 2011 Gary 15 miles 1,000 feet gained 3 nights
Hot, wet and <b>very</b> buggy. Lost count of the ticks we removed, and the mosquitoes were veracious. The falls were running well. I was very glad we didn't see the four foot water snake until the day after I'd been in the water.
May 27, 2011 Jen 10 miles 1,250 feet gained
Mellow run up the Bridal Veil drainage. This is a great alternative to Angel's Rest which allows you to get up to Devils Rest and Multnomah Basin without having to plow through all the tourists! The lower section of Palmer Mill Road between the Angel's rest TH and Brower Rd is closed, so you have to approach from Brower Rd. Upper section is still gated as al...
May 26, 2011 Roman 5 miles 250 feet gained
Lush green canyon (even by Northwest standards) just East of Moab. We got our feet wet during creek crossings (I counted nine). We got to Morning Glory arch in the afternoon so it was already in the shade, but the place is quite beautiful, with cool shade and a creek flowing out of rock. On the way back we explored another side canyon a bit.
May 26, 2011 Monica 12 miles 3,000 feet gained
Left PDX at 6 am and drove to Horsetheif butte in search of the flower broomrape. We did indeed find some and this was a very beautiful area. Next we drove to Dalles Mountain Ranch and hiked up to Stacker Butte. We saw 4 deer, tons of birds, tons of flowers and zero people on this hike. Next was Catherine Creek to check out the Arch and to find some Bitterro...
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May 26, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" 11 miles 2,250 feet gained
Today was another day centered around wildflowers. Being the childish potty humor loving person I am, I find "clustered broomrape" and "naked broomrape" to be the most hilariously intriguing flower names around! So it was the goal to find both today. Morning started out early at Horsethief Butte, in the beloved rain shadow. Hiked all around the park, found a...
May 26, 2011 Justin Wright 6 miles 2,000 feet gained
Started at the Aldrich Butte trailhead with the goal of making it up to the top of Table Mountain. After hitting the Heartbreak Ridge Trail, we started on our way up but realized it was already getting late. Plus the weather wasn't that great considering it was windy and raining fairly hard so we decided to head back and call it a day. One of these days, I'm...
May 25, 2011 Roman 2.5 miles 500 feet gained
Since we weren't too far from Mesa Verde NP, we decided to give it one day. This is small park & not a lot of trails there, but it is famous for a large concentration of Indian ruins, most are well-preserved. Pueblo Indians built small "towns" in huge caverns on the sides of the canyons. What came to a surprise is that once you pay the entrance fee, you have...
May 24, 2011 Monica 8 miles 1,000 feet gained
We left SE Portland at 6 am and headed down 26 until 35 to get to hood river ( I know long way but we had never been on hwy 35). First we went up to Hood River Mountain and it was very rad, saw my first fairy slipper orchid and chocolate lilly! Once near the top the views were amazing and the hills were covered with paintbrush and balsamroot sadly the lupine...
May 24, 2011 jon 5.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
I had great time, even though we were unsuccessful on getting to the summit. A combination of getting to the Grouse Vista trailhead way too late, and the mushy snow that even our snowshoes had trouble with, slowed us down enough to make the two friends I went with nervous about getting caught out in the dark. So they turned around about a half-mile from the ...
May 24, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" 6 miles 750 feet gained
Headed out early this morning, making a stop up on Mt. Hood to enjoy some early morning tranquility and snow before heading down in to the Gorge for more flower hunting. Today was a very successful day, I came across both flowers I have been looking forward to all season, the Chocolate lily and the Fairy Slipper Orchid, both of which we found at Hood River M...
