May 23, 2011 Roman 2 miles 250 feet gained
Went there with my family on the same day I did Corona Arch. Even though Fiery Furnace is very easy as a hike, it was one of the most entertaining hikes I ever did. They advise to do it for the first time in a ranger-led tour, and now it makes sense. First-time hikers doing it alone would wander aimlessly and miss most of interesting features. Most of the ti...
May 23, 2011 Roman 3 miles 500 feet gained
Short evening hike after a trip to Fiery Furnace (will post that later). The hike is not in national park; it starts near Colorado River just SW of Moab. The weather started very windy and rain at times at times so I did this hike solo. Of course, by the end of the day the weather turned gorgeous. The desert is nice right now, lots of flowers and not hot. Go...
May 23 to May 24, 2011 Chris 7 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
Super quick overnighter. Got to the trailhead at about 7:30p and to the falls at 8:45p or so. Having not been here before and remembering all the damage done earlier this year, I immediately thought the first sighting of the river meant crossing, forded and wandered around for about 5 minutes or so before realizing my mistake. The trail was mostly clear from...
May 23, 2011 Jen 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Goofed around in the woods for a few hours setting out my game camera, and exploring Greenleaf Falls. Visited the mysterious moss covered scree field reported by Don Nelson last year, and I noticed in Google Earth, there is another larger one nearby- due east.
May 22, 2011 Roman 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
Made a series of short hikes in Canyonlands yesterday, This place is beautiful!
May 22, 2011 Timberwolf 12 miles 5,500 feet gained
Amazing trip! It was ridiculously hot yesterday, which makes me very happy that I'm not doing this in the summer! Snow was very slushy on the way down and did not make for the best glissade conditions. Breaking through the cloud ceiling was spectacular. As the clouds moved, I managed to glimpse a few other mountains: Hood, Adams, and Rainier. Now I can't wai...
May 22, 2011 Justin Wright 12 miles 5,500 feet gained
Went up St Helens today and had a blast. We made it to the top without using any snowshoes but the snow was pretty deep at the top. Weather turned out to be great and had a nice view of the crater as well as Mt. Rainier at the top. Despite hiking in the snow all day, I was amazed at how HOT it was up there. It actually felt like the middle of summer up there...
May 21, 2011 Jack K. 8 miles 1,250 feet gained
Opal Creek is amazing as always, 1000 year old cedar trees, condemned bridge, Jawbone Flats. Perfect day.
May 21, 2011 Eric Peterson 18 miles 5,000 feet gained
Over 5000' and almost 18 mile hike around Table Mountain area. Not sure I made it to Greenleaf Falls, there was sign for Cave Falls where I turned around and thought that was the alternate name for Greenleaf, but it looks like there is a trail on the other side of the raging falls/stream, no way I was going to cross that after doing everything else today. Yu...
May 21, 2011 Water (Matt) 3.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Mt. Mitchell is one of the first hikes we did around Portland, after we'd moved out here, and winter had passed, and we were on our feet, so to speak. I've always been impressed with the views for the amount of effort required (definitely one of the best bangs-for-your-buck). That said, I've oft noticed when viewing from Mt. St. Helens, or driving back along...
May 21 to May 22, 2011 Conner Dowling 9 miles 2,000 feet gained 1 night
Great quick overnight on Herman Creek trail. Casey Creek makes a great camp for a larger group. The weather was perfect.
May 21, 2011 Timberwolf 6 miles 1,000 feet gained
I love the rock formations here, and the river is very beautiful as it winds through, sometimes violently. The shale is very different from the gorge. Gorgeous, easy hike.
May 21, 2011 jon 6 miles 2,750 feet gained
Went with the GF mid-afternoon to Dog Mountain. A lot people were parked in the lot, but almost no one was on the steep trail. Very windy and cold on top!
May 21, 2011 Roman 3.5 miles 750 feet gained
Went with my family to Arches/Canyonlands for a week. We managed 3 short hikes today: 1. around N and S Window arches (they are huge - i got people under onr of them for a scale), 2. We got "lost" for half an hour trying to make a short cut to the trail to Delicate Arch(had to park 1/4 mile down the road due to overfilled parking and didn't want to go along ...
May 20, 2011 Joe Omundson 7 miles 2,750 feet gained
May 20, 2011 Jen 5 miles 3,000 feet gained
I got acute mountain sickness on my way up Mt Hood, had to turn back around 8800 ft. Real bummer, this has never happened to me before. No pics, it was still dark when I turned back.
May 20 to May 22, 2011 Allison 42 miles 1,500 feet gained 2 nights
Sun, sun, sun!
May 20, 2011 Guy 5 miles 2,000 feet gained
[Portland Hikers Report][1] [Map & GPS Info][2] [Photos][3] [1]: http://www.portlandhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7920 [2]: http://www.meacham.org/maps/110520%20Munra%20Point [3]: http://guy.smugmug.com/Outdoors-Hikes-Climbs-etc/Columbia-River-Gorge-Hikes/Munra-Point-052011/17157337_Kbg3vg#1300616573_7SpjmTd
May 20, 2011 Justin Wright 5.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Finally got out to the coast to try Saddle Mountain. Great hike with some amazing views of the ocean. Could see Hood, St Helens, Adams, and Rainier as well.
May 20, 2011 Chris 7 miles 2,500 feet gained
I wanted to take advantage of all the great weather before the forecast turned ugly again. I started at Dick Thomas trailhead with intentions of doing Table, but my legs decided against it after all the hiking in the past few days, and since I started too late, it was going to be pushing daylight by the time I would get back to the car. So I quit around wher...
May 20, 2011 Eric Peterson 6 miles 3,000 feet gained
Did West Ridge of Kings MT. Scramble harder than any of the areas other off trail scrambles, but has the most views. Also tracked Kings JR, but still was off a bit, but have a really good idea now of how to do Kings JR loop correctly. Will make a more in depth trip report on PDX Hikers, but added captions to all the pictures that I uploaded here. :)
May 19, 2011 ChurchFish 7.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
May 19, 2011 Chris 18.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
I had my eyes on Beachie Saddle. I've never been up that way before, but it looked interesting on the map, so I thought I'd give it a try. Started at the Opal lot around 9:30, did the road side of the creek into town, then did Battle Ax trail past the old abandoned mines and up towards the saddle. I was thinking this hike was going to be possible, because ev...
May 19, 2011 jon 9.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
Started this one from the unofficial Aldrich Butte parking area and immediately went the wrong way from my car and had to double back after about 15 minutes of walking around the front of the butte. Once I was on track, I had a blast. Not many people on the PCT and only one other person on the summit, who was celebrating his 66th birthday; a great day to do ...
May 18, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" 2 miles 250 feet gained
Pulled a muscle in my back, putting quite the damper on hiking, but I managed to make it out for a short hike so not to miss out on the flowers. A deer jumped right out in front of us on the trail, which I was not expecting in such an open area.
May 18, 2011 Timberwolf 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Packed on 40lbs and took a short hike!
May 18, 2011 Eric Peterson 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Testing my new Garmin GPSmap 62s. Worked great and was able to load FREE custom NW Topos and NW Trails maps. Started on Vista Ave. and hiked up to Japanese Gardens to catch Wildwood and up to Pittock Mansion. 5.7 miles with just over 1000 ft gain, nice to finally have more solid stats! Can't wait to get out onto some trails this weekend :)
May 18, 2011 Justin Wright 14 miles 5,500 feet gained
I've got Mt St Helens planned for this Sunday so I thought I would beat myself up one last time. Decided to do Dog Mountain twice and as quickly as possible. The first time up I took the more difficult trail, which isn't very scenic but a tad shorter. I was shooting for an hour up but missed it by 6 minutes. Took the less difficult trail down (I basically th...
May 17, 2011 Timberwolf 7 miles 1,250 feet gained
The weather forecast from NOAA advised an 80% chance of rain. Knowing this, we decided to try this hike anyway, expecting a wall of fog and no views. What can I say? We love fog. We were in for a surprise, however, as one of the most magical days in existence unfolded before us. We started in mid-morning, arriving at the trail head a little later than antici...
May 17, 2011 jon 7 miles 2,500 feet gained
Went with a friend up to Angel's Rest and on through to Devil's Rest. Rain the way up, sun the way down.
May 16, 2011 Jen 5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Mellow wildflower hike with a friend. Balsamroot and lupine are going strong above 800 ft.
May 16, 2011 Conner Dowling 5.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Wait for a clear day, the views will pay off.
May 15, 2011 Joe Omundson 8 miles 2,250 feet gained
May 15, 2011 Timberwolf 14 miles 1,750 feet gained
Hiked past Tunnel, but not too far. It was a gorgeous day! Very enchanting to watch the clouds wisp through the conifers that lined the ridges. The falls were good volume and there weren't too many people. I fair amount, but not bad for Eagle Creek on a weekend! The wildflowers are in bloom and there are many to see!
May 15, 2011 Justin Wright 14 miles 5,000 feet gained
Hiked up Starvation Ridge and came down the Mt Defiance trail. Hit pretty heavy snow around 3800 feet so we snowshoed the rest of the way. The snow is still up to the fence at the Radio towers. After doing Ruckel Ridge yesterday, I can definitely say this hike is quite a bit easier. But it does have one heck of an elevation gain.
May 15, 2011 Eric Peterson 8 miles 3,000 feet gained
Well, I have a pretty good idea of where the Kings JR trail goes through all the blow down to hit the Wilson River Trail intersection, had to check this out again today and will probably make one more trip to follow the correct path this time. Tried it twice today and the first time I dumped out further away then the return trip try but took some pictures of...
May 14, 2011 Justin Wright 16 miles 4,000 feet gained
Went up the Ruckel Ridge trail, across the Benson plateau to Camp Smokey, and then down to Eagle Creek. Still plenty of snow on the plateau so I snowshoed that section. BY FAR the hardest hike I've done in my life...
May 14 to May 15, 2011 Eric Thompson 19 miles 5,750 feet gained 1 night
I was trying to find an offroad route from alex barr rd. to ne toll/ne brower (basically to get to Palmer Mill Rd from the west). first picture is my theoretical route. second picture is what it actually looks like (it's all private property, and looks like regularly used logging roads surrounded by clearcuts). i decided to investigate the logging roads to t...
May 14 to May 15, 2011 Heather&Wein 12 miles 3,750 feet gained 1 night
First Orienteering Race - 6 Hr Rogaine with CROC. Wein lost his compass :)
May 14, 2011 Roman 14 miles 4,000 feet gained
Hiked from Multnomah Falls to Larch Mountain. Almost 8 hours - what a day! I only did the bottom and the top of this hike before, so it was good to finally do it all. The hike started with the usual mob scene at Multnomah Lodge, and the crowds didn't thin out much until the junction with a trail to Wahkeena. While I made a brief stop to take Ecola Falls pict...
May 13, 2011 Guy 2 miles 1,000 feet gained
[Portland Hikers Report][1] [Map & GPS Info][2] [Photos][3] [1]: http://www.portlandhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7821 [2]: http://www.meacham.org/maps/110513%20Waespe%20&%20Nesika%20Falls.html [3]: http://guy.smugmug.com/Outdoors-Hikes-Climbs-etc/Columbia-River-Gorge-Hikes/Waespe-Nesika-Falls-052011/17039007_Krt8Tr#1289919807_xnSh8xR
May 13, 2011 Roman 4.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Quick evening hike - there was nice weather, nice views, profusion of larkspur...
May 12 to May 13, 2011 Chris 26.5 miles 3,500 feet gained 1 night
I just finished the last of my law school finals on Thursday, and thought I would make for a quick overnight before I had to get back to work. This trip was something that I had planned on doing earlier this March, but when I drove up to the trailhead, despite the NWS forecast calling for lows of 40 at elevation, it was already snowing. It would have been an...
May 12, 2011 Jen 7 miles 500 feet gained
Around MP 8.5 on the Larch Mountain Rd, there is an orange gate on the left(west) side. This logging road branches several times and leads to many hiking/running options, without a huge amount of elevation gain. If you are willing to bushwack a bit, you can cross Bridal Veil Creek and get onto Palmer Mill road and the Larch Mountain basin area. If you fork l...
May 12, 2011 ChurchFish 8 miles 2,250 feet gained
May 12, 2011 Monica 6 miles 1,000 feet gained
Went a huntin' for wildflower and we found them! I have been waiting all year to see the Camas at Bridal Veil State Park and I was not disappointed!
May 12, 2011 Conner Dowling 7.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
May 12, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" 6 miles 1,000 feet gained
We went out today to explore the western side of the Gorge in search of wildflowers. Was realllllly hoping to locate a Chocolate Lily, but no luck today. We explored around John Yeon and Upper McCord Creek, Ainsworth Loop, Oneonta Gorge, Sheppards Dell, Bridal Veil (mmmmmmm Camas) and upper and lower Latourell. Upper McCord Creek had some lively red Paintbru...
