May 15, 2011 Eric Peterson Dog Creek 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 Eagle Creek Trail 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 Oneonta 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 Fir Tree Canyon 12 miles 3,750 feet gained 1 night
First Orienteering Race - 6 Hr Rogaine with CROC. Wein lost his compass :)
May 14, 2011 Roman Sherrard Point 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 Wiesendanger Falls 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 Angels Rest 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 Enchanted Valley 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 Sherrard Point 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 Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area 8 miles 2,250 feet gained
May 12, 2011 Monica Bridal Veil Falls 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 Wiesendanger Falls 7.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
May 12, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" Wauneka Point 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...
May 11, 2011 Shane Horsethief Butte 9 miles 2,500 feet gained
This was a beautiful day, and the wildflowers are certainly in bloom. Unfortunately, the trail is very unclear, so we ended up kind of making our own, treading lightly and around as many of the flowers as possible. Climbed up to the top of the area, an un-named mountain to the East of Stacker Butte. We decided to name it Moundtain.
May 11, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" Hood River Mountain 3 miles 750 feet gained
Today we intended on biking on the Historic Columbia River state trail from Hood River to Mosier and another short jaunt on the trail farther west, but the bike rack was being very uncooperative so hiking it was! Made a short trip up Hood River Mountain to check out the wildflowers. Lots of Balsamroot are blooming and a few Indian Paintbrush are poking up he...
May 11, 2011 Kyle Meyer Oak Spring 9 miles 2,500 feet gained
Shane and I went on a day hike out to see the wildflowers. Unfortunately, the WTA reference we used was horribly inaccurate or too vague about where we were supposed to go, and so we lost the trail through random land and probably ended up wandering through private property. We climbed the unnamed 2800' mountain next to where we initially intended, saw tons ...
May 11, 2011 Justin Wright Cook Hill 9 miles 3,000 feet gained
Hiked up Cook Hill today, which is Dog Mountain's slightly taller neighbor to the East. Despite the overcast weather you could see a bit of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams. Very fun trail but it required moving a lot of branches since it's not used very often.
May 10, 2011 jon Nesmith Point 9 miles 3,750 feet gained
Had a great morning with this hike. Snow on the trail became continuous around 3100', but was packed in pretty well. Snowshoes were helpful, but aren't necessary.
May 10, 2011 Eric Peterson City of Portland Reservoir Number 3 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Started at the Japanese Garden and hiked up through the Hoyt Arboretum down to Burnside using the Wildwood trail that runs through Forest Park. Crossing Burnside after work at rush hour was a thrill all in itself! Hiked up to Pittock and down the back to Cornell and made a small balloon out of this by coming back up Upper MaCleay trail that meets Wildwood an...
May 10, 2011 Jen 1980 Crater 12 miles 5,500 feet gained
Gorgeous day to hike up MSH. Pretty mushy though, had to wear snowshoes the whole route up.
May 9, 2011 Roman Packard Creek 3 miles 250 feet gained
Usual stuff - lots of dirt on trail, complete solitude. I can't say why but studying there is much easier than studying at home.
May 9, 2011 Chris Kings Mountain 6 miles 2,000 feet gained
This is what happens when you skim trip reports for instructions but don't read carefully because "eh, you'll just figure it out when you get there" Originally intended to do Kings via Kings Jr. Started up the old jeep road and I guess I was on the right track but turned back too soon because things were looking untrodden so I thought I went too far. After f...
May 8, 2011 Eric Peterson Dog Creek 8 miles 3,000 feet gained
Started at Kings Mountain trail head, went west on the Wilson River trail to check out Lester Creek and look for those C and CASS blue markers Mayhem mentioned on PDX Hikers. Went back to get up Kings JR that intersects with Kings MT trail at the 2200' level, cruised up to Kings and met a nice young couple warning me not to make the Kings to Elk traverse. Ha...
May 8, 2011 Justin Wright Multnomah Falls 13 miles 3,250 feet gained
Tried to hike up to Larch Mountain from Multnomah Falls but didn't quite make it. At around 3300 feet we decided to turn around. It was snowing pretty hard and the visibility wasn't so great. Figured there wouldn't be a view at the top anyway. There's definitely a fair amount of snow left and I can imagine there's a lot more as you get up towards the top. Wi...
May 8, 2011 Debbi City of Portland Reservoir Number 3 6 miles 0 feet gained
May 8, 2011 Heather&Wein Salmon Falls 6 miles 2,000 feet gained
went for a quick little walk in the woods. It was POURING rain on our way down through Salem, but by the time we got to the trailhead..the rain let up quite a bit. Only saw one other couple on the trail. Nice to get out and see some beautiful blue/green/clear water!
May 7, 2011 Jack K. Ruckel Creek 8 miles 2,500 feet gained
May 7 to May 8, 2011 Shane Eagle Creek Campground 16 miles 1,500 feet gained 1 night
The forecast must have kept most people from venturing out this weekend. We only saw a handful of people on the hike out to 7.5 Mile Camp. While it was supposed to rain the whole time, we never saw more than some spats of rain until about dinner time. The rain didn't let up until morning though, so no hope of a campfire. It was beautiful out on Sunday, hardl...
May 7, 2011 Justin Wright Eagle Creek Campground 11 miles 750 feet gained
Did a quick day hike along Eagle Creek. We went just passed the 4.5 mile bridge and stopped for lunch before turning back. Also went down and checked out Punchbowl Falls.
May 7, 2011 Jen 6 miles 750 feet gained
One of my favorite loops in FP. I started at Germanton Rd and took the Wildwood NW to Newton Rd- love that trail. Up BPA powerline- best elevation gain in the park, back on the Wildwood.
May 7, 2011 Timberwolf Oneonta Falls 14.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
I couldn't believe how many miles this actually was. It ended up being a very long day! There was not one soul on Nick Eaton Ridge, but then ran into a few people on a side trip to Wahkeena Spring, which is really bubbling right now! It rained most of the time, but the sky cleared by the end of the day. absolutely gorgeous in the gorge! :)
May 7 to May 8, 2011 Eric Thompson Devils Rest 10 miles 4,500 feet gained 1 night
got a really late start, so i needed something close to town with a campsite just a few miles in. angels rest. got to the TH at about 6pm and started booking it uphill. i've never been up there. sign at the main parking says "day use only" but that's the state park rules, no signs pertaining to overnight parking. i got off without a ticket at the overflow pa...
May 6, 2011 Chris Hamilton Mountain 8 miles 2,000 feet gained
Parked at the recently renamed Alexander Hamilton Trailhead. Pretty windy and rainy so I went up and back the back side just to the ridge - a good call as it was cold, wet and gale-r-ific at the top.
May 5 to May 6, 2011 Curtis Ware 14 miles 0 feet gained 1 night
May 5, 2011 Roman Final Falls 7.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Another hike with my dad (I hope he takes on hiking). We went to the canyon overlook. Beautiful trail, I want to camp there when I'm finally done with my classes.
May 5, 2011 Jen Doane Point 5 miles 750 feet gained
ATC mileage. Started down by the St Johns Bridge, went up Fireland 7A- trail petered out into a bushwack, still beautiful! Took Lief Ericson to Hardesty, then back down on the Ridge trail.
May 4, 2011 jon Pct: Mt Hood 20.5 miles 6,000 feet gained
Went on this crazy adventure with Shane and Kyle.
May 4, 2011 Shane Herman Bridge 20.5 miles 6,000 feet gained
Kyle Meyer has a good one of this hike. It was beautiful out, but that just made the snow impassable by the afternoon. Too bad. We'll be back.
May 4, 2011 Roman Hood River Mountain 4 miles 750 feet gained
My dad had a day off (and I have short Wednesdays) so we headed to Hood River to take some pictures of blooming gardens. However, we were at least a week early; the trees just begin to bloom. We headed to nearby Hood River Mountain and it was a treat - I never seen so little people there. There were just 3 cars at trailhead when we started. Instead of making...
May 4, 2011 Bosterson Augspurger Mountain 13.5 miles 5,250 feet gained
Made it within 1/2 mile of the top, but too much snow to continue without snowshoes. Summited Dog on the way back.
May 4, 2011 Kyle Meyer Pct: Mt Hood 20.5 miles 6,000 feet gained
Four of us took work off Wednesday and decided to attempt Chinidere Mountain. We planned a loop, from Herman Creek Trailhead to the Pacific Crest Trail, Chinidere, and back down the Herman Creek trail. Needless to say, we didn't make it; we made it within 2 miles of Chinidere but the snow was too soft on the exposed faces toward the end of the hike. We made ...
May 4, 2011 Justin Wright Hamilton Mountain 10 miles 2,250 feet gained
Perfect weather for a hike so I went and did the Hamilton Mountain Loop again. Much different than the last time when it was snowing at the top. Explored a few of the Equestrian trails as well but didn't find anything interesting.
May 4, 2011 ChurchFish Coyote Wall 6 miles 1,500 feet gained
May 2, 2011 Chris Oneonta 12 miles 2,750 feet gained
Wish I had a real camera with me - the gorge was looking super awesome today with the sun breaks.
May 1, 2011 Joe Omundson Mitchell Point 6 miles 1,250 feet gained
May 1, 2011 Debbi Look Lake 8 miles 2,000 feet gained
May 1, 2011 Sirhikesalot1 Sunstrip Campground 8 miles 750 feet gained
Late evening hike to Pup Creek Falls, most of the way out by flashlight.
May 1, 2011 Justin Wright Little Moab 8 miles 1,750 feet gained
Great day for a hike up to Coyote Wall. Had a nice picnic at the top with a great view of Mt. Hood. Tons of sunburn!
May 1, 2011 Roman Coyote Wall 7.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Did a loop through Labyrinth first, then down Coyote Wall on Wizard and return via Coyote Canyon trail. The way I planned didn't work out (it's Labyrinth after all) but still a great hike, it definitely felt like summer today! There was a lot of desert parsley in bloom, many others, including balsamroot.
May 1, 2011 Eric Peterson Horsetail Creek 11 miles 3,500 feet gained
Started at the Oneonta TH parking area headed up to Triple Falls to cross the bridge. Then about 3/10ths of a mile headed up the rock debris field to hit Horsetail Creek Trail. Hit that trail to get to the Bell Creek Way trail to make a balloon loop back over to Oneonta trail to get back to the car. A lot of up and down on this, probably even more than the 3...
