April 7, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" Tanner Creek Falls 4 miles 750 feet gained
Had to go to the Gorge for some work-related stuff today and figured why not knock a few short hikes off the list afterwards. That list being the Friends of the Gorge 25 trails/ 25 years list. While I had already done these earlier this year, the challenge takes place from April-October so a re-tracing of steps was in order, and who could ever complain about...
April 6, 2011 Stephanie McCloud 1.5 miles 0 feet gained
Walked the Canal Trail for Alfie's birthday and to check out the condition of his knee after leaving the AT. We must have seen 5 or 6 snakes, one of which fell out of a tree directly beside me. He immediately headed for the river just a few feet away. I like snakes but this freaked me out.
April 6, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" 6 miles 1,000 feet gained
Luckily we got a late start to the hike (1:30) and missed out on all the hail that happened around noon, my friend even reported some snow mix just a couple miles from here! I could have sworn the calendar said April. Decided to break in my new boots today and see how waterproof they were on the soggy muddy trails of Forest Park. They passed the test! Yet an...
April 6, 2011 Chris 8 miles 1,000 feet gained
Knocking off more of the ATC.
April 6, 2011 Monica 6 miles 1,000 feet gained
Second hike I have done for the Forest Park Challenge. This was a nice hike, only saw one person (trail running), and the mud was not as bad as last time!
April 3, 2011 Joe Omundson Angels Rest 8 miles 2,500 feet gained
April 3, 2011 Allison King Mountain 7 miles 1,500 feet gained
Off-trail ramble in the foothills of Mt. Adams starting from the Snow King sno-park.
April 3, 2011 Water (Matt) Coyote Wall 6.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Old favorite with new friends. Coyote wall is reliably dry, and most of the time, Sunny, even when it is rainy or cloudy anywhere to the West. Love the open feel and views, as they make up for the non-wilderness setting and semi-short loop. Tried to continue on at top of the road but the pasture gate sign said no canines so we returned back to the car.
April 3, 2011 Justin Wright Aldrich Butte 13 miles 3,500 feet gained
Hiked from the resort up and around Table Mountain on the PCT.
April 3, 2011 jon Coyote Wall 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
Great Scenery, but a bad day to forget my chapstick.
April 3, 2011 Shane Little Moab 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
It was a nice, sunny Sunday. Very crowded with the mountain bikers, and the wind was howling. Otherwise, it was great! Flowers are coming up, and it's close enough to Hood River that you can't finish this one and NOT stop by Double Mountain on the way home. Great day!
April 3, 2011 Timberwolf Wahe Falls 10.5 miles 3,750 feet gained
Up to the top of Nesmith Point. The views weren't much, but it was a beautiful day. The snow was pretty deep at the top, and I post holed quite a few times until I got into the rhythm of walking flat footed and taking shorter steps. Difficult at time, on such steep terrain! There were lots of trillium in bloom near the bottom, and you could see beargrass sta...
April 3, 2011 Conner Dowling Warren Creek Falls 12.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
Wanted to get in a snowshoe starting from the base of the gorge before it was too late in the season. It was my first time up Starvation Ridge. Amazing hike overall. I didn't have a map so once I was snowshoeing I was forced to follow tracks of former snowshoers. Did some exploring all around Warren Lake before I decided to head back down. I wish I'd brought...
April 3, 2011 Chris Devils Rest 11.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
Saw: A quadrillium! And, of course, hoards of people (I'm gonna bring a hotdog cart up there and sell for $5 a dog) Heard: 2 grouse thump sessions Hat tip to Vanmarmot for the idea.
April 3, 2011 Run2finish - gina Mount Si 8 miles 3,750 feet gained
This is a highly used trail. I like this hike for many reasons: it is within reasonable driving distance from my home, I can hike as a single female, I get to meet all kinds of different people and it is great for conditioning. It is not a hike for any kind of solitude. Snow line at mile 2 - stopped and put on my microspikes. As the elevation gained the snow...
April 3, 2011 Kyle Meyer Angels Rest 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
_Another_ hike up Angel's Rest. This time, though, was with a couple friends and my beautiful wife. Mild, dry weather and no wind at the top let us enjoy a delicious picnic of garlic clove ciabatta bread, humboldt fog cheese, raspberries, avacado, and cashews. Great day to be relaxing outside, and am very excited to be feeling warmth in the gorge for the fir...
April 3, 2011 Jen Hamilton Mountain 7.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
I was one of hundreds of people up here today, including two BCEP groups and at least two other hiking club groups. This experience validated my preference for hiking alone, on weekdays, on obscure trails.
April 2, 2011 Jack K. Eagle Creek Campground 12 miles 1,500 feet gained
April 2, 2011 Stacey Smith Creek 11 miles 1,000 feet gained
April 2 to April 8, 2011 Stephanie McCloud 75 miles 3,500 feet gained 6 nights
My husband, Alfie, and I planned to hike SOBO from Rt. 11 (from where we left NOBO for our previous hike) and go all the way on the AT to Springer Mtn in GA. We left April 2nd and were aiming to be picked up the first weekend in June, which would have left us time to go slow and possibly take some side trails through the Smokies... Day 1 / April 2 / Hiked 9 ...
April 2 to April 3, 2011 TJ 16 miles 0 feet gained 1 night
April 2, 2011 Jen 6 miles 1,000 feet gained
I parked at the Linnton Community Center, then crossed highway 30 and picked up the Linnton Trail behind the bus stop. I took it up to Forest Lane 9, which ends on Germantown rd across from Lief Ericsson. I then took the Cannon Trail to the Wildwood to the Waterline trail which ends at the water tower surrounded by a pretty park like setting. Got snowed on u...
April 1, 2011 jeff Clark Valley 13 miles 1,000 feet gained
Travel west up towards the Eucalyptus grove. Head southeast back down the other side to east boundary trail. Take trail up to Hazard Peak. From there go to Beach. From Beach, head north and then go over dunes back to town.
April 1, 2011 Justin Wright Dog Mountain Alternate 7.5 miles 3,000 feet gained
Did a conditioning hike with my full pack. Great loop, definitely step heading up the "most difficult" trail towards the summit.
April 1, 2011 jon Munra Point 5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Munra Point is a fantastic hike; one that I probably won't be again doing alone. I've done this before with a friend, but by myself I spent half the time thinking, "Wow, if I slip here there's no one to get help, notify my next of kin, etc." I started from the Wahclella Falls trailhead and took #400 west for about 1.5 miles to the sorta unmarked Munra trailh...
April 1, 2011 Kyle Meyer Hope Creek 1 miles 0 feet gained
It's 10pm Friday night. I've been in the car for 15 hours so far, on the way back to where we started after heading down to California. My legs are cramped, but it's from sitting in the car instead of hiking. I **hate** the Redwoods and am never going back. * * * It's Thursday night and we have the perfect hiking plan for the coming great weather weekend. We...
April 1, 2011 Roman Nesmith Point 10.5 miles 3,750 feet gained
Hiked Nesmith Point again today - it was significantly more difficult than in January because of more snow, but it's for exercise after all. Took me 6 hours instead of usual 5, and 2 1/2 hours were through snow, which started at about 2,500 feet and almost immediately became 1-2 feet deep. I didn't take snowshoes (still have to figure out how to attach them ...
April 1, 2011 Chris Siouxon 20.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
Saw: Owl (Spotted?), Elk, Rough Skinned Newt After seeing the report last week, I had to make it up there. I highly recommend going tomorrow or Sunday if you can, as the recent temps and melt have made the waterfalls super great! Just be careful of the trail/creek/waterfall just before the Chinook bridge, should you go in the next two days - it's best to cro...
March 31, 2011 Monica Windy Point 7 miles 1,750 feet gained
Start of wildflower season!!!
March 31, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" Catherine Creek Shortcut 7 miles 1,750 feet gained
Well let me just say it felt amazing to be hiking in the sun with temps in the mid 60's. felt much warmer with the warm breeze. On our drive up the Gorge to Catherine Creek we were a bit worried about the weather conditions, between Angel's Rest and John Yeon it was too foggy/rainy to even SEE Washington across the River. Once at the trail we went up and to ...
March 30, 2011 Conner Dowling Multnomah Falls 6 miles 1,750 feet gained
Got out of work early and decided to head up Mult. Falls on the Larch Mountain Trail. The water was the highest I've seen before. Despite a lot of rain it was a great way to spend the afternoon.
March 29, 2011 Chris City of Portland Reservoir Number 3 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
March 29, 2011 Jen Ruckel Creek 5 miles 1,750 feet gained
A quick morning climb to about the 1800 foot level.
March 28, 2011 jon Kings Mountain 5 miles 2,500 feet gained
Went to King's Mountain on Monday with a friend because I thought that we'd actually have some clear skies in the afternoon. Unfortunately it was overcast, with no views from the top. The trail was snow free until about 2800 ft, where it got slushy, then turning into about two feet of snow near the top.
March 27, 2011 Joe Omundson Hamilton Mountain 7.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
March 27, 2011 Heather&Wein Palatine Hill 5 miles 250 feet gained
March 27, 2011 Justin Wright Hamilton Mountain 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
Hiked up the front of Hamilton Mountain and came down along the backside. Snowed really hard at the top when we got there. Other than that it was a great hike.
March 27, 2011 Jen Little Moab 8.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
All the snow is gone now. Flowers are late this year, but starting to emerge.
March 27, 2011 Greg Devils Rest 9 miles 2,250 feet gained
March 27, 2011 Eric Peterson Herman Bridge 8.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
Nice little warm up semi loop starting at the gated Herman Creek work center taking Herman Creek, 406, up to Gorton Creek trail. Hiked up about 2.5 miles to the Ridge Cut off trail to connect over to Nick Eaton trail to head back down to 406 and the gated TH. Lots of snow starting at 2500'. The actual elevation gain for this hike is about 2900 but logged 275...
March 26, 2011 Chris Doane Point 6 miles 1,000 feet gained
March 26, 2011 jon Gorge 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
March 26, 2011 Shane Wahkeena Falls 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
Fun day, super intense hike/climb. There was a double rainbow, which was awesome! This hike will be better soon. The wet rocks on the boulder field really slowed us down.
March 26, 2011 Sirhikesalot1 Smith Creek 9.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
Enjoyed the park and all it's waterfalls today.
March 26, 2011 Timberwolf Dog Mountain 7.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
Amazingly, there was NO WIND at the lookout or even on the way to the summit. Snow was a little higher up than last time. The weather wasn't the greatest, and didn't offer any glimpses of the views along the way. We went up the Old Trail, and down the Scenic. I saw one or two beginnings of some purple wildflowers. Spring is coming! At the top, it started sno...
March 25, 2011 Phoebe "BertMoss" Johnson Creek 2 miles 0 feet gained
Torrential downpours, extreme wind, flooding etc kept us from doing a lot of the hiking we had planned for the Redwoods. Many places inaccessible due to flooding (Ex: Fern Canyon) And some old growth areas (Tall Trees Grove) were off limits due to high winds and the danger of "widow maker" limbs falling from wayyyy highhhh up. It was my first visit to LadyBi...
March 25, 2011 Chris Fletcher Canyon 3 miles 500 feet gained
I knew, after looking at current conditions in the Olympics, that I may not get too far on my goal of the Enchanted Valley on the East Quinault River. Hat tip to Kyle for the recommendation. On paper everything looked good. Sure, there were 40 blowdowns between the trailhead and mi 13. Sure, there was snow at higher elevations. But what I didn't know is how ...
March 25, 2011 Roman Lower Twin Lakeshore 8 miles 1,000 feet gained
Planned to hike Hunchback Mountain but it rained so hard that I decided to drive further east. Started at Frog Lake Snowpark. I didn't take snowshoes because didn't plan for snow hiking, but the trail was tracked very well and the snow was firm, so I almost never postholed - it was as easy as regular hiking. Lots of snow, some signs were just a few inches ab...
March 24 to March 26, 2011 Gary 3 miles 0 feet gained 2 nights
Short hike on the Bluff trail and back to the campsite
March 23, 2011 Julia Rainbow Lake 3 miles 1,000 feet gained
