May 19, 2019 Woodswalker Salmon Butte 11.8 miles 3,000 feet gained
Even though the views were completely absent, it was a lovely, misty green day out in the woods. The flowers are starting lower down, the Rhodies are a few weeks away from bloom and there were actually a few flowers blooming valiantly at the summit. Amazing day.
May 18, 2019 Sarah Johnson Starvation Creek 12 miles 5,000 feet gained
My friend asked if I wanted to take a “leisurely stroll” up Mt Defiance Saturday morning. And I thought, what better way to torture myself after a couple of weeks of missing out on hiking. Ran into a few Mazamas who were keeping the same pace as us on the way up. Turns out they were Mountain Dogs from a different year of BCEP. Took a summit photo and sent it...
May 16, 2019 Father Guido Sarducci 1 miles 500 feet gained
May 14, 2019 Jen Mount Saint Helens 12 miles 5,750 feet gained
On a Mazama trip. Because of the soft snow reports, we decided to do a midnight start for firmer conditions.The sunrise was beautiful at 0500, then the weather turned and was miserable the rest of the trip. We persisted and summited in a whiteout. Going down we were facing into the wind and got pummeled by horizontal ice pellets. Type 2 fun!
May 13, 2019 Father Guido Sarducci 11.86 miles 3,750 feet gained
Mountain is a dormant volcano and is the tallest mountain in S. Korea at just over 6200’. Hiked up to the Baengnokdom crater.
May 12, 2019 runandsew Eagle Creek 5 miles 2,500 feet gained
We handed out caramels to unsuspecting mothers on Mother's Day.
May 12, 2019 Woodswalker Perham Creek Spring 10.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
So great to get out in a green unburned section of the gorge. Lots of small viewpoints along the Wygant trail mostly looking west. We went to the small hanging meadows past Wygant Peak and through use trails, old roads and a bit of bushwhacking made a loop from the top over to Mitchell Point. The poison oak is mostly avoidable on the trails, but there are a ...
May 10, 2019 pizza pal Lewis River 5.5 miles 500 feet gained
May 10, 2019 Woodswalker Cascades (historical) 4.5 miles 750 feet gained
Great after work hike in the woods.
May 7, 2019 Father Guido Sarducci 7.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
May 6, 2019 Woodswalker Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area 10 miles 2,000 feet gained
Great day on Hamilton! After hitting the summit then the saddle, I took Don's Cutoff down to Upper Hardy Creek trail to check out the woodland bloom. Tons of yellow violets, some trillium, and bleeding hearts in the woods. Larkspur blooming in the exposed areas.
May 4 to May 5, 2019 Jen Gove Peak 26 miles 5,500 feet gained 1 night
First time on this side of the mountain in over 20 years. I parked at the Carbon River gate and biked up to the Ipsut Campground. So lovely! set up my campsite and hiked up the Wonderland to see the Carbon Glacier, a really cool suspension bridge and some goats. 9 miles, 1500 ft eg. The next morning, I zoomed down to the gate, put away my bike, changed out g...
May 4 to May 5, 2019 runandsew Timberline Trail 5 miles 2,750 feet gained 1 night
Once again, we started hiking at 9pm, spent the night and continued up to Palmer this morning. Glissading down 1,000' has to be one of the funnest things I've done in a long time. After watching countless people slide down the chute, I switched my backpack so it wouldn't drag and went for it. The GPS clocked me at 8 and 9 mph. Whooo!
May 1 to May 3, 2019 pizza pal Reservoir Lake 8 miles 1,000 feet gained 2 nights
April 30 to May 1, 2019 Jen Esau Canyon 5.5 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Finally got to spend the night in a tent! Gorgeous day and night. Had fun scrambling in the hills. We found an old homestead and a waterfall.
April 27 to April 28, 2019 runandsew Alpine Campground 4 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
9pm start because of work. We were lulled to sleep under the stars by an owl.
April 27, 2019 Father Guido Sarducci Copper Creek 5.93 miles 2,750 feet gained
The ONP entrance to Staircase remains closed due to construction so a lot of people were parking near the Copper Creek TH to enter the park via the Shady Lane Trail. As usual little traffic on the Copper Creek Trail which was snow free. Completed the upper loop counter clock wise where in typical PNW weather it was nice & sunny on the climb up and breezy, co...
April 25, 2019 Jen Burnt Peak 9 miles 1,250 feet gained
This was a hike/ski trip. Snow about done in this area.
April 25, 2019 Woodswalker Coldwater Trail 13.3 miles 2,750 feet gained
Great day in the monument. We started at the south Coldwater Ridge trail. Mostly snow free except for a few patches. One of them was too slippery, with a very steep run out, to navigate without a brief detour up and around. At the trail junction that heads down to the lake we kept going on the Ridge trail, for almost a mile east to check out the snow situati...
April 24, 2019 pizza pal Moulton Falls 6 miles 500 feet gained
April 23, 2019 Jen Herman Bridge 7 miles 1,500 feet gained
Got to do one of my favorite types of adventure-the bike shuttle! Hid my bike at Bridge of the Gods and drove to Herman Creek TH, hiked Herman Creek to PCT, stopping at Dry Creek Falls. On the bike back through town, I stopped at the Easyclimb mountain bike park and looped around on the easy trails, fun!
April 20, 2019 Father Guido Sarducci Tunnel Creek 6.52 miles 4,500 feet gained
This has to be one of the steepest trails in the ONF and is one of the few trails in the Olympics that I have never hiked before. The TH is approx. 1/4 of a mile from the Dosewallips washout parking area and is signed as Tunnel Creek TH #841. The climb to 5050 pass is 4500' in little more than 3 miles. Snow became fairly consistent at 4600' and I used snowsh...
April 20, 2019 Jen Catherine Creek Loop 7.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Spent the day at Horsethief yesterday, so team was tired. We cut our plans in half, started at 0730,finished at 1030 and were back in PDX by noon!
April 20, 2019 Sarah Johnson Look Lake 6.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
April 18, 2019 Woodswalker Coopey Falls 11 miles 3,000 feet gained
For all the many times I had been in the area, I had never returned from Devils Rest via Foxglove. The early bloom of Trilliums, oxalis and yellow violets is on to about 2200 feet and the Larkspur is almost ready lower down. The connector trail between Wahkeena and Multnomah is closed just beyond the junction with the Devils Rest Trail. Loved this first hot ...
April 17, 2019 Jen Red Top Meadow 5 miles 750 feet gained
wallowing off trail in the woods-fun!
April 14, 2019 Sarah Johnson Doane Point 4 miles 1,000 feet gained
Just a quick solo hike with my dog Sunday afternoon in the rain.
April 14, 2019 runandsew Balch Canyon 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
April 14, 2019 Woodswalker Eighteenmile Island 8.6 miles 500 feet gained
Had a great day seeing the bloom start on an easy level trail, along the old highway to Twin Tunnels.
April 14, 2019 Father Guido Sarducci Point Defiance 6.84 miles 750 feet gained
April 13, 2019 Jen Burdoin Mountain 8.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
brought the gang back
April 10, 2019 Woodswalker Low Divide Creek 16.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Great rainy day hike. Lots of streams and small to medium waterfalls. We saw no one else out there. The trail is open to non motorized mountain bikes. The bloom is just starting. Great day.
April 10, 2019 pizza pal Catherine Creek Shortcut 5.5 miles 750 feet gained
April 7, 2019 Father Guido Sarducci Chuckanut Mountain 5.51 miles 1,000 feet gained
After visiting our youngest son who lives up in Bellingham we did a quick hike up to Oyster Dome. Nice views with minimal effort.
April 6, 2019 Jen Carpenters Lake 9.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
Our goal was Aldrich Butte, but it was raining so hard, we got soaked and turned around at the Two Chiefs Trail.
April 5, 2019 pizza pal Campground: Government Mineral Springs 4 miles 500 feet gained
April 1, 2019 Jen Doane Point 4 miles 500 feet gained
Monday morning exercise, trilliums out!
March 31, 2019 Woodswalker Flume Creek 8 miles 1,000 feet gained
Great day, cruising around in a big loop in this area. Sunny skies, minimal snow just in patches, a few mountain bikes up at the north end of the loop. Some clearcuts and great views up to Adams and down to Hood.
March 30, 2019 Father Guido Sarducci Muscott Creek 18.33 miles 2,250 feet gained
The hike to the old ONP Campground/Ranger Station gets longer and longer. The road up the Dosewallips is now blocked a little more than a mile from the old major washout because of a more recent road washout. This adds about 2 1/2 miles roundtrip to the hike. We went about a mile and half passed the Ranger Station. Fair bit of people were camping at Elkhorn ...
March 29, 2019 Sarah Johnson 2 miles 0 feet gained
Decided we wanted to see the San Andreas Fault line, ended up picking a random desert oasis hotspring to check it out.
March 29, 2019 Sarah Johnson Sheep Pass 3 miles 1,000 feet gained
Hungover morning tromp up Ryan Mountain in Joshua Tree after spending the evening at Landers Brew, a bar/venue hiding out in the desert. Of course, the band playing the evening we were there was from Portland.
March 29, 2019 Jen Devils Kitchen 6 miles 1,750 feet gained
We hiked up and down the climbers trail a few times, but for me there was a lot of standing around occasionally directing the students.
March 29, 2019 pizza pal Swale Canyon 9 miles 750 feet gained
March 28, 2019 Sarah Johnson 6.7 miles 750 feet gained
Entered a busy Joshua Tree entrance, our trailhead not far away. Parked next to 3 other cars, didn't see another soul the entire hike. Felt very lucky considering how many spring break folks were in the park.
March 27, 2019 Sarah Johnson Kelso Dunes 2 miles 0 feet gained
March 27, 2019 Sarah Johnson 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
Gorgeous drive around Red Rocks. we stopped in at the Calico Hills to play around a bit and watch the climbers before heading out into the Mojave desert towards Joshua Tree. Super fun landscape, would love to come back with more time to explore.
March 27, 2019 Jen Cottonwood Canyon 4 miles 500 feet gained
Two more short hikes in the Palm Springs area.
