July 2, 2018 Jen 5.2 miles 1,000 feet gained
First hike on our trip to Scotland. Bonnie weather and crackin views!
Recent Hikes
July 1, 2018 Debbi 9.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
July 1, 2018 Woodswalker 9.6 miles 1,750 feet gained
Flowers are looking good in the saddle below the summit. Plus, the clouds cleared away and gave us clear views of the Paradise Park Side of Mt Hood and partial views of Jefferson and Adams. There's not much snow at all on the South side of Mt Hood. Wonderful hike.
June 30, 2018 Roman 4 miles 1,000 feet gained
Great family hike, real gem but getting up "road" to North trailhead is hard on the car. We need to get that Discover Pass and park at Grouse Vista next time.
June 30 to July 1, 2018 runandsew 9 miles 2,000 feet gained 1 night
Got a 7:30pm start on the trail and headed to our favorite spot east of Timberline Lodge. After a drizzly night, we woke to a gorgeous morning and checked out Zig Zag canyon.
June 30, 2018 Sarah Johnson 8.3 miles 4,000 feet gained
What a trip! This exploratory Mazamas climb was lead by Mike Levis with assistant Walter Keutel. First off, if you do this climb, make sure you start a beer pool for afterwards, based on whenever someone utters the words, "Is this a trail?", "This looks like a trail..." or "This might be a trail." Perhaps even every time someone falls down or utters, "Are we...
June 29, 2018 Woodswalker 12 miles 3,000 feet gained
Wonderful day getting back into one of my favorite areas. The bloom at High Prairie is just getting started. In a few places on the trail flowers were plentiful, in others the snow had just recently melted. We explored some of the amazing rock formations out there. I love the Badger Creek Wilderness!!
June 28, 2018 Debbi 11 miles 2,500 feet gained
June 27, 2018 Debbi 7 miles 1,250 feet gained
June 26, 2018 Debbi 5 miles 750 feet gained
June 26, 2018 Debbi 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
June 26, 2018 Woodswalker 10.6 miles 2,250 feet gained
Fabulous first trip up for the year. The flowers are just starting at the top, but are looking good around Bald Mountain. One sketchy spot still, right before the McNeil Plateau. The trail from the Mazama junction and about a third of the way up the first section of the turnoff trail to McNeil is still snow covered, so it is still helpful to know the route. ...
June 24, 2018 Woodswalker 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
There are no words to describe this place. A lot more folks are finding their way to this magical spot.
June 23 to June 24, 2018 runandsew 4.5 miles 2,500 feet gained 1 night
Late night hike to catch some stars and elevation.
June 23, 2018 Father Guido Sarducci 13.75 miles 4,250 feet gained
This is not a hike if one is looking for solitude. The majority of hikers though appeared to be backpackers heading to "the meadow" to set up camp. There were surprisingly few people at the pass and even fewer who ventured the steep climb to the peak. The views of the Stuart Range & The Enchantments were nice from the pass but from the peak they were outstan...
June 23, 2018 Sarah Johnson 8 miles 500 feet gained
A few friends of mine who are non hikers asked if I would take them on a hike. Each suggestion I made was turned down for being "too hard", a "death hike", too many people, more elevation gain than they could handle... So, I opted for something mostly flat, with enough of a danger element to be exciting for us. I've been on the route a few times, and it is o...
June 22, 2018 pizza pal 4 miles 250 feet gained
June 21 to June 24, 2018 Roman 30 miles 5,250 feet gained 3 nights
6 lakes+1 peak +7 passes = great formula for epic weekend (first night was car camping before the hike, but technically, a night under stars, so I think it counts)
June 19, 2018 Jen 12.8 miles 3,500 feet gained
Can't recommend this trail. So much blowdown from 2009 fire. We started at Tamanawas and took it to Polallie to the Bluegrass Ridge trail. Took it south for the long slog over a million logs. At Elk Mtn,, we dived down 2000 feet of crazy bushwhacking,which would have been fun if we handt been crawling through blowdown for the previous 3 hours. The best part ...
June 17, 2018 runandsew 5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Passed out candy to unsuspecting fathers. Most were delighted.
June 16, 2018 pizza pal 9 miles 1,000 feet gained
June 16, 2018 Roman 7 miles 1,000 feet gained
June 16, 2018 Jen 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
Cool, early morning wanderings. The understory is SO BUSHED OUT right now.
June 16, 2018 Father Guido Sarducci 16.89 miles 4,250 feet gained
Took the long approach to Buckhorn via the Tubal Cain Trail. A few patches of snow near the top of Buckhorn Pass but nothing which require traction devices & once the pass is reached it is snow free to Buckhorn’s almost 7000’ Peak.
June 15, 2018 Woodswalker 15 miles 3,250 feet gained
I was happy to find many living trees, were still visible in much of the burn. Cedar Swamp was spared and still beautiful. There are a lot of small rocks dropping on the trail and some burned logs to crawl over, but still amazing. A wonderful day.
June 11, 2018 Woodswalker 7.8 miles 500 feet gained
I decided to break up the drive north on I-5 with a quick out and back on the North Umpqua trail. Awesome day and perfect hike. The only thing I would do differently if I went again, would be to drive a few more miles down the road, to do a section further upstream. In the first 2 miles,there is a burn section that would be wonderful during fireweed season, ...
June 10, 2018 Woodswalker 6 miles 1,000 feet gained
A dusting of snow over early alpine bloom greeted us as we went up the trail. This is an amazing short hike. Alpine lakes in flowering meadows and and an incredible view from the top. The base of Shasta was visible as were Red Buttes, Greyback and the Kalmiopsis. We had high clouds that blocked some of the further away peaks, but it was still stunning.
June 10, 2018 Father Guido Sarducci 6.66 miles 4,000 feet gained
Typical Junuary day in the PNW. One minute raining, the next sunny, then hail and even snowing around 4000'. While I have hiked up to Wagon Wheel Lake before, a fairly unimpressive lake IMO, I have never taken the climbers trail which climbs around 800" feet above the lake to the Silver Snag plateau and also to Cub Peak. The views up on Silver Snag were fair...
June 9, 2018 Sarah Johnson 9 miles 1,500 feet gained
Rainy rainy day down the Clackamas. Felt guilty for not hiking last weekend so I thought I would head out and brave the rain for some solitude on the trail. Had originally planned on tackling Mount Defiance, but the thought of coming down something so steep in the rain just didn't sound safe. Especially not knowing how the gorge fire has affected the trail. ...
June 7, 2018 Roman 2.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
June 6, 2018 Jen 8.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Started at the Eagle Creek end and went up to Wildcat. First two miles of trail are overgrown, wearing shorts, shins pulped.
June 3, 2018 Roman 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
June 3 to June 4, 2018 Jen 15.5 miles 5,250 feet gained 1 night
Did S Sister on a Mazama Climb. Gorgeous day. Also included in the mileage is the little hike I did the night before around Devil's Lake to Devil's Garden which is a magical area with pictographs, marmots and pikas!
June 3, 2018 Woodswalker 12.2 miles 2,750 feet gained
Awesome day with friends, going up Phlox Point. The phlox is almost done, but there are lots of flowers up there right now. Then added a bit more on by crossing the horse bridge higher up and taking Don's Cutoff up to Hamilton Mountain Saddle. Great day
June 2 to June 3, 2018 runandsew 10 miles 3,000 feet gained 1 night
Beautiful night under the stars.
June 1, 2018 pizza pal 4.5 miles 500 feet gained
May 28, 2018 Woodswalker 20 miles 3,000 feet gained
Non stop views on a great day. Very quiet except for a dozen bicyclists. The Balsam Root is past peak, but lots of woodland flowers out. Took a detour up to the top of Shellrock Mountain for stunning views Hood, Adams, Rainier and Helens all looking good. We could see Lookout Mountain and it still has a good bit of snow on top. Wonderful day.
May 27, 2018 Debbi 9 miles 500 feet gained
May 27 to May 28, 2018 runandsew 17.5 miles 3,500 feet gained 1 night
There were SO, SO many trees blown down that we crawled over, around, under and through that we'll not be doing this trail any time soon.
May 27, 2018 Sarah Johnson 3.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
This was a Mazama's climb led by my former BCEP instructor from last year, George Shay, with Dirk Lakeman assisting. I was happy to see another familiar face on the climb team, with one of my assistants from BCEP Guy also on the climb. The rest of the team was very friendly, and many recent BCEP grads themselves. We took the heavily pot holed dirt road up to...
May 26 to May 28, 2018 Father Guido Sarducci 20 miles 6,250 feet gained 2 nights
Hiked from the Slab Camp TH and made base camp at the Deer Park Campground. Deer Ridge and the campground are completely snow free. Day hiked from there up Blue & Green Mountains. Attempted an assent of Maiden Peak but still a bit to much snow and turned around about 500' from the summit.
May 25 to May 28, 2018 Roman 30 miles 5,000 feet gained 3 nights
3-day 2-night loop (plus night near car before hike), from Lookout Mtn over Round Mtn, down to Walton Lake and Ochoco campground, then up Duncan Butte & over Lookout back to the trailhead. About 1/3 of the loop was with no trail - I went on ATV trails and logging roads, with short cuts through forest. Real ponderosa country, loved most of the loop.
May 21, 2018 Sarah Johnson 2.4 miles 250 feet gained
May 21, 2018 Woodswalker 12 miles 250 feet gained
Awesome day getting in some easy mileage. Mosquitoes were minimal and the bloom in the meadows is just starting. Super quiet up there right now. So enjoyable to stroll through all the empty campsites.
May 20, 2018 Debbi 6.5 miles 0 feet gained