January 13, 2018 Woodswalker 5.2 miles 1,750 feet gained
Wonderful day on the mountain. No real snow as far as the Tilly Jane cabin and very solid ice rink quality tread on the first 1/3. Some traction a necessity, but snow shoes are a bit much and awkward in some places.
January 9, 2018 pizza pal 3.5 miles 0 feet gained
January 8, 2018 Jen 8 miles 1,750 feet gained
First hike of the year! Did not hit persistent snow until 2600 ft.
January 7, 2018 Sarah Johnson 3.7 miles 500 feet gained
Quick jaunt on a rainy day with my dog through the far end of Forest Park.
January 7, 2018 runandsew 7 miles 750 feet gained
Miserable weather in the mountains, so Plan B.
January 7, 2018 Woodswalker 6.6 miles 500 feet gained
In my ongoing search to find lovely hikes to replace my gorge standbys, I headed out along the Lewis river from Hantwick TH over to Yacolt and Moulton Falls. Great area and it seems like a nice gateway to some longer hikes. Great company and a lovely day!!
January 6, 2018 Debbi 4 miles 250 feet gained
January 6, 2018 Father Guido Sarducci 4.72 miles 1,250 feet gained
Typical seasonal sloppy muddy trails. The dog is always up for a good sloppy hike with a quick clean up swim in the sound. Woof!
January 6, 2018 Woodswalker 6.8 miles 1,000 feet gained
Fantastic day with a friend snowshoeing the Twin Lakes area. Trails are well broken in and there is a good amount of snow. Palmateer looks like it may be currently accessible from the PCT cutoff. At least the start of it was super packed down, but the connector trail from Upper Twin Lake was invisible.
January 3, 2018 Father Guido Sarducci 5.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Nice views. One could clearly see 3 volcanoes along with downtown Seattle.
January 3, 2018 pizza pal 9 miles 500 feet gained
January 2, 2018 pizza pal 5.25 miles 2,000 feet gained
January 1 to January 2, 2018 runandsew 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained 1 night
Hiked up White River to catch the Timberline Lodge fireworks.
January 1, 2018 Roman 8.3 miles 1,250 feet gained
January 1, 2018 Father Guido Sarducci 3.17 miles 1,000 feet gained
Annual New Years day hike with the family. Place was a zoo but once you hiked about a mile up from the visitor center the crowds thinned out.
January 1, 2018 Debbi 1.5 miles 0 feet gained
January 1, 2018 Susan 5.6 miles 250 feet gained
December 31 to January 1, 2018 runandsew 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained 1 night
Boy Scout Ridge via White River and Yellow Jacket to see fireworks at Timberline Lodge
December 31, 2017 Roman 8 miles 0 feet gained
December 31 to January 1, 2018 runandsew 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained 1 night
Our goal was to watch Timberline's fireworks and we succeeded! Incredible night and start to 2018!
December 30, 2017 Woodswalker 4.7 miles 500 feet gained
After trying to snowshoe at Bennett Pass, only to find a full parking lot, we found ourselves at the Nordic Center near the Elk Meadows trailhead. Tons of skiers but Elk Meadows and the Newton Creek trail were super quiet and probably the prettiest snowshoe I've ever done. The trail was well broken and easy to follow until about 5100'. A nice lunch spot near...
December 30, 2017 Karl 17.5 miles 4,500 feet gained
Actually hiked 12/31, but a bug on WH won't include NYE hikes in 2017 stats. :-/ Original idea was to climb Table Mountain, again. Would've been sixth time up there, this year. But some pretty wicked winds, and clouds shrouding the summit, convinced us there wasn't much point. So, instead, we turned west/left at the PCT/Westway junction, and wandered ridges ...
December 30, 2017 Karl 12.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Great day wandering Beacon Rock SP with Woodswalker! We started out with a swing by Little Beacon Rock, which must be the coolest/least-appreciated feature in the park. Then went cross-country, past the abandoned cabin, and over to the Hardy Ridge trail. As we climbed, clouds enveloped us, and we eventually hit pockets of snow above the 4-way junction. Ate l...
December 30, 2017 Woodswalker 12.7 miles 3,250 feet gained
Wonderful day out exploring new terrain in the Hamilton Hardy area. We parked at the Hamilton trailhead, and went up past Little Beacon Rock back to the conjunction with the main trail. Shortly after we, headed west offtrail to see the old cabin and continued on northwestish until we hit the equestrian trail in the Hardy Ridge area. We headed up Hardy Ridge ...
December 23, 2017 Karl 11 miles 4,750 feet gained
Headed east through a snowy Columbia Gorge, and finally ended up at the Dog Mountain trailhead... Put on the microspikes before leaving the jeep, and left them on until our return many hours later. Headed north on the Augspurger trail, and just kept going until we hit the powerlines clearing just below 3000'. The summit ahead was firmly in the clouds, with n...
December 23, 2017 B-Dog 1.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Wow... what a great afternoon ski tour yesterday. Santa came early and delivered the goods this year. With almost 18" of fresh dry powder and a cold windless bluebird day.... Who could ask for anything more? The main face was looking pretty abused by the end of the day, but there is still some stashes of pow to be had on the side runs. Get up there and get i...
December 23, 2017 Woodswalker 3.2 miles 750 feet gained
No views, but beautifully flocked trees and the snow was pure powder. Even on snowshoes, it was a bit like skiing. We tried to take the snowshoe path through the trees rather than the regular cattle trail up, but we were breaking trail in 2-3 feet of powder. Great company and it ended up being super fun watching everyone sled down the hills.
December 22, 2017 Father Guido Sarducci 7.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Checked out the recent road washout prior to the park entrance which prevents car travel into the park. Was told by the on site ranger that plans are to repair the road in the Spring. I entered the park via the Shady Lane Trail & then hiked the 4 Streams Trail to its end. Than backtracked and reconnected with the Staircase Rapids Trail completing the loop ba...
December 22, 2017 Karl 10.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
The weather outside was frightful, so where else might we go? Hamilton is always good (best?) on days like this! Drizzle on the way up. Blowing snow by the overlooks just before Little Hamilton. Hit frozen ground around 2000'. Only a few inches of snow along the spine and saddle. Forest beyond saddle was beautiful. Ran into friends along the way! Only disapp...
December 19, 2017 pizza pal 5.5 miles 750 feet gained
December 16, 2017 Woodswalker 8.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Wonderful day with a bunch of folks out celebrating a friend's birthday. The falls are all raging nicely right now and there is no snow on the trail. Not muddy and the creek crossings are good. The only caveat is a very large boulder is plunked down in the middle of the road a mile or two west of the trail head.
December 13, 2017 Roman 6 miles 0 feet gained
December 13, 2017 Karl 16 miles 4,000 feet gained
Started and ended this hike at Wildwood Recreation Area, which is just a stunning park developed by the BLM. If every facility that wanted $5 for parking were this nice, there'd be a lot less griping about passes, methinks. Enjoyed the leisurely stroll up Huckleberry Mountain via Boulder Ridge, taking in a couple Hood viewpoints along the way. Lunched, brief...
December 13, 2017 Woodswalker 11 miles 2,000 feet gained
Amazing day. Minimal snow until we hit JRO. About a foot after that. Great company and wonderful views.
December 13, 2017 pizza pal 7.3 miles 1,750 feet gained
December 10, 2017 Roman 7.1 miles 1,750 feet gained
December 10, 2017 B-Dog 5 miles 3,750 feet gained
Simon and I put in a hard days work of breaking trail in unforgiving conditions. We went up the winter route to the west ridge. This was my first time ascending this route, I have come down it before in the dark under a full moon. It was straight forward, however we had to battle some nasty slide alder that needed about another 2 - 3 feet of snow to bury it ...
December 10, 2017 Karl 11 miles 3,250 feet gained
Another day, the same inversion - gotta love it! Beautiful blue skies all around. A bit of snow dusting all the ridges. Freezing temps at the trailhead, and progressively warmer as we climbed. Shorts weather on top! Just about as good as days get in December. Spent way too much time on the summits, enjoying a little lunch and an incredible cloud show. Then w...
December 10, 2017 Father Guido Sarducci 4.76 miles 3,000 feet gained
Started hike between the lower and upper TH. Could not quite make it to the upper TH due to snow. Took the winter route up the avalanche shoot. Above the inversion layer it was quite balmy, t-shirt weather.
December 8, 2017 Karl 10 miles 4,500 feet gained
Fun trek up Cooper Spur from the Tilly Jane trailhead. We felt entirely alone, all day long, on the northeast side of Wy'east. Never saw another soul. Day began frigid, with temps at or below freezing as we started hiking. Around 4700' or so, we hit a wall of heat (the inversion layer) and temps quickly shot into the 60s! By the time we'd hit Tilly Jane, sno...
December 5, 2017 Karl 24.5 miles 6,250 feet gained
Set out to see if we could do 25 miles at the Coyote Wall - Catherine Creek complex, and came darn close. Wasn't helped by being frozen out of the jeep first thing in the morning! ("WTH's that hair dryer? OMG...") Late start meant a really late finish. Only overlapped a small percentage (<10%?) of the track, had some great ups and downs, and even managed to ...
December 4, 2017 Woodswalker 9.2 miles 2,000 feet gained
Some dramatic clouds, snow on the hilltops in Oregon, prismed water drops and even some sunshine. The trail is super mucked out from the rain and extra hiking it's receiving. After lunch at the saddle I headed a bit further north to explore some more of the area, Fantastic day.
December 3, 2017 runandsew 5 miles 2,500 feet gained
December 1, 2017 Karl 15.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Awesome day wandering around Columbia Hills. Area was covered in clouds as we began, but soon enough the sun was starting to appear through them, and then - miraculously - we climbed right through them! Just beautiful. Not even all that windy, compared to usual. <iframe width="540" height="800" src="http://gpsfly.org/gps_map.php?gps_id=7862&w=540&h=800&c=fff...
December 1, 2017 Teddie 1.5 miles 0 feet gained
Nice, relaxing hike. Few views. Wooded hike with interesting ecosystems.
November 29, 2017 Karl 16 miles 4,250 feet gained
Wonderful climb up Hunchback Ridge! Just invigorating right out of the gate, and only got better as we hit snow around 3500' or so. The ridge was as totally delightful! A light frosting had covered the forest at some point in the last 24 hours. The sun was shining! Who could ask for more? Heh... Well, then it started "raining" as the trees' flocking melted. ...
