April 29, 2017 Rhonda Blowout Cliff 4.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
First beautiful day in weeks. Had to get out for quick hike.
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April 28, 2017 Erica H. Dog Mountain 6.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
April 28, 2017 Karl McCall Point 14.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
April 27, 2017 Erica H. Palatine Hill 4 miles 500 feet gained
April 23, 2017 Nathan Williams Opal Creek 10.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Rainy rainy rainy, and absolutely gorgeous clear water and rushing falls. Hopped a lot of creeks crossing the trail, got well and truly damp, but made it out before the worst of the downpour. Loads of cars in the lot, but oddly few people encountered on the trail relative to the car count. Jawbone flats is a super cool ghost-town on the way back. Very pleasa...
April 22, 2017 Roman Look Lake 9.6 miles 2,250 feet gained
Bike trails through private pastures/timberland in Coyote Wall area.
April 22, 2017 Father Guido Sarducci Chambers Creek Reservoir 8 miles 2,000 feet gained
April 21, 2017 B-Dog Divide Lake 1 miles 1,000 feet gained
Had to try and squeeze in a quick lap before the weekend and rain returned. Getting tired of just one day of sun sprinkled in here and there.....when are we really going to hit spring ????? Conditions were okay, the top portion of the mountain was windy and cold. The snow was firm and crusty for about half my run and then soft and creamy for the last half. E...
April 21, 2017 Woodswalker Cape Horn 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Beautiful day. Lots of sun. Many sneak peaks into the gorge in addition to the viewpoints, since the trees aren't leafed out yet. South side of Silver Star was looking snow free, but plenty of snow on the other sides as far as I could tell. The second wave of flowers is starting!!
April 20, 2017 pizza pal 10 miles 1,250 feet gained
April 16, 2017 Karl Table Mountain 18 miles 4,750 feet gained
It was supposed to be a glorious day, and the views from Table Mountain could've been just incredible! Ah well, we had some great exercise. The skies were overcast, but the ceiling was high enough most surrounding volcanoes were visible. Winds were pretty strong, though, enough so to worry about losing (yet another!) hat. Snow's entirely gone on Westway, but...
April 16, 2017 Father Guido Sarducci Buck Mountain 10.19 miles 3,250 feet gained
Entered via the Elbo Creek TH. Just a few patches of snow during the road walk but no traction devices required. Very nice 360 degree views from the summit.
April 15, 2017 Jen Oak Ridge 6 miles 1,500 feet gained
With the family on a weekend in Hood River.
April 15 to April 16, 2017 runandsew Alpine Campground 3.5 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
Ran into Splintercat near the trailhead at White River. Since we were so late getting started, we camped at the viewpoint near the Timberline Trail under a starry, clear night. The Easter Bunny brought candy.
April 15, 2017 Woodswalker Herman Bridge 10 miles 1,750 feet gained
Lovely day!! Although I'm still not used to the parking lot at Herman Creek filling up. Made it to Mullinex Creek which looked to be a wet footed crossing(although an easy one). Camp Creek was getting a lot of peoples feet wet. The waterfalls were beautiful. Saw a few folks heading up to snow camp and lots of folks headed up to Indian Point and Nick Eaton. S...
April 14, 2017 Karl Eightmile Creek 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
After finishing the cherry orchard loop, we headed east and stopped first at Horsethief Lake to see the petroglpyhs. Oh my, what a treat that was! Then we just drove up to the ranch, and did a big loop through the lower bluffs. Not too many flowers out yet, though they're definitely getting underway. Really beat the rain to the east, that's for sure! <iframe...
April 14, 2017 Karl Rowena Gap 8 miles 2,000 feet gained
First time here with enough time to actually climb to the top, so we made the most of it. Looped the butte closest to town first, following the old "convict road," which was constructed in 1910-11 under the direction of Sam Hill. Climbed the bluff east of the high school, and hooked back into the main trail to the orchard. Wonderfully green vistas greeted us...
April 13, 2017 pizza pal Cottonwood Canyon 11 miles 500 feet gained
first time here. what a treasure!
April 9, 2017 Roman Hood River Valley 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Favorite hike for my parents, they want it to stay off the forums. Grass widows were almost out, but balsamroot started in earnest at about 800-1000', will be better in the coming weeks. Lupine is showing up too, no flowers yet.
April 9, 2017 Woodswalker Eagle Creek 15 miles 1,750 feet gained
Lovely day out with Karl. Wy'East was the only creek crossing where I had to think about my options, but no real problem crossing.
April 9, 2017 Karl Eagle Creek 15 miles 1,750 feet gained
First springtime trip up Eagle Creek was no disappointment! The day, and the trail, were dry. Actually went up beyond Sevenmile Falls and back without ever getting wet feet, despite only wearing trail runners. We did choose to ford Wy'east Creek on purpose, rather than by falling off one of the very slick logs partially across it. The waterfalls all were glo...
April 9, 2017 runandsew 6 miles 1,000 feet gained
Forest Park from Birch Trail past Balch Creek Shelter to parking area and back.
April 9, 2017 Father Guido Sarducci Pinnacle Peak 4.24 miles 2,000 feet gained
April 7, 2017 B-Dog Divide Lake 1 miles 1,000 feet gained
Left work around 4:00 on Friday and was geared up at the pass by 6:00. Took a quick tour up to the top of Da Fur @ Summit Central. Had some nice views from the top and then enjoyed some ripe corn all the way down. Got back to the car with just a few minutes of day light to spare. Stopped in North Bend on my way home to enjoy some adult beverages with my Bric...
April 5, 2017 Erica H. Oneonta 5.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
April 5, 2017 pizza pal Salisbury Slough 6 miles 1,500 feet gained
April 3, 2017 Woodswalker Horsetail Falls 8.2 miles 1,750 feet gained
Beautiful sunny day in the gorge. From Horse tail I went up past Triple falls to check out the washout and see how far I could go before I hit snow. The washout just before the 3rd bridge was fine. I ran out of time before any snow was apparent except small patches at 1600'. None visible as far as I could see above me. Trilliums started to bloom above and so...
April 2 to April 3, 2017 runandsew Timberline Trail 5.5 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Light snow a few times and clouds over Hood until late night, then crystal clear. High teens to low 20'speed. We headed up Yellow Jackets to the PCT.
April 2, 2017 Father Guido Sarducci Twentyseven Creek Reservoir 3.91 miles 1,000 feet gained
April 1, 2017 Father Guido Sarducci Point Defiance 6.62 miles 1,250 feet gained
April 1, 2017 B-Dog Mount Hyak 2 miles 2,000 feet gained
Harvested some amazing spring corn on a nice tour with my buddy Jason. We got 3 runs in today. Two in hidden valley and one on the face. He carried his snowboard and wore slowshoes. This ended up being the perfect combo for the day. He was able to carve out his first turns in over 10 years !! He just recently bought a snowboard and has been wanting to get ou...
March 31 to April 1, 2017 Nathan Williams University Falls 11.5 miles 1,750 feet gained 1 night
Wet and luscious hike through the Tillamook Forest, lots of deadfall made some trails near impassable and plenty of early-season mud. Parked at Rogers Camp, hiked Nels Roger to Wilson River Wagon Rd Trail to Sidestep. Camped overnight at Stagecoach Horse Camp, Hiked back out Sidestep, up to University Falls, then back out on the Gravelle Brothers Trail along...
March 31, 2017 Roman Coldwater Lake 11.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Lower trail along the lake was good, but about 300-500' up on far side of the loop there's still 2-4 feet of snow (mixed with slide alder laying at different angles). Worst 3 miles took about 4 hours of deep postholing. Returned to car shortly before midnight. It gets amazingly dark in those parts - if I just followed the trail with flashlight it would be ea...
March 31, 2017 Karl Table Mountain 17.5 miles 4,750 feet gained
Decided it was time to see how tackling Table from the Bonneville trailhead, now that the Hot Springs has been sold and is off-limits, changed this old favorite. This definitely adds to the challenge, no doubts about it! It's a good 6.5 miles and 1700' of EG just to the point where the PCT meets the old trail up, and you're still no where near half way up gi...
March 31, 2017 Woodswalker Shady Glen 7.2 miles 500 feet gained
Really truly a gazillion waterfalls! Beautiful day, the trail is fine flowers are starting and the water is amazing. The landslide at 3.1 miles looked pretty doable, but I turned around. Perfect!
March 30, 2017 pizza pal 6.5 miles 500 feet gained
March 27, 2017 Karl Middle North Falls 10.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Soaking wet day, which seems appropriate for waterfallin'.
March 27, 2017 runandsew Dinihanian Reservoir 4.5 miles 250 feet gained
A quick out and back in between rain showers.
March 26, 2017 Woodswalker Salmon Falls 6.4 miles 1,000 feet gained
Dripping wet but beautiful day, The river wasn't silty at all. Still full of that beautiful celadon green color. There's a but more eg than maps show, perhaps an older trail version stayed level with the river. The trail right now is one big creek. A fair amount of down trees, all of them fine, but it definitely slowed my progress, as well as allowing more o...
March 25 to March 27, 2017 Jen Whychus Creek Canyon 13 miles 1,250 feet gained 2 nights
We took a trip down Carcass Canyon in the low desert and camped near the confluence of Whychus and Deschutes. Hiked upstream on the Whychus and spent the second night at Alder Springs. Had it to ourselves because the main TH has not opened yet. The winter was very hard on the deer population and we encountered many dead animals, so many that some had not bee...
March 25, 2017 B-Dog Beaver Lake 1.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
After a week of Rain and hearing that Summit West had closed down for the season.... I went to bed Friday night dreaming of fresh snow and my prayers were answered. When I checked the web cams it was snowing and forecasted to stay cool throughout the morning. I quickly gathered my gear and off I went. I took my dog Mindy with me and we had blast. 6" of fresh...
March 25, 2017 Father Guido Sarducci Lake Angeles 8 miles 2,750 feet gained
Lots of ice & snow at the lake. Enough that you can walk upon the lake to the island.
March 23, 2017 Woodswalker Catherine Creek Shortcut 7.6 miles 1,250 feet gained
Went east hoping for a bit more sun and to check the bloom. Grass widows are booming and the lomatiums are coming along and the poison oak has not leafed out yet. Wandered east along Atwood road until I hit Burns Farm and made it back to the car before the clouds rolled in.
March 23, 2017 pizza pal McClure Hill 2.75 miles 500 feet gained
March 19, 2017 Roman Hood River Valley 4.5 miles 750 feet gained
Pics @ the link
March 19, 2017 Roman Hood River Valley 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
First wildflowers, really nice...
March 19, 2017 Karl Lancaster Lake 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
Nice sunny stroll through the refuge, somewhat limited by the Columbia running at flood stage, followed up with a car loop through the South ("River S") Unit.
March 19 to March 20, 2017 runandsew Dog River 8 miles 3,000 feet gained 1 night
Beautiful Sunday, the last day of winter, turned into a windy affair during the night and pretty much drenched our tent with a good amount of snow. The Cooper Spur shelter on the Timberline Trail is filled with snow. You may be able to skinny through the top, but it would be creepy.