5.5 miles / 500 feet gained / 1 night
Trip to find missing tripod part with no luck. Did put out camper's fire in the morning by the lake. They were less than 5' away from the lake and couldn't be bothered to smother out the fire and left nice wood on top to continue burning.
12.5 miles / 5,250 feet gained / 1 night
It took us all day to get up here. 10-12 inches of new snow, got soft in the afternoon. Breaking trail from Glacier Basin Camp all the way up the Interglacier, was quite exhausting. We were supposed to have an acclimation day at Camp Schurman before a summit attempt, but the weather window closed up so we headed back down.
6 miles / 500 feet gained / 1 night
I was meeting friends in the evening at the Steelhead Falls campground, so I explored some trails at Crooked River Ranch and along the Deschutes. There are long trails along both river canyons. Went climbing at Smith the next day.
5 miles / 500 feet gained / 1 night
Quick overnight with our daughter and pups.
4.5 miles / 500 feet gained
I go out every year and usually find a few. This year, we hit the jackpot!
7.5 miles / 1,750 feet gained
Nice loop hike enjoying the filled out understory.
3.5 miles / 750 feet gained / 1 night
Quick overnight with our daughter and the pups.
4 miles / 750 feet gained
Came up to climb nearby at Royal Columns. Had a nice evening hike before cragging. Beautiful canyon in bloom.
7.5 miles / 1,500 feet gained
jGot my first tick in my life taking a nap on the moss. Found it Tuesday, got the head removed Thursday. Yuck! Now we have a tick remover tool.
6.5 miles / 2,250 feet gained
Spectacular Day! Came up to check on the wildlife camera. No critter shots, but we saw all the big volcanoes and some ravens and bluebirds
4 miles / 750 feet gained / 1 night
3 miles / 500 feet gained
All three of our adult kids and three pups out for a great morning.
12.5 miles / 1,500 feet gained
Coldwater Lake to Spirit Lake viewpoint. Bike/hike/snowshoe
15 miles / 3,000 feet gained
We stayed at the Ochoco Ranger House for two nights. Snow at higher elevations. On the first day we got to ski on frozen Walton Lake. Hiked up the Lookout Mountain trail to Duncan Butte on day 2. Stopped at Lake Billy Chinook on the way home and hiked the Tam-a-Lau Trail.
7 miles / 2,000 feet gained
17 miles / 2,750 feet gained
Stayed in a cabin for two nights for Galentines Day. Saw lots of sheep. Explored an old homestead. On the second night a storm came in and we awoke to snow in the desert. Magical!
4 miles / 250 feet gained / 1 night
Barely any snow, but our family had a great start to 2024.
8.5 miles / 1,750 feet gained
Actually 12/31, I meant to go up to Observation Peak but I got onto the Sunshine Trail and it was a terrible mess of downed trees and brush and then something happened inside my knee. Turned back. Found a massive cauliflower mushroom on the way out.
7.5 miles / 2,000 feet gained
The Elevator Shaft has not improved since my last visit 2 years ago. Brushy with PO at the bottom. Bushwack through burnt part of basin at top. Good times for my hearty crew who were up for the adventure. We went over to Nesika and came back through the XMas Ornament Trail. We were going to return via Franklin Ridge and the Oneonta trail, but team was curiou...
3.5 miles / 750 feet gained / 1 night
Second backpack with our pup, Cowboy. No snow this year and what was there was like late season snow.
4 miles / 500 feet gained
Enjoying the coast during the "river of atmosphere". Ground saturated, and all creeks at flood stage.
6.5 miles / 3,250 feet gained
Cool desert scramble with knife edge ridge. No trail. Approached using a wash, then following intermittent cairns up through ledges and ramps. HIked out in dark
8.5 miles / 4,500 feet gained
Started from Climber's Bivouac. Road there is still snow free and the gate was open, but there is some ambiguity about when it's going to close. Some sources say it is closed already, and a sign enroute also says closed. Another party came up from Marble Mountain and felt some anguish when they discovered that they could have saved 1300 ft of gain. Snow star...
5 miles / 250 feet gained
Fun trip to Ole's Cave, and collected mushrooms on the way out.
27 miles / 3,000 feet gained
We stayed in Kanab and went hiking every day! 1) Red Canyon and Dino tracks 4 miles, 500 ft 2) Starlight Canyon 8 miles 1150 ft 3) North Rim GC, Uncle Jim trail-beautiful aspens 7.5, 500 ft 4) Nampoweap=the best, many petroglyphs 3 mi, 300 ft 5) Many Pools slickrock scramble4 miles, 750 ft
5 miles / 1,000 feet gained / 1 night
Headed up from White River in case Cowboy was having trouble hiking at night. He did amazing the entire time. Scared at night, but in his element in the day.
4 miles / 750 feet gained
Wandering in the woods for hours. Got soaked. Found some fungi!
51 miles / 13,750 feet gained / 7 nights
I went to California for 10 days and had some fun hikes. 1) Castle Lake- 4 miles, 750 ft 2) Mt Hubris-with the Mazamas. 5 pitches of glorious granite. Amazing lofty summit. Nice park but the campground is unfortunately very close to I-5. Trucks and trains roaring all night. 6 miles, 2250 ft 3) Deer Pass in the Sierras. Started in Mammoth Lakes. Wanted to vis...
50 miles / 7,500 feet gained / 4 nights
Backpack out of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite. Some of the most gorgeous views from Ireland Lake to Vogelsang.
5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Just a pleasant and cool wander on the piney paths in the forest. Still love this place.
4 miles / 250 feet gained / 1 night
I went up to check on a couple wildlife cameras for Cascadia Wild. Forgot to bring hiking shoes. HIked in flipflops and toes socks for first camera. Found a single shoe at trailhead that was just my size- used it for second camera. Bummer coming up through the burn area on the Clackamas. Miles of the canyon are completely scorched. Olallie area is a mosaic b...
13.5 miles / 7,750 feet gained / 2 nights
Really fun climb. We hiked in to a base camp on Ingalls Creek, then spent the next day scrambling up 4500 feet of granite. Only sketchy in one spot really with loose dirt and rockfall. The upper couloir is supposed to have a persistent snow field, but not this year. Some rain came through on approach day and climb day was nice and cool. Views limited, but we...
18 miles / 6,750 feet gained / 2 nights
Conditions very different from last year's attempt. Glaciers melted out and mazed with crevasses. Winnies Slide and the Hourglass features were ice walls, got to use my ice screws! We had to turn back after the first pitch on the summit block because a party ahead of us slowed us down and we were very worried about returning through the crevasses in the dark...
2 miles / 500 feet gained
I was taking part in a Mazama multipitch course over two days on Acker Rock. Went up and down to the LO tower twice. Climbed the 10 pitch SW face once. What a thrill!
37 miles / 8,250 feet gained / 3 nights
Family backpack like the old days! Everyone loved it.
4 miles / 1,750 feet gained
Went climbing. Had to hike up over Misery Ridge twice with heavy packs. Not bad in the morning, but brutal in the afternoon. Successfully led three of the five pitches of a route called First Kiss, what a thrill!
55 miles / 8,000 feet gained / 4 nights
Clockwise from Obsidian Trailhead. We were dubbed, "The Produce Section" by PCT thru hikers because of all the fresh produce we brought for them. We were three 60+ women making our way around The Three Sisters. Mosquitos and flies were bad on the west side and there was SO MUCH blow down on the east side. Our nights were beautiful and we had a great trip.
37 miles / 8,500 feet gained / 3 nights
Carefully planned Olympus climb foiled by rain! We chose this lovely backpacking loop and did a bit of scrambling too. The Lyman Basin and Buck Creek Pass areas were just spectacular. Team pretty happy with plan B.
12 miles / 7,000 feet gained / 1 night
We were going for the summit via the well defined DC route. Originally scheduled for the day before, but 50 mph winds had us almost cancel, with the forecast vastly improved for the next day, we went for it. Slept for a couple hours at Camp Muir, then started heading up at midnight. Just as we were finishing the rock scramble on the cleaver, a bunch of teams...
12 miles / 3,000 feet gained
Wonderful old growth forest on the edge of the blast zone
