April 16 to April 17, 2016 runandsew Alpine Campground 5.5 miles 1,750 feet gained 1 night
And another beautiful night at 5,000' with a morning hike to 5,900'. Lots of climbers' lights in the wee morning hours heading to the summit.
Recent Hikes
April 16, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci Nisqually Cirque 9.23 miles 4,750 feet gained
Picture perfect day for this climb. Could clearly see Adams, St. Helens & Hood. Last mile on the way down was a postholing mess though due to the warm temps.
April 15, 2016 Karl Chatfield Hill 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Third of three "little" hikes today, also to somewhere I'd heard of but never been. This one seems like a real gem. The trail is nicely graded, with just a slight rise up Marsh Hill. Lots of flowers scattered amongst the oaks, and pastoral tranquility atop that first rise. Stumbled across a baby rattler sunning himself on the trail, there. Dude was all attit...
April 15, 2016 Karl McCall Point 6.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Second of three "little" hikes today, which included two places I'd heard of many times, but never been to before. It was a fun drive along the historic US-30, through the (in)famous Rowena curves, coming over from [Sevenmile Hill](http://wenthiking.com/users/295-karl/hikes/5899-sevenmile-hill), too. I'd been warned how crowded this place might be, but was p...
April 15, 2016 Karl Sevenmile Hill 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
First of three "little" hikes today, to a place I'd only learned of the day before! I am basically tongue-tied. The beauty of the bloom here is incomparable to anything I've seen anywhere. Getting here is made more difficult by the inaccurate directions in the Oregon Hikers' Field Guide. (Use those in Curious Gorge, instead.) And once here, you're on your ow...
April 13, 2016 pizza pal McClure Hill 2.53 miles 0 feet gained
April 10, 2016 Roman Sherrard Point 17.57 miles 4,500 feet gained
April 10 to April 11, 2016 runandsew Paradise Park Loop 15.5 miles 3,500 feet gained 1 night
Well that was tough! I was on the 30 steps, stop, 30 steps, stop program in the snow.
April 10, 2016 Outside + Stuff Lake Isabel 8 miles 2,500 feet gained
We heard this is a best kept secret, mostly because of all the bushwhacking and wayfinding that needs to happen. But when we got up there, it seems like it's become a bit more popular. We downloaded a GPS track, and even with that, we had to do a bit of bushwhacking. But otherwise it was a lot of fun making the way up there! As a bonus, there is a kayak and ...
April 10, 2016 Karl Perham Creek Spring 15.5 miles 4,500 feet gained
Knocked two off "The List" in a single hike. Been wanting to go up Mitchell Point for a long time, but it never seemed to offer enough to make it stand alone. So, found another hike up to Wygant Point leaves from the same trailhead! Bingo. We did our best to make it as loopy as possible, but our pre-trip investigations indicated the Chetwoot Trail was impass...
April 10, 2016 Rich Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area 8 miles 1,000 feet gained
April 10, 2016 Mogtrekker Dog Creek 5.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
April 10, 2016 Rhonda Kings Mountain 5.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
This is a calf burner of a hike and I really needed one. What I did not need was the vertigo episode to happen this morning. I have been suffering with it for a month and it really showed it's ugly head today. Cancelled my plans of doing the full loop. The Backside of King's is very steep and was wet and slippery. Decided best not to try that while I wobbly....
April 9, 2016 Jim 12.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Not a better way to spend 5 hours of your life.
April 9, 2016 B-Dog Mount Hyak 1.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
The day started off with a tee time @ 7:00 a.m. and I got a quick 9 in before heading off to North Bend to meet my buddy Tyson. We finished our round with sometime to spare, so we enjoyed some breakfast and a few screw drivers !!! Not a bad way to start my first day of spring touring. The snow was great and it was definitely T-Shirt & Shorts weather =). We g...
April 9, 2016 Rich Eagle Creek Campground 17 miles 4,500 feet gained
April 9, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci Mount Teneriffe 8.13 miles 4,000 feet gained
Trail is fairly crowded up to the falls but beyond that crowds are light. Snow begins approx 500' from the summit and while traction devices are not absolutely necessary it did make the final assent and subsequent descent much easier.
April 9, 2016 Woodswalker Little Moab 10.7 miles 1,000 feet gained
Since I had a super long work week coming up, I decided to do a second day of hiking. Headed up the Labyrinth trail up towards Atwood and wandered, exploring abandoned 4WD roads, looking at flowers and the visible clouds of tree pollen in the air. Apparently the Camas is full on lower down, but we wanted to avoid the crowds, so we stayed up high.Super beauti...
April 8, 2016 Woodswalker Eagle Creek Trail 10 miles 1,000 feet gained
Beautiful sunny day at my favorite go to hike. Glacier lilies are a bit wilted, larkspur is awesome, chocolate lilies, blue eyed Mary, mimulus and plectritis are all going strong. Tish creek was easy to cross. A wonderful restorative day.
April 8, 2016 pizza pal 12.65 miles 0 feet gained
April 6, 2016 Woodswalker Horsethief Butte 3 miles 500 feet gained
Took two of my dearest friends on a picnic outing to the Columbia Hills area. We strolled and scrambled around Horsethief Butte for a good long while. On the way out we ran into a group of students learning how to do cultural site assessment. Then we drove down to Crawford Oaks and actually used the picnic table, to have a wonderful lunch, with a tablecloth,...
April 5, 2016 pizza pal McClure Hill 2.6 miles 0 feet gained
April 4 to April 5, 2016 runandsew Alpine Campground 4.5 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Started night hiking at 11pm. Beautiful star filled night.
April 3, 2016 Woodswalker Horsethief Butte 8.2 miles 1,250 feet gained
We headed out to join the hordes of flower seekers. To our delight, it was surprisingly uncrowded. We modified the basic loop a bit and added some lower plateau wanderings. Balsam root is spectacular right now. Lupines are blooming but not at peak yet. Phlox were looking good and of course the car is still there is the densest flower meadow of all. Wonderful...
April 3, 2016 Rhonda Henline Falls 2 miles 250 feet gained
Wanted something close by that I could trail run. Opal Creek was destination however the roads were awful so stopped and did a quick 2 miler at Henline Falls.
April 2, 2016 BeaverDawg Look Lake 7 miles 1,500 feet gained
April 2, 2016 Mogtrekker South Coldwater 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
April 2, 2016 Rhonda Eruption 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
Planned to snowshoe up by Coldwater. Ended up carrying them the whole way. Went up past the equipment and then did some wandering in the area.
April 2, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci Gifford Lakes 5.78 miles 4,000 feet gained
Up & down the old trail.
April 1, 2016 pizza pal Coopey Falls 5 miles 0 feet gained
March 30, 2016 Karl Harry'S Ridge 15 miles 3,000 feet gained
With the sudden onset of summer weather, we decided to go snowshoeing - go figure! It was an unbelievably beautiful day up in the blast zone. So much so, we both came home with rather nasty sunburns, despite being at least somewhat cautious to avoid them. The views and fresh mountain air more than made up for that, though. Started from the Hummocks trailhead...
March 30, 2016 Woodswalker Catherine Creek Shortcut 6.35 miles 1,500 feet gained
Just a short flu recovery hike. I made a big loop with some side explorations around Tracy hill area. On the east side the grass widows are now few and far between. Some shooting stars, Lupines and Larkspurs getting ready to go. Wonderful day out there.
March 27, 2016 runandsew Balch Canyon 7.5 miles 250 feet gained
Beautiful morning spent passing out Easter chocolate to other hikers.
March 27, 2016 Rhonda Stahlman Point 4.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Finally got a small hike in. Plan B backup hike. Stahlman Point. Marion Lake needs snowshoes (didn't plan thoroughly enough), and they had a search and rescue happening (found safe thankfully).
March 27, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci Point Defiance 5.45 miles 750 feet gained
Short Easter Day hike with the family.
March 26, 2016 JM Rowland Lake 8 miles 1,500 feet gained
Mid spring outing to see the bloom, get some sun. I've been doing more biking than hiking as of late.
March 26, 2016 BeaverDawg Paradise Park 3.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
March 26, 2016 Roman Sacagawea and Papoose Rocks 6.27 miles 1,750 feet gained
March 26 to March 27, 2016 Outside + Stuff Ancient Lake 8 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
Not wanting to spend the night in snow, we headed out to Ancient Lakes for the first time. The hike in is incedibily easy. We set up camp away from everyone else, made our way up the waterfall, and then continued to scramble up some of the steep mesa walls. Beautiful views looking back down. Just make sure you pack in your water. The lakes are full of chemic...
March 26, 2016 Greg Rowena Gap 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
March 25, 2016 BeaverDawg Knuppenburg Lake 5.5 miles 500 feet gained
March 25, 2016 B-Dog Mount Hyak 1 miles 1,000 feet gained
I left work at 4:20 and raced home to get my touring gear. Made it to the parking lot of Summit East by 6:00 and started skinning. Got to the top of Mount Hyak just in time to catch the sunset. Quickly stripped my skins and got ready for the ski down. Missed the ripe corn by about 20 min. Things were cooling down fast and it was just enough time for an annoy...
March 24, 2016 Roman Upper Latourell Falls 4 miles 750 feet gained
Decided to wait out evening traffic in the Gorge, and visit some falls I never been to due to very short hike distance (Upper Latourell Falls, Shepperd's Dell, and Bridal Veil). All were very nice, and the drive home at 8pm was really quick, much better than if I headed west at 4:30.
March 24, 2016 pizza pal Wheeler Canyon 3.2 miles 0 feet gained
March 23, 2016 Jim Dog Mountain 6 miles 3,000 feet gained
March 19, 2016 Stacey Cochran Pond 18 miles 1,500 feet gained
Arranged a car swap, which allowed us to hike one way, from Wheeler Pond to Foss Rd.
March 19, 2016 Greg Coyote Wall 6 miles 1,250 feet gained
March 19, 2016 Greg Catherine Creek Loop 2.1 miles 500 feet gained
March 19, 2016 j reid 5.5 miles 250 feet gained
An overcast day for a hike, but the temperature was just about right. This was the 3rd time I've explored this particular trail and now that we're drifting into spring, I can just envision that it's going to be spectacular over the coming weeks. I'll have to plan to get back here when things start to pop. Some challenging spots, but it's all in preparation f...
March 19, 2016 Roman Bald Butte 7.56 miles 2,500 feet gained
Really nice hike for sun and views, though powerline road wasn't really scenic choice; next time I'll just hike Oak Ridge Trail out and back. Still 1+ feet of snow on forested part of Surveyors Ridge trail, with heavy blowdown for about half mile.
