February 19, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci Tiger Mountain 7.06 miles 3,000 feet gained
Cable Line Trail to Tiger Mtn 3. Then hiked to summit 2, the Hikers Hut Viewpoint (no views) & then up to summit 1. Exited @ the Highpoint TH. No traction devices needed.
February 15, 2016 Rich Multnomah Falls 14.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
February 15, 2016 Karl Lower Falls 14 miles 1,750 feet gained
Wonderful walk in the woods with Woodswalker! ["What she said."](http://wenthiking.com/users/385-woodswalker/hikes/5783-lewis-river-waterfall-extravaganza) One waterfall after another... Wow! :-) We felt as though we were absolutely the only ones out there yesterday, so much so that deciding not to drive through a pretty "iffy" slide only 3/4 mile short of t...
February 15, 2016 Woodswalker Cussed Hollow 14 miles 1,750 feet gained
Perfect waterfall weather and a day with a great hiking buddy. The road up to the Lower Lewis falls in passable but really had major cracks in places with large sunken sections and gaps. That basic post apocalyptic look, so we parked a ways before the Crab Creek trailhead. Right away there were beautiful waterfalls, just by the side of the road. So many ever...
February 15, 2016 runandsew Twin Peaks 4.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
A blustery, wet hike.
February 14, 2016 Outside + Stuff Lummi Peak 7 miles 1,500 feet gained
We spent the weekend on Lummi Island and decided to check out the main trail on the island in Bakers Preserve. Video from the hike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ9IZO17pys
February 14, 2016 Greg Raptor 3.2 miles 500 feet gained
February 13, 2016 BeaverDawg Crowley Creek 4.5 miles 750 feet gained
February 13, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci Mt. Rose 4.43 miles 3,000 feet gained
Didnt quite make it to the 4100' summit. At 3644' turned around due to deep post holing & heavy snow falling.
February 12, 2016 Roman Couch Lake (historical) 4.5 miles 0 feet gained
Pictures are my dad's, we were testing his new camera for night photography and I think it works great.
February 9, 2016 Woodswalker Sand Canyon 5.2 miles 2,000 feet gained
Glorious day! I talked a friend into playing hooky from work and snowshoed up to the Tilly Jane shelter. Tons of views, just a few people and perfect temps. I smelled sulpher from the mountain for the first time ever. The snow was hard packed up to about the burn. From there it was mostly packed. Hood stole the show, but Rainer, Adams and St. Helens were all...
February 7, 2016 BeaverDawg Muskrat 11.5 miles 500 feet gained
February 7, 2016 pizza pal Neahkahnie Mountain 5.8 miles 0 feet gained
Super Bowl Sunday
February 7, 2016 Rich Mount Hood 8 miles 3,250 feet gained
February 7, 2016 Roman Sacagawea and Papoose Rocks 6.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Did the usual loop around Aldrich Butte and over Cedar summit, and back on PCT & the roads. It was quite windy in places, but we were sheltered by ridges most of the time. Was great to have Pepper back on trail and full of energy, now fully recovered from another surgery.
February 7, 2016 JM Hannum Spring 8 miles 3,250 feet gained
A really strenuous outing, but a really beautiful day up high on Mt Hood.
February 7, 2016 Stacey Whiteman Pond 20 miles 1,250 feet gained
Gorgeous day for a run on Vernonia-Banks. Headed uphill from Manning to Tophill in the morning fog, then back down the hill to Manning in gorgeous sunshine. Had visions of bacon cheeseburgers as we passed by pasture full of cows, pigs, and chickens. Checked out the train trestles at Tophill and Buxton on the way back to Manning. Then added an extra few miles...
February 7, 2016 Woodswalker Little Beacon Rock 10.8 miles 2,500 feet gained
10 of 10 on the Bluebird scale! Started up the west side of the Hardy ridge trail. We hit snow at about 2300'. There wasn't solid cover, but where there was snow it was almost thigh deep in places. a lot of post holing. As we came out onto Hardy ridge proper, there snow was much less, but it seemed to be sticking in the rock fields. A lot of melting snow cov...
February 7, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci Mount Si 7.34 miles 3,750 feet gained
Hiked the old trail. To much ice & snow for me to comfortably climb the haystack.
February 6, 2016 Outside + Stuff Mason Lake 8.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
Access roads were all snowed in so we plowed straight up from the exit on I90. Lots of route finding. Here is the video from the trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIlUcWldf6A
February 6 to February 7, 2016 runandsew Basin Point 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained 1 night
Possibly one of the toughest route finding and difficult snow-stepping on the way up. Incredible moring views of Hood and easy hike back to car.
February 6, 2016 Stacey Catherine Creek Shortcut 6 miles 1,250 feet gained
Beautiful day at Catherine Creek. Hiked up to the Rock Arch and then on a loop to the vision quest pits.
February 6, 2016 B-Dog Source Lake 2 miles 1,250 feet gained
Decided to get out before the big Super Bowl 50 celebration and get some turns in with my buddy Tyson. Our original plan was to head back towards the Lake Annette area and explore that a little bit further, but when we got to the exit for the trail head it was raining !!! It looked like there was fresh snow on the tree line about 600' above where we would ha...
February 6, 2016 Karl Swale Canyon 25.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Weren't sure where we'd end up as we headed east. Made a quick stop at the Balfour-Klickitat walking loop, to see the eagles, but the only ones we saw were flying by as we drove in. After a mile or so of walking around, we decided to head for the eastern end of Swale Canyon, to see what we might. It wasn't an ideal day, in that we mostly lacked the blue skie...
February 6, 2016 Rhonda Shotgun Canyon 26.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
After reading Karl's trip report from a few weeks ago, I just had to get back out here. Yesterday's forecast was partly sunny with no rain and that beat any potential soggy weather on the westside. We got sun in the morning and clouds in early afternoon then back to sunny sky's as the afternoon wore on. Decided once we got to the homestead that I was too clo...
February 6, 2016 Mogtrekker Harris Canyon 26.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
February 5, 2016 pizza pal Swale Canyon 7.8 miles 0 feet gained
Mineral Water! Bones! Sun!
February 2, 2016 Woodswalker Little Moab 8.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
This is my go to hike for when I want to just wander with no particular goal in mind. It didn't hurt that there was the chance of more clearing to the east. It was cloudy until noon, then the sun burned away the clouds for a stellar view day. I so needed the open vistas and sunshine! No flowers or even buds up above. But so many beautiful creeklets and seeps...
February 1, 2016 Jim Mud Spring Canyon 4.5 miles 250 feet gained
Halfway thru an afternoon chasing Chukars, Henry decided to explore the Deschutes Canyon below Macks Canyon by himself and spent a cold night on his own until I could come back the next morning to look for him. The old hunters trick of leaving a piece of clothing in the area worked like a charm as he was laying there at 10am covered in frost sleeping on my o...
February 1, 2016 Rich Painted Hills 2 miles 750 feet gained
January 31, 2016 Rich City of Portland Reservoir Number 4 15 miles 2,500 feet gained
January 31, 2016 runandsew Tanner Cutoff 13.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
Snow past 2000'. We packed snow balls down to pass out to needy children on the 11 switchbacks close to the Multnomah Falls Lodge.
January 31, 2016 JM Elk Meadows 6 miles 1,000 feet gained
Nice snowshoe hike in a wooded forest, a mix of wide roadbed and narrow trails. A couple of viewpoints, though the mountain didn't quite cooperate. Good snowfall amounts, more than I've seen in years.
January 31, 2016 Roman Salmon Butte 8 miles 2,500 feet gained
At last moment's thought I headed to Salmon Butte to see some fresh snow. Was a nice hike for the weather, but I didn't set enough time to make it to the summit (4th Salmon "fail" already - someday I need to plan and get it done). New powder was ~3-4 inches above 2000' and was easy to walk on, but near 4000' I started encountering old snow layer below, and i...
January 31, 2016 Karl Ape Cave 8 miles 750 feet gained
Still seeking hikes out of the rain, we decided to go underground today! Had a lot of fun visiting a place I hadn't been in close to 20 years. Parked out by the "Trail of Two Forests," where the road was gated. Walked in to Ape Cave from there, and had some fun with the Whiskey Jacks near the entrance before taking the plunge in. We ended up going down-cave ...
January 31, 2016 BeaverDawg Trillium Lake Campground 7.3 miles 0 feet gained
January 30, 2016 Woodswalker Muskrat 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Did a quick out and back, up the Winter climb route from the sno-park to just above where Chocolate Falls would be if it was flowing. We had thought to go up a bit further, or try to make a loop over to June Lake. But the word coming from those descending was that it was deteriorating above. And that there was no track on any of the eastward routes and peopl...
January 24, 2016 Rich Switchback Falls 5 miles 2,000 feet gained
January 24, 2016 JM Smith Rock 3.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
January 24, 2016 BeaverDawg Elk Meadows Perimeter 4.8 miles 0 feet gained
January 24, 2016 Roman Mitchell Point 5.93 miles 2,000 feet gained
Having got to upper trail long way in December, now it was much more straightforward ridge walk 500 ft up to intersect it... Turned out upper trail is official and open to motorcycles, (& the whole network of motor trails up on the hill, some still being constructed) - but on this day everything was very quiet. Hiked up trails, then a road, until snow got to...
January 24, 2016 Debbi Summit Meadows 3 miles 250 feet gained
January 24, 2016 Stacey Moody Island 23.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Long walk past the Harris Homestead to the water tank.
January 24, 2016 Karl Gordon Canyon 24 miles 750 feet gained
Got my arm twisted (real hard, I tell ya!), and ended up heading for the desert again last weekend. This time, we decided to simply haul in and out the Deschutes to the old abandoned ranch (or better), and try getting back before dark. Success! Managed to maintain an average 3.4 mph moving pace for the duration. What a beautiful canyon to wander through! Saw...
January 24, 2016 Woodswalker Robins Island 11.7 miles 2,000 feet gained
At last a little sun and some clouds and just a dash of misty rain. We started at the Wahclella parking lot and took the #400 over to abandoned Tanner creek Rd and down the tanner creek trial. There are now two washouts, on the road section, both easy and tons of down trees, also easy. Water is really flowing and all the seasonal creeks are stunning. Althoug...
January 24, 2016 Mogtrekker Big Spring 8 miles 1,250 feet gained
January 24, 2016 Rhonda Big Spring 8 miles 1,250 feet gained
Went back out to Maxwell Butte Sno-Park and visited the areas shelters, South Maxwell and Mountain View Shelter. What a fantastic day for snowshoeing. No wind and plenty of fresh snow and lightly snowing most of the day.
January 24, 2016 runandsew Wilson Falls 5 miles 2,500 feet gained
Early morning hike on fabulous trails and no rain. Tiny snow falling at the summit.
January 24, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci Deep Creek Trail 9.05 miles 2,250 feet gained
Hiked a bit past Little Ranger Peak. Was going to try to get up the the Boy Scout Shelter but the post holing was getting to deep for the dog. Did not see one single person the entire hike.
