Recent Hikes

June 5, 2015 Jim Devils Kitchen 7.2 miles 4,750 feet gained

Beautiful morning. Long story but no summit.

June 3, 2015 Jim Rodney Falls 7 miles 1,750 feet gained

Not my favorite hike but quick and accessible. No vista view rewards today with the cloud cover.

June 2, 2015 Jen Butcher Knife Ridge 5 miles 750 feet gained

Late start, poor planning and rainy weather turned this trip into just a little exploration, but I'll be back!

June 2, 2015 Jim Balch Canyon 2 miles 500 feet gained

Planned to do a longer fire lane hike after stopping at REI to p/u some ship-to-store gear but traffic delays put a stop to those plans. With a 45 minute window, I threw the bag-o-sand in the pack and made the best of a minimal opportunity.

June 1, 2015 Kinkilla San Bruno Mountain 10 miles 1,500 feet gained

May 31, 2015 Mountainkat Hamilton Mountain 9.08 miles 2,250 feet gained

My plans fell through this weekend. Not wanting to drive too far, I hiked Hamilton Mountain. I got to the TH in the afternoon, and by the time I reached the Hardy Creek trail, I had cleared most of the people. I hiked all the way out on the Upper Hardy Creek trail, then to the Saddle, summit, and back down. Berries are ripening along the Hardy Creek trail.

May 31, 2015 JM Little Beacon Rock 9.5 miles 2,500 feet gained

First time doing the "official" trail to the summit. Lots of people, lots of flowers and muggy and humid as hell. Great workout, and had a good time with the wife. There are lots of little trout in the culvert at the far end of the loop in Hardy Creek. Pollution in the Gorge in the form of a low hanging smoggy ceiling was very apparent and very disappointing...

May 31, 2015 Father Guido Sarducci Klahhane Ridge 8 miles 3,250 feet gained

Switchback Trail to Victor Pass then hiked to Heather Park & along Klahhane Ridge as far as the overlook to Lake Angeles. Trail is completely snow free.

May 31, 2015 Roman Christmas Canyon 2 miles 250 feet gained

Going back from the trip, I stopped at "free" pullout to get a quick swim and what do I see. Instead of steep scramble to the lake there's nicely constructed trail, with footsteps and handrails and all! It's still in construction phase, I didn't follow it to the end but it seems to link campgrounds of Beaver Bay and Cougar Park, and maybe even Cougar. Didn't...

May 31, 2015 Chris Scout Lake 11 miles 2,000 feet gained

May 31, 2015 Mileage Mike Cheeney Creek 9.4 miles 2,500 feet gained

We haven't been on this hike for years, and it was about time to explore it again. Unfortunately, the humidity today was overwhelming, and it was taxing to go up the steeper part of this trail. The parking area is rather small, but we were lucky enough to have a spot for our car! The crossing at Little Cheney Creek was easy since the water level was so low. ...

May 30, 2015 Kyle Meyer Soda Peaks Lake 4 miles 500 feet gained

Summer! Swimming and fishing and reading books in hammocks.

May 30, 2015 Tree Spirit Birth Of A Lake 13.5 miles 3,000 feet gained

WATER!!! everywhere....just no way to access it. Learned that lesson on Saturday, after 8 hours, a great sunburn that now reads tan, 3 ltrs of water that just got me through, and a total of nearly 14 mi and 3k ft elevation. Despite the water issue, could not have asked for a better day. Amazing views of St. Helens and Adams, gorgeous young forest on the way ...

May 30, 2015 Mountainkat Lamberson Butte 12.4 miles 3,000 feet gained

I hiked up to Gnarl Ridge from Elk Meadows / Sahalie Falls TH on Saturday. I passed through a number of downed trees on the switchback climb up the ridge to Elk Meadows, but they were not too hard to get around. There seems to be a good amount of beargrass flowers budding, but not yet blooming, along this portion of the trail. Once up on the ridge, I visited...

May 30, 2015 acorn woodpecker Hamilton Mountain 4 miles 2,500 feet gained

Took a different route up Hamilton. No Discover Pass needed. You gotta pay for it a different way, though! Bushwacking to great viewpoints for different perspectives to a familiar area.

May 30, 2015 Rhonda Hamilton Mountain 9 miles 2,500 feet gained

I was on call this weekend so no day hiking for me, but it was too nice of a day not to get out so after work, we took a quick trip up to Hamilton Mountain for an evening hike. This was my second time doing this hike. The first time was just about 11 months ago. took us 6 hours last time to do this loop. This time it only took 3.5 hours. We nearly cut our ti...

May 30, 2015 Pablo Starway 6 miles 2,000 feet gained

Hiked up the ridge east of the Starway Trail. The ridge is divided into forest down low and rocky ridge above. The forest part was pretty easy to navigate and there is an east/west use trail at the bottom to help get started. The rocky section is a little tougher with some large boulder fields to navigate and one cliff band to figure out (I did a nice steep ...

May 30, 2015 Mileage Mike Zig Zag Vista 11.2 miles 1,750 feet gained

We decided to head out on the east side of Mt. Hood to hike the Surveyor Ridge Trail. To gain access, we took the Zig Zag Trail. The Zig Zag Trail is a nice workout as it gains 750 feet in the first mile, and you'll go through many switchbacks until you meet an intersection with the Dog River Trail. There is also a trail to a viewpoint of Mt. Hood, but we op...

May 29 to May 31, 2015 Roman Craggy Peak 21.2 miles 4,500 feet gained 2 nights

Hiked Boundary Trail via Badger Lake, Kirk and Shark Rock, to Craggy Peak, scrambled to false summit. On the way out detoured to Badger Peak, the site of former lookout. Stayed both nights at Badger Lake.

May 29, 2015 Chris Fremont Meadow 2.5 miles 250 feet gained

May 29, 2015 Karl Thrush Pond 26 miles 5,250 feet gained

Decided a little training hike was in order yesterday, after a few weeks off the trail, just to see if I could still get around. Ended up doing the Eagle-Tanner loop for the first time, and had my ass appropriately kicked! Who the heck turned up the heat??? Or maybe it was the humidity. Regardless, climbing 3000' after 10 miles up the Eagle Creek valley, as ...

May 28, 2015 Jim City of Portland Reservoir Number 3 5 miles 1,000 feet gained

Nice little out-n-back urban hike after running some errands. Beautiful morning. Hit the food carts afterward then went off to work.

May 27, 2015 Kinkilla Table Mountain 8 miles 3,250 feet gained

May 27, 2015 Rhonda Minto Island 8.5 miles 0 feet gained

The weather was too nice to sit inside after work so took a long walk at our local park.

May 26, 2015 Jim Mount Defiance 11.5 miles 5,000 feet gained

Finally knocked this one out. It's a steep one, no doubt, but not as bad as I anticipated except perhaps the return trip which I decided I'd had enough of about half way down. Round trip took 6 hours including 30 minutes at the top paying peek-a-boo with Mt Hood.

May 26, 2015 Roman Huckleberry Mountain 10 miles 2,750 feet gained

Quiet day hiking little-used trail. Rhododendrons and beargrass already starting to bloom, will get better in the next 2 weeks. Lots of ripe salmonberries on the lower trail. The ridge looks interesting destination for a clear day, some open views I coudn't see. Decided to skip the summit because it was well past my turnaround time.

May 25, 2015 acorn woodpecker Upper Latourell Falls 2.5 miles 500 feet gained

The whole family went for a quick afternoon hike after I worked. Too many people, but beautiful waterfalls. Had dinner at the picnic area below the highway afterwards.

May 25, 2015 Rich Pioneer Bridle 15.5 miles 5,250 feet gained

May 25, 2015 Pablo Mount Lowe 15 miles 3,750 feet gained

Hiked up to Mt Lowe from the Burnt Granite end and came out Rho Creek trail where I'd stashed a bike for the return trip. Top of Jefferson was behind the clouds, Three Finger Jack was visible.

May 25, 2015 Mileage Mike Joe Graham 12.2 miles 1,250 feet gained

I wanted to end this excellent weekend with a great hike. I proposed that we hike around Timothy Lake, but my wife convinced me it would be full of people and generally crowded and noisy. I was sure she was right, so we opted to hike the PCT into the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. It was an excellent choice as we only saw two groups of people the entire da...

May 25, 2015 Mountainkat Mount Defiance 11.3 miles 5,000 feet gained

For some reason, I had not hiked this one before. I found some friends who were willing to hike it with me. I enjoyed the variation of the Starvation Ridge Trail on the way up. We stopped for lunch at Warren Lake, which was quiet, except for some fish jumping in the lake. We didn't see a whole lot of people on the trail - we saw most of the people closer to ...

May 25, 2015 Karl Lower Siouxon 6 miles 750 feet gained

Just a nice walk in the woods, and drive through the countryside, with family. :-)

May 25, 2015 Woodswalker Shellrock Lake 12.9 miles 3,000 feet gained

Miraculously the sun cleared with just a few puffy clouds for drama. We parked at the Shellrock lake trailhead and did a counter clockwise loop up to Frazier around past Serene Lake and Cache meadows, back up to Frazier and down. Absolutely no snow, A few mosquitoes at the trailhead. A bit of Beargrass and lots of Trilliums. Great day.

May 25, 2015 Jim Elowah Falls 2.5 miles 500 feet gained

Memorial Day trip with the family followed by a visit to Walking Man for lunch.

May 25, 2015 Father Guido Sarducci Titlow Lagoon 6.65 miles 750 feet gained

May 24, 2015 The Angry Hiker Thompson Lake 9.5 miles 4,000 feet gained

May 24, 2015 BeaverDawg Pinnacle Glacier 8 miles 2,000 feet gained

May 24 to May 26, 2015 Jen Shut-In 11 miles 3,000 feet gained 2 nights

My first bikepacking trip, we went around the Metolius Horn, about 24 miles one way. The downstream portion of this riverbefore it rounds the horn and becomes Lake Billy Chinook feels really wild. No-one past the first few miles beyond the gate for the whole trip. On the remotest part of this route( the Shut In Trail), it was more of a bikeschwack where we w...

May 24, 2015 Mileage Mike Wildcat Mountain 10.1 miles 2,250 feet gained

It's been years since we've been to this trail and we decided to go there despite the cloudy weather. The Google directions to this TH were excellent and the road is paved all the way until the parking lot, which was gravel. We were the only car there, and we saw NO hikers the entire day! Truly a perfect Wilderness experience!!! This TH was rerouted and is v...

May 24, 2015 Mountainkat Rock Lake 11.86 miles 2,000 feet gained

I made a spur of the moment decision to go day hike Jefferson Park on Sunday - glad I did! I hiked from the Whitewater TH and it had a decent amount of cars parked there. The hike was very foggy the whole way. There's not really much snow until Jeff Park, where it is mostly snow covered, but varies from a couple feet to a smattering of patches of bare ground...

May 24, 2015 Father Guido Sarducci Point Defiance 5 miles 1,000 feet gained

May 24, 2015 Rhonda Cougar Creek 17 miles 4,500 feet gained

Sunday we decided to go wander around the Table Rock Wilderness. I had found a gps track we were going to go by and include Table Rock and Pechuck Lookout in the days activities. The morning was cloudy and drizzly like yesterday. We started off at the Table Rock TH and headed out into the clouds. We got the the Table Rock summit junction fairly quickly but d...

May 23 to May 25, 2015 Stacey Birth Of A Lake 32.5 miles 8,000 feet gained 2 nights

Memorial weekend trip in the Mt. Margaret Backcountry.

May 23, 2015 Chris Slide Basin 11 miles 3,000 feet gained

May 23, 2015 acorn woodpecker Sester Reservoirs 3 miles 500 feet gained

The whole family went on an afternoon trip to the quiet side of Oxbow. Feasted on salmonberries, admired the Sandy, skipped rocks, and played on the beach in total solitude.

May 23, 2015 BeaverDawg Stacker Butte 5.25 miles 1,250 feet gained

May 23 to May 25, 2015 JM Elk Lake 22.5 miles 6,250 feet gained 2 nights

Trip report on OH: http://www.oregonhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21805

May 23, 2015 Mileage Mike Elliott Creek 9 miles 1,500 feet gained

My son likes to keep our family hikes to about 8 miles maximum, but I goofed. I remember this being a short easy loop with little elevation gain, but he didn't quite feel that way! I think the distance signs are wrong for this loop but they weren't that far off. Although there were plenty of dirt bikes and off road vehicles, it wasn't too bad for the most pa...

May 23, 2015 Rhonda East Dome 14 miles 2,500 feet gained

Saturday I took my best friend to Ape Canyon up to the Plains of Abraham. The day was cloudy and drizzly and there was not much in the way of views, but I had a great time! While up on the Plains we got about a 20 minute window of the perfect mountain views. What an absolute treat! She had never been up there before or that close to the wonder that is St. He...

May 22, 2015 Jim Rodney Falls 7.2 miles 2,250 feet gained

Managed to pull this one off before work...barely.