Recent Hikes

February 22, 2015 Chris 2.5 miles 750 feet gained

February 22, 2015 B-Dog 3 miles 500 feet gained

Went out with Mayumi and my good friend L-Train and his daughter. She just turned 2 years old and this was her first time hiking all by herself. She made it 1.5 miles and then we had to carry a sack of potatoes back to the car =). She passed out while we were eating lunch and didn't wake back up until we got to the car. Looking forward to some more trips wit...

February 22, 2015 Mountainkat 8.51 miles 2,000 feet gained

We hiked from the Gumjuwac trailhead up to the saddle. We had previously been to Lookout Mountain, so we headed for Gunsight Butte. We did not encounter snow until the saddle. We were able to follow the trail for a bit after that, but we lost it in snow once we reached the snag area. At that point, we moved cross country up the ridge, but GPS said we were cl...

February 22, 2015 Megan 7 miles 3,000 feet gained

February trip up Dog. 2/2 so far in the quest to climb Dog Mtn every month this year!

February 22, 2015 Stacey 14.7 miles 4,500 feet gained

When we originally planned what is turning into an annual Yosemite trip, we were hoping to spend the weekend skiing out of Badger Pass. The weather this year had other ideas, so we hiked up to a nearly snowless Sentinal Dome. We started at Yosemite Valley Lodge, traversing the meadow on one of the boardwalks, then passing the Valley Chapel on the way to the ...

February 22, 2015 Debbi 6.5 miles 0 feet gained

February 22, 2015 Roman 6.5 miles 0 feet gained

The forecast said windy&cold everywhere but the coast, so that's where we went. No haze made for great visibility (wished I took my telephoto lens), and it did get pretty warm and pleasant. Got entertained watching someones drone practice, I am not sure if Haystack Rock was a good place choice for it but still, it was pretty cool to see.

February 22, 2015 Elsie 7 miles 2,000 feet gained

Ranger Station road conditions report via phone said the road to Ape Canyon was clear and open - very much NOT so, given the gate that is blocking the way. Those plans were thwarted, so back up bacame a loop starting from marble mtn sno park: Swift Creek - worm flows 4800' climbing line - Loowit - June Lk - Pine Marten - Car. For the 50,000,001 cars at the l...

February 22, 2015 Mileage Mike 9.4 miles 1,250 feet gained

Most of the time we don't see many people on these trails, but today was different. The great weather brought out some mountain bikers, hikers and a trail runner. It still only amounted to about a dozen people we saw for the entire day! We really enjoy this area and the hike around this mountain is very enjoyable. There were some muddy spots on the trail on ...

February 22, 2015 Father Guido Sarducci 13 miles 3,500 feet gained

Excellent views. Clear enough to see some of the Olympic range.

February 21, 2015 Chris 4 miles 1,250 feet gained

February 21, 2015 Mountainkat 12.56 miles 4,500 feet gained

We hiked the Ruckel Creek Trail to the Benson Plateau and continued on to the 405A trail to the PCT junction, then returned back the same way. We enjoyed the quiet beauty of the plateau and Ruckel Creek. We saw a few people who were completing the loop from Ruckel Ridge.

February 21, 2015 BeaverDawg 4.5 miles 1,000 feet gained

Always a great hike with wonderful views both of the ocean and the Salmon River. The elk who reside on the head were out and about.

February 21, 2015 Stacey 4 miles 1,000 feet gained

Late afternoon wanderings from Yosemite Valley Lodge. We took the loop trail around Lower Yosemite Falls and over to Camp 4. Then we hiked up the Upper Yosemite Falls Trail to Columbia Rock before returning to the Lodge.

February 21 to February 23, 2015 JM 21 miles 250 feet gained 2 nights

A perfect weekend for this trip to the Olympic coast. Very little wind, blue skies and lots of sunshine. Navigating around rocky headlands during low tide made for adventure, as did the slippery boardwalks from Ozette RS. We saw plenty of wildlife, from bald eagles, deer, starfish, harlequin ducks, anemones, kelp crabs, hermit crabs, racoons, etc. Sand Point...

February 21, 2015 Tree Spirit 5 miles 1,250 feet gained

A gorgeous Oregon Coast day. Wildlife a'plenty including bald eagle, large herd of elk, ladybugs, and centipedes crossing our path (or us crossing theirs). Overlooking the Salmon River and the coastline from this vantage point is a great reminder of how small we are in this world, and how blessed we are to see such beautiful things in this lifetime.

February 21, 2015 Rhonda 12 miles 3,000 feet gained

Had planned to go to Pamelia Lake to Hunts Cove today but got waylaid by massive wind. The blow downs on the Hunts Cove trail covered the trail in so many places just at the beginning that we decided to backtrack and try Grizzly Peak instead. Grizzly Peak was the winner. There was debris about and some small blow downs but nothing like down at the lake. Hit ...

February 21, 2015 acorn woodpecker 22.5 miles 5,500 feet gained

Started from Eagle Creek TH. From Fern Creek Bridge, left the trail up a narrow gulley to gain the ridge. Magnificent varying ridge hiking/scrambling/climbing with great views. Hit the Benson Plateau, joined with the PCT, and continued to Chinidere where we climbed the West Face. Blustery, but great views. Descended the trail and the cutoff down to Wahtum La...

February 21, 2015 Karl 17.5 miles 3,000 feet gained

Absolutely awesome day in Indian Heaven! FR65 is wide open (at least) all the way to Thomas Lake trailhead, which is where we began our hike. We left the trail about 2.5 miles in, near Rock Lake, and just traveled cross-country much of the rest of the day. Above 4700', the ground was almost entirely covered in snow, other than where the creeks were flowing o...

February 21, 2015 Pablo 6 miles 2,500 feet gained

A winter-long project to locate the shortest non-technical route to Devils Rest. Took 4 tries but I was able to navigate a gully reached from the 1st switchback on Wahkeena. The crux is a bit of exposed 3rd class scrambling to route around a slide falls on a seasonal creek. I took along an ice ax for protection and used it frequently. The route is fairly bru...

February 21, 2015 Bosterson 22.5 miles 5,500 feet gained

A full day's work in this unseasonable weather. Left upper EC parking lot at 7:30am, back to the car around 7:50pm. Not a speck of snow, brilliant ridge climbing. Went up the west face of Chinidere for bonus scramble points. Headlamps on at 4.5 mi bridge around 6:30pm.

February 21, 2015 Mileage Mike 8.1 miles 1,000 feet gained

We decided to take advantage of minimal snow below 5000ft and try out the Twin Lakes Loop. There were about 8 cars in the Frog Lake parking lot. There were a few snow flakes falling when we started the hike and on the way back to the TH! Too bad this couldn't be a snowstorm dumping. This area has always been special to us and today wasn't any different. Very...

February 20, 2015 Mountainkat 8.47 miles 1,250 feet gained

We hiked from the Trapper Creek Trailhead until just after the junction with the Sunshine Trail. There were a couple areas on the trail with large blow down. The bridge over Hidden Creek appeared to have been moved by water at some point and was angled and extremely slippery. We were the only car at trailhead at arrival and departure. This is such a beautifu...

February 20, 2015 scotty 12 miles 1,500 feet gained

February 20, 2015 acorn woodpecker 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained

In the morning, went to Powell Butte for the Week 3 of the bird survey. Calm and mild conditions made for excellent sightings! Saw nearly nobody! The nettles are really coming up. Went out with the family in the afternoon around the Hoyt Arboretum for a nice stroll. Some of the magnolias are already close to bloom!

February 20, 2015 Jen 7 miles 1,750 feet gained

February 19, 2015 Mountainkat 9.95 miles 1,000 feet gained

I hiked solo on the Silver Falls Loop. I had never been there during winter, so it was nice to see the falls at this time of year. I proceeded from South Falls to North Falls, but I forgot about Upper North Falls on the other side of the road. I saw online that a portion of the Rim Trail had been closed in certain areas, so, in an effort to avoid the closure...

February 19, 2015 acorn woodpecker 4.5 miles 2,000 feet gained

Took the kid to his namesake areas of Cedar Creek, Cedar Falls, and Cedar Mt. for his 1st birthday. Due to time constraints had to do an out and back on Cedar Mt. and turned short of the highest point. Close enough for me, though. Overcast, but mild. Slight passing showers and a bit windy on the ridges. Saw my first wildflowers of the season: Yellow Violets ...

February 19, 2015 Jen 5 miles 750 feet gained

February 19, 2015 Woodswalker 10 miles 2,250 feet gained

Curiosity led me to walk the Multnomah trail up to Multnomah Basin road and head west. I decided to make a loop by cutting over on the user path from the road over to the Devil' s rest trail. Went to just below the top and watched some rain clouds rolling in, then headed back down and detoured over to Wahkeena springs and down the Wahkeena trail to the newly...

February 18, 2015 Jen 6 miles 1,500 feet gained

On my way to Breitenbush. Road 46 is open all the way to Detroit.

February 17, 2015 Mountainkat 3.27 miles 1,000 feet gained

This was a short hike on a rainy day to enjoy the waterfalls on this loop hike.

February 16, 2015 Mike J 8.5 miles 2,500 feet gained

February 16, 2015 Mountainkat 12.47 miles 750 feet gained

We walked the rail trail until just past the old rail car.

February 16, 2015 Mileage Mike 9.2 miles 1,250 feet gained

Our last hiking day of this long weekend and we wanted to finished it with another great hike! We decided to head out to the Lake Billy Chinook area and hike the Tam-A-Lau trail. It was quite cold this morning and thankfully the trail to the mesa was frozen solid, even when we returned. Climbing up the wall of the canyon leads to ever more scenic views of La...

February 16, 2015 Rhonda 17.5 miles 4,250 feet gained

I headed out on a Saint Helens Lake Loop with a new hiking friend on Presidents Day. It was a beautiful, sunny day, even if the winds battered us all day long. We started at Hummocks and worked our way through the blast zone to JRO and past Harry's Ridge. We continued up to the Arch and around Coldwater Peak and finished the day on the Coldwater trail. We ha...

February 16, 2015 Elsie 12 miles 1,750 feet gained

Great day to be in the sun. Slightly jealous that I didn't do the other loop option Karl was out there doing this same day - views were left to be desired around Coldwater. Now I know!

February 16, 2015 Karl 17.5 miles 4,250 feet gained

Another beautiful day in the blast zone! Albeit extremely windy. Started at the Hummocks TH, where SR-504 is (needlessly) gated, and followed the Boundary Trail up to JRO and on towards Harry's Ridge. The trail out around Devil's Elbow is horribly washed out, so we detoured across that ridge using ready-made elk trails instead, and cut a mile or so off the d...

February 16, 2015 Chris 14 miles 4,000 feet gained

February 15, 2015 Water (Matt) 5.5 miles 1,750 feet gained

February 15, 2015 Mountainkat 12.14 miles 3,250 feet gained

We hiked up to the old lookout site on Salmon Butte. No snow anywhere on the trail or at the summit. Great views of Mount Hood, the northern volcanoes, and Mt. Jefferson.

February 15, 2015 Megan 2.5 miles 0 feet gained

February 15, 2015 scotty 8.5 miles 1,250 feet gained

February 15, 2015 Debbi 5.5 miles 1,250 feet gained

February 15, 2015 Roman 7.5 miles 2,250 feet gained

Took my grandmother and Pepper on a classic loop to lookout. Very warm, sunny day - forecasted wind didn't materialize. There was even less snow than in January - only 1-2 old patches left on N side trail, some fresh snow on top will be gone in a few days. Pansy Lake (pic 2) and Big Slide Lake (pic 6) are 100% thawed, huckleberry plants look like they're rea...

February 15, 2015 Tree Spirit 7 miles 1,500 feet gained

Gorgeous 180 degree view: viewable peaks included St. Helens, Rainier, Adams, Hood, Three-Fingered Jack and all Three Sisters. After a short jaunt to the top, and braving the windy ridge out to the edge of Table Rock for lunch, we were in awe over the visibility and beauty that spread out before us.

February 15, 2015 Mileage Mike 12.6 miles 750 feet gained

We've been to this Wilderness before and love its solitude and beauty! The parking area was full (about 8 vehicles) and we saw most of the people in the first hour on the way out. We started out going north on the Ancient Juniper trail and then turned left and continued on the Flatiron Trail. At about 3 miles out from the TH there is a raised bed of lava. Th...

February 15, 2015 Woodswalker 9.6 miles 2,000 feet gained

Totally glorious day, views at every step and scarily small amounts of snow. We only saw a few patches on the back of Coldwater peak in the distance, besides what was on Adams and Helens. Nice views of Coldwater, Castle and Spirit Lakes. We went from the Hummocks trailhead up to the Loowit viewpoint.

February 15, 2015 Jim 8 miles 2,250 feet gained

February 15, 2015 JM 1.5 miles 500 feet gained