January 31, 2015 Roman 7.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Four of us made a loop over BOTW lookout on Saturday. This hike has some great views - not being the highest point in the area, our summit had views of 11 snowy volcanoes (and partial views from many points on the trail). Almost complete lack of snow at 5500' in January seems nice, but I hope it will change before the summer. Lots of lakes around, so much mo...
January 31, 2015 JM 8 miles 2,250 feet gained
Another wonderful Saturday in January. Temps in the mid 50's at the height of the day, partly cloudy, but plenty of sun & blue sky. Followed the PH Field Guide directions & summary. No snow to be found, really. We could see all the way to Mary's Peak in the West, the 3 sisters, 3FJ, the entire Cascade range for 100 miles N & S. The lookout was boarded up. Pa...
January 31, 2015 Darren 19.5 miles 6,000 feet gained
January 31, 2015 Pablo 8.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
Went looking for trail on the south part of Hardy Ridge, found nice viewpoints, lots and lots of brush, but no trail, bummer.
January 31, 2015 acorn woodpecker 8 miles 3,250 feet gained
Went for half the day up the mountain in my in laws back yard. No car needed! Walked the neighborhood streets until I hit open space, used trails, drainages, and ridges to access the lower southern summit. Unfortunately, the mountain is popular with the ATV and target shooting crowd so I picked my route carefully to avoid the ATV routes. Did this by side-hil...
January 31, 2015 Mileage Mike 8.9 miles 2,500 feet gained
I didn't believe the weather report for this area because it's almost always wrong. I made a mistake this time and left behind some of the warmer clothes, but what I had held up! It was cloudy and in the high 30's at the TH. We headed up the Monte Carlo TH and before we reached the intersection with the Buck Creek Trail the temperature dropped below freezing...
January 31, 2015 BeaverDawg 9 miles 1,500 feet gained
9.1 Miles ~ 1600' eg. Since there is no snow to ski or snowshoe in, the goal was to get out on a hike where we could enjoy the sun and avoid the wind. We chose a hike we've not done before which always seems to be much more fun. Anyway, we headed out in the fog that was pervading the lower elevations and once we got up toward Cougar it was all sun. Arriving ...
January 31, 2015 Bosterson 6.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
Left Portland at 3am. Left the parking lot at 5am. Hogsback at 8:30am. Conditions were not good, too warm (38º?) and plenty of rime falling all over the place. Entered the left Gate but ultimately retreated about 300 ft shy of the summit due to soft snow, icefall, and no rope. Matt scampered over to the right Gate during this and went to the summit. D'oh. Un...
January 31, 2015 Rich 19.5 miles 6,000 feet gained
January 31, 2015 Father Guido Sarducci 5.75 miles 1,000 feet gained
January 30, 2015 Mike J 8.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
January 30, 2015 acorn woodpecker 8 miles 4,000 feet gained
Visiting the in laws and had the afternoon to go on a hike. Trailhead was 10 minutes from the house. Went up a ridge with a user maintained trail until a couple miles up where the trail became an animal trail combined with cross country. Hit an old road at 7600' with increasing snow and turned around. Dropped 1000' and then dove off a ridge into Hunter Creek...
January 30, 2015 Rhonda 9.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
It was a beautiful day up on the mountain. Couldn't have picked a better day to go.
January 30, 2015 Karl 11 miles 5,750 feet gained
Probably the best use of a vacation day ever. Incredible day on the volcano, with visibility extending beyond 180 miles. To the north, we could see the Olympics, Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, and of course Mount Rainier loomed large. To our east, Mount Adams and Goat Rocks dominated. To the south, there was Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters, Mount Wash...
January 30, 2015 Woodswalker 9.1 miles 1,250 feet gained
Not much in the way of views as I seemed to be right at the leading edge of the clouds most of the day. Still a nice day in the woods.
January 29, 2015 Nat Turner 7.6 miles 2,500 feet gained
Windy and chilly above the switchbacks. Clouds rolling through the forest at the summit.
January 28, 2015 Jim 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
January 26, 2015 BeaverDawg 3.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Used Yak Trax on the climb up to the lake on relatively firm snow and used snow shoes on soft snow on the way down. The lake was covered with ice/snow but you could see the blue thru the cover and you could punch thru with trekking poles in various spots. We continued past the lake and climbed up to some rocks above a saddle for a snack, views and some frien...
January 25, 2015 Water (Matt) 6 miles 4,750 feet gained
up, no top out, ski down. comfy boots.
January 25, 2015 Mountainkat 5.57 miles 0 feet gained
We hiked the trail along the bay and then cut over to the beach and returned back. A nice day at the coast with our old dog, who doesn't go hiking with us any longer.
January 25, 2015 Debbi 5 miles 750 feet gained
January 25, 2015 Stacey 19.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
Summer like hiking in January! Training for a spring marathon has left me with limited time to hike. Thus, we had been planning on a January 25th hike for weeks. I could not have asked for a better day. The day started off pretty rough. I was coming off a cold from the week before and didn't eat much for breakfast, since I lost my spoon somewhere between hom...
January 25, 2015 JM 12.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Superb day, high 60's, clear skies and views of Portland to the Coast range. We thought we would finish after dark, but we made it back just after 5pm and it was still light out. Spent about 30 mins at the top eating lunch and taking pictures. The entire hike is mostly through lush and thick forest, with a nice ridgeline walk towards the top through plenty o...
January 25, 2015 Megan 6 miles 1,750 feet gained
First time up Munra Point on a beautiful January day! 60 degrees and sunny! Very busy trail but still worth it! The scramble up wasn't too bad but the knife ridge was quite intimidating! Can't wait to get back!
January 25, 2015 Pablo 5 miles 1,750 feet gained
Hiked up Palmer Mill Rd to an old logging spur then up that to Bridal Veil Plateau. Went on over to the ridge with the Stairway Trail and returned to the Angel's Rest TH.
January 25, 2015 Karl 19.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
Spectactular sunny, 74°, and snow-free summit on Tanner Butte! We had it all to ourselves, after meeting the only two other people (PH TFFs, at that!) we'd see all day descending as we approached the summit. The entire Willamette Valley and P/V metro area appeared to be socked-in with fog, but the rest of the incredible 360° vista was nothing but bluebird sk...
January 25, 2015 Woodswalker 12.3 miles 1,750 feet gained
Beautiful day in the 60's. No snow to speak of. Incredible views. A lot of things not normally accessible are right now.
January 25, 2015 B-Dog 1.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Decided to head out on Sunday to work on my tan line. Just as expected the snow conditions were crap, but what we weren't expecting was mid April temps. The higher we climbed... the warmer it got !!! Overall we were just happy to get out and see the sun. We even took in a nice view before we decided to turn around. In the end the snow was just too soft and t...
January 25, 2015 Tree Spirit 11 miles 1,750 feet gained
An incredibly beautiful hike up, up, up via Wahkeena Falls/Springs just west of Multnomah Falls. At the junction up above we headed over and down to Angel's Rest for lunch then back via the Multnomah Falls loop to join the tourists. A gorgeous day.
January 25, 2015 Rich 17 miles 4,000 feet gained
January 25, 2015 Roman 6 miles 0 feet gained
A bit foggy but summer-warm day at the beach. To give an idea of number of people - the Portland-bound traffic stopped right at SR101/SR26 junction, so we turned around and went via Astoria, it worked much better.
January 25, 2015 Father Guido Sarducci 7.82 miles 2,750 feet gained
Took advantage of the high snow levels and warm weather to hike to the top of Townsend.
January 25, 2015 Mileage Mike 12.2 miles 1,250 feet gained
Absolutely gorgeous day and the fog stayed away from most of this area. We took longer than expected to get here and found Hwy 26 to Hwy 47 south is the fastest way to this lake. We really didn't have the time to go completely around the lake but this would have been easy if we just had the extra 1-1.25 hours. We first hiked around the lake when we started h...
January 25, 2015 Nat Turner 7.8 miles 2,250 feet gained
No Snow, save a patch in the shade at 4050' Amazing day.
January 24, 2015 JM 2.5 miles 0 feet gained
Lovely Saturday evening stroll through the WR. It took several years to get here, but I finally made it happen. Many interesting and different species of birds all along our walk. We even took a slight detour through the marshy area and got our feet wet, but the trails were so muddy that it didn't really matter too much. Spotted a large Egret stalking prey o...
January 24, 2015 Bosterson 13 miles 5,250 feet gained
Offtrail exploration of the chute NW of Deadwood Point. Socked appropriately for a gully exploration. Continued to Green Point Mountain, then down the Wyeth Spur as a "shortcut" - ended up getting down in the dark after some trials and tribulations.
January 24, 2015 Megan 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
Saturday stroll up Mt. Tabor to take advantage of the beautiful January weather!
January 24, 2015 Pablo 11 miles 4,250 feet gained
Hike up Dry Creek Spur and returned on the PCT.
January 24, 2015 Rich 17 miles 4,750 feet gained
January 24, 2015 Roman 6.7 miles 750 feet gained
Gorgeous 60+ degree day in Cove Palisades State Park. Lake Billy Chinook looks like a wide, mighty river from this trail, and its rocky gorge is very scenic. The trail has plenty of views of the canyon and all nearest Cascades peaks - we could see Hood, Jefferson, Olallie, Sisters, Broken Top, Bachelor - only to name the biggest ones...
January 24, 2015 acorn woodpecker 5 miles 750 feet gained
Rode the bike out to Powell Butte this morning for a volunteer orientation about bird surveying at Powell Butte. Was shown the sites on where I would be surveying. Heard a pileated woodpecker in the stands of old trees on the SE slopes of the butte. Then, the family met me and we went out and did another loop. In the sun it was t-shirt weather...in January! ...
January 23, 2015 Mileage Mike 5.8 miles 1,000 feet gained
We haven't been here in decades, and now I remember why. The smell at the parking lot and around the lake wasn't pleasant! It was crowded around the lake with plenty of people fishing but the trail system was devoid of hikers, and only a few groups on horseback were seen. We enjoyed the trail system but it was a bit muddy in places. There is plenty of road n...
January 23, 2015 Karl 12.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Really nice "training hike" up Salmon Butte. The first 1.3 miles is along a decommissioned roadway, which has been valiantly turned into a fairly nice trail. From there on up, it's a lush old forest, with a very comfortable, mostly duff, trail underfoot. The grade is consistent nearly the entire way, only leveling off a little bit along the final ridgeline b...
January 23, 2015 acorn woodpecker 6 miles 2,000 feet gained
A wet day, but great vistas, forest walking, and scouting out a new off trail way to make a loop in the area. Oh, and near total solitude, as always here. Sadly, my first actual hike in the area for the year. Quite a departure from January 2014 when I did over 70 miles in 5 hikes.
January 23, 2015 Jim 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
Roaming the trails before work today while testing a new pack out. 60# of sand makes even a gentle walk thru the forest into a workout.
January 22, 2015 scotty 11 miles 3,000 feet gained
January 21, 2015 Mountainkat 7.61 miles 3,000 feet gained
This was a nice, quiet weekday hike to the lookout on Devil's Peak from the Cool Creek Trail. We encountered some snow within the last .5 mile of the summit.
January 21, 2015 Jim 4.5 miles 750 feet gained
Took a short hike before work. Just too nice a day not to.
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