August 17, 2014 Mileage Mike Surprise Lakes 7.1 miles 1,000 feet gained
The knee didn't do well today! Going to see Dr. Tomorrow.
Recent Hikes
August 17, 2014 Team Reynolds Horsetail Falls 4 miles 250 feet gained
Around the tails and back into the gorge... awesome day.
August 17 to August 19, 2014 Karl Broken Top 35 miles 6,500 feet gained 2 nights
Awesome reintroduction to backpacking, after 31 years of taking the easier options! Started at Three Creeks Lake, and went up Tam McArthur Rim. Veered southwest after awhile, heading cross-country over to a campsite at the base of Ball Butte. After setting up our tents, we took a nice scramble up into the crater of Broken Top. Incredible up there! Then, the ...
August 16 to August 17, 2014 Roman Chenamus Lake 15 miles 1,750 feet gained 1 night
14 lakes/tarns in 15 miles (and that with some backtracking!). Was planning to camp at Chenamus but mosquitoes were bad so I just went back to Placid Lake, next morning the water was so good it was hard to start a hike! TONS of berries at Chenamus, very nice but shallow lake, probably not swimmable (pic #2-4, 7). Made the loop as described (@ the link) by Po...
August 16, 2014 Woodswalker Little Kettle Creek 7 miles 1,000 feet gained
The weather was beautiful on the second day of my trip. No bugs and amazing rock formations on the cliffs and under my feet.
August 16, 2014 Bosterson Mount Whittier 22 miles 6,500 feet gained
EP is a goober. 10 hrs car to car, exactly on schedule so he wouldn't get divorced!
August 16, 2014 Pablo Grouse Point 14 miles 4,250 feet gained
Annual maintenance on the little used section of the Grouse Point Trail from the intersection of Dry Ridge north to the 4611 Rd. West on the 4611 to catch the Sounds of Two Rivers Trail to complete the loop.
August 15, 2014 Mileage Mike Elk Pass 10.6 miles 2,000 feet gained
This was the first day of a two week vacation, and the trail in the Dark Divide was fantastic. Badger Lake is amazing and worth the rutted dirt bike trail! Unfortunately, I felt my bad knee tweak on the back inside, and I knew I had just torn my meniscus in a new location again. Cr_p, it was the first day of vacation and I ended up seeing two doctors, and ha...
August 15 to August 16, 2014 Chris Carver Lake 27.5 miles 5,000 feet gained 1 night
A nice, quick little trip to the Three Sisters after a week in Bend. Camped Friday night at the Green Lakes area after a few miles from the Devils Lake trailhead. It was packed! Saturday, the cross country route up to Carver Lake and up through Chambers Lakes was much quieter—only one other group. The flowers seemed to be at their peak. This little cut throu...
August 15 to August 18, 2014 JM Broken Top 22.5 miles 5,000 feet gained 3 nights
3 night, 3 day trip around the North side of Broken Top. Tam McArthur Rim to Green Lakes, alot of off-trail. No bugs, flowers were past prime, but gorgeous views even w/ thick haze from fires in the vicinity. Can't wait to go back someday.
August 15 to August 18, 2014 Stacey Bismark Mountain 29.5 miles 8,500 feet gained 3 nights
Three nights at Bear Camp in the Mt. Margaret Backcountry with day hikes to Mt. Margaret and Coldwater Peak and a Lakes Basin / Whittier Traverse Loop. Fantastic scenery, lots of huckleberries, and daily mountain goat sightings. Day 1 - Norway Pass TH to Bear Camp (4.4 miles, 1980' EG) Left PDX around 11am. Hiked to camp under overcast skies and light drizzl...
August 15, 2014 Woodswalker Boulder Creek 8 miles 1,250 feet gained
It hailed and rained and thundered, but it was beautiful. No bugs.
August 15 to August 17, 2014 Jen Hellroaring Meadow 18 miles 4,000 feet gained 2 nights
Original Plans to Avalanche Valley changed with conditions and unexpected terrain issues. Had fun anyhow exploring the mountain, including a lovely swim in Heart Lake!
August 14 to August 16, 2014 Father Guido Sarducci Dungeness Spit 10.25 miles 1,250 feet gained 2 nights
Foggy, and at times a bit drippy, camping trip with my Grandson. Lot's of fun trails & beaches for kids to explore.
August 13, 2014 acorn woodpecker 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Was able to walk/jog from my mother's house to this ridge a couple miles away. Ascended through scrubby sagebrush, lodgpole pine, and cactus to the hogback ridge, which is the first uplift of the Rocky Mountains. Great views of the Front Range and the city of Denver. Had a thunderstorm open on me while I scrambled along the cliffs and rocks. Followed rough a...
August 12, 2014 acorn woodpecker 3 miles 1,000 feet gained
Went on a family trip to Denver. Had a brief window in the morning to do a hike with my dad. We went to one of his favorite short hikes in the area. Rather than take the trail we followed the west ridge from the road on up to summit of Chief Mt. Better views, more varied terrain, melts out earlier, and no people on an otherwise justifiably popular hike! Ther...
August 12, 2014 Jen 3.5 miles 250 feet gained
Very cool phenomenon. Slatey creekbed with lovely little cascades everywhere. Natural gas leak in a cove behind the falls, lit up to provide an eternal flame! Super fun scrambles with my son. Will upload pictures soon, but check out the link above for this nifty place.
August 11 to August 13, 2014 Roman Pinnacle Glacier 24.6 miles 5,000 feet gained 2 nights
Camped first night on Friday at Horseshoe Meadows (the flowers are great right now), planned to hike offtrail to Crystal Lake for the second night via The Bumper - the hill/rock roughly 100 feet high with the first row view of the mountain. From The Bumper though, the terrain looked pretty easy and I thought I had still a lot of time, why not check the two m...
August 10, 2014 Mileage Mike Tootle 9.4 miles 1,000 feet gained
August 10, 2014 Stacey Larch Mountain 6.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Hiked the Larch Mountain Crater Loop described on PH and then went to the top of Sherrard Point to view the super moon.
August 9, 2014 Mileage Mike Frog Lake Campground 10.3 miles 1,250 feet gained
August 9, 2014 Chris Spruce Ridge 4 miles 750 feet gained
Wandered around the Diamond Lake area for a bit.
August 9, 2014 Stacey City of Portland Reservoir Number 4 4 miles 500 feet gained
I took eight of my high school robotics students for a team building day on the 4T trail, starting at the Oregon Zoo. We hiked to Council Crest Park, where the kids worked together to complete a scavenger hunt. Then we sat on the lawn to eat lunch before continuing down the Marquam Trail to OSHU, the tram, and then the trolley. We made an ice cream stop near...
August 9, 2014 Karl High Camp 13 miles 3,000 feet gained
Did something really different this day. Joined up with a group hike sponsored by the [Friends of Mount Adams](http://mtadamsfriends.org/), led by a well-known local historian who'd spent a lifetime crawling all over this mountain. The bugs were simply horrendous! But the scenery and good company made up for that, and more. We started at Divide Camp trailhea...
August 9, 2014 acorn woodpecker Rooster Rock 3 miles 1,250 feet gained
After blueberry picking outside of Molalla and hanging along the Molalla River, the woodpecker family ventured to Table Rock Wilderness for a quick hike. There was no one else at Rooster Rock TH and no one on the trail. The forest was pleasant and the air mild. The views were good albeit hazy in the Willamette Valley. Loved the solitude.
August 9, 2014 Father Guido Sarducci Fletcher Canyon 8.58 miles 3,750 feet gained
Steep, rocky trail but you are awarded with great views of Lake Quinault, Mt. Olympus & the Colonel Bob Wilderness from the summit,
August 9, 2014 scotty Mount Hood 10 miles 4,000 feet gained
August 9, 2014 Team Reynolds Sahale Falls 11 miles 2,250 feet gained
After a few Mtn Bike adventures it was time to get a big hike in again and WOW what a beautiful hike! No pictures or description we have read does it justice, our favorite hike this year.
August 8 to August 10, 2014 Eva Rees Skeeter Creek 39.5 miles 0 feet gained 2 nights
August 8 to August 9, 2014 Karl Gotchen Glacier 15.5 miles 3,250 feet gained 1 night
Solo ramble starting at the South Climb trailhead on Mount Adams, then winding east along Round The Mountain ("not really") trail over to Bird Creek Meadows. This early stretch was through burns for a couple miles, and then into the most glorious alpine meadows for the next few. Particularly once on the Yakima reservation. The trail of flowers didn't seem qu...
August 8, 2014 Team Reynolds Robins Island 2 miles 250 feet gained
Just a short trip with the daughter...
August 7 to August 8, 2014 Joshua Allen North Fork Salmonberry River 27.5 miles 0 feet gained 1 night
August 4, 2014 Woodswalker McNeil Point 10 miles 2,250 feet gained
Very hazy but a perfect day. Some snow still, flowers really going for it starting at the switchbacks. Some of the heather is done some is at peak, some still budding. False hellebore just starting. The black flies were biting though even when I was moving between the upper viewpoint and the tarns. Still around everywhere else but fine if you are moving. I a...
August 3, 2014 Mileage Mike Frog Lake Campground 9.7 miles 1,250 feet gained
August 3, 2014 Stacey Stratigraphy 11 miles 2,500 feet gained
Following our hike in Lava Canyon, we took a brisk hike up the Ape Canyon Trail to Plains of Abraham.
August 3, 2014 Stacey Stratigraphy 3.5 miles 750 feet gained
This is a hike I've been wanting to do for awhile. The description of a trail with a suspension bridge, ladders, and stairs matched with fantastic scenery sounded a bit like a playground. However, I couldn't justify a 2 hour drive for a 2 hour hike. Thus the plan to hike this and then hike Ape Canyon. We were the first car in the parking lot at 9am. Back to ...
August 3, 2014 JoshMahar Tolmie Peak 6.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
August 3, 2014 Pablo Devils Peak 7.6 miles 3,000 feet gained
First time on Cool Creek Trail - will revisit as a bike 'n hike loop with other trails on Hunchback Mtn. Nice trail and does not mess around with long switchbacks. Good water about halfway up. Buffoons I passed at the junction with the short trail to the peak had left hot coals in a fire ring next to the lookout. I used what water I had to extinguish and dum...
August 3, 2014 Elsie Henline Falls 2 miles 250 feet gained
Side trip to Henline Falls and the old mining cave and foundations. Pretty neat.
August 3, 2014 Elsie Three Pools 6.5 miles 750 feet gained
Seems a shame to spend lovely summer days on a low-elevation, treeful and mountainless trail....but still nursing the bum knee, so flat hikes it is. All I can say is that I found my new go-to swimming hole spot - swimming pool after swimming pool in crystal waters on a hot sunday...and NO ONE ELSE OUT THERE! Score.
August 2, 2014 Mileage Mike Steamboat Lake 9.6 miles 1,500 feet gained
August 2, 2014 B-Dog Guye Peak 3.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Took some rookies up this fun little class 3 / 4 rock scramble on the South Rib of Guye Peak. We had a blast... this is such a great little scramble with little to no approach and it is close to home. We all worked in the morning and spent the afternoon under the sun !!!
August 2 to August 3, 2014 Roman Blue Lake Ridge 17.5 miles 4,000 feet gained 1 night
Nice area, although the bugs were pretty bad (didn't go down to the lake for this reason). All of the trails there are open to motor cycles & some for ATV's, but most of my hike was on Sunday and it's been perfectly quiet... When I go there again, will camp on the east side of Bishop Ridge (it's gorgeous!) & do whatever number of scrambles I'll have time for...
August 2 to August 3, 2014 JoshMahar Mount Pleasant 10 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Stunning Views of Mount Rainier. Wildflowers galore.
August 2, 2014 Team Reynolds 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Longest trip for my daughter yet, the views on this one are great and there are VERY few people up on the north end of the park.
August 1 to August 3, 2014 Bosterson Traverse Lake 37 miles 10,000 feet gained 2 nights
3 day loop described in Lorain's 100 Classic Hikes in Oregon. Started at Boulder Park TH and went up the Main Eagle Creek trail through Eagle Meadow and up to Eagle Lake, then up to Cached Lake for the night. Ascended Needle Point (9018 ft) in the morning, then continued over the pass, down 2000 ft to Trail Creek, then back up 2200 ft to Wonker Pass. Switchb...
August 1, 2014 acorn woodpecker Council Crest 5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Took my son in his new pack and traveled to Council Crest after meeting Mrs. Woodpecker for lunch at work downtown. Took the Conor Trail to Gibbs St. and caught the Marquam Hill Road trail, switchbacked down, and eventually connected with the Council Crest trail. Sonny loved the pack and the hike and was fawned over by people on the summit! So nice that this...
July 31 to August 2, 2014 Joseph Subasic 20 miles 2,500 feet gained 2 nights
July 31 to August 1, 2014 Kyle Meyer Blue Lake 10 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
Met my dad at an offtrail lake in Indian Heaven. Great swimming, full of fish, and tried to refurb a campsite that hadn't been used in easily 20 years.
July 31 to August 1, 2014 Jack 2.5 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
I came in from the east side, Kyle from Thomas lake trail head on the west for a one nighter at our private well stocked lake. Requires a mile or two of off trail navigation but well worth the effort. We set to work making improvements to the only site on the lake. Looking forward to our next adventure. Weather was perfect as was the company.
