April 29, 2014 Woodswalker Little Herman Creek 7.4 miles 1,250 feet gained
Nice hike! Quiet day. Woodswalker
Recent Hikes
April 28, 2014 Team Reynolds Short Sand Beach 5 miles 750 feet gained
Gorgeous weather, incredible huge old growth Spruce and gnarly Cedar, great views, suspension bridge, fording a small creek on the beach minimal mud, all good, except I was jealous of all the surfers.
April 28, 2014 Team Reynolds Neahkahnie Mountain 1 miles 250 feet gained
Short walk down to a rock out cropping between two cliffs. Watching the water tear into the rock all around while birds fly by and a little waterfall drops to the ocean. Little do you know that the underneath side of the rock your on is all carved out as well. More people should do this it was so cool. The trail is almost invisible from the parking lot. Just...
April 28, 2014 Team Reynolds Neahkahnie Mountain 3 miles 1,000 feet gained
Mid seventies at the beach, what could be better? This was not our favorite hike of the day...
April 28, 2014 JM Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area 6.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
So nice, I did it twice! Visited Bridal Veil Falls (fireweed, camas), Mosier Plateau (lupine, balsamroot, vetch, bachelor buttons, wild cucumber, Audubon's Warblers), Memaloose Overlook, Rowena Plateau, Dalles Mountain Ranch
April 28, 2014 Pablo Council Crest 4 miles 1,000 feet gained
Exerciser from the work place -> down Conner Trail to Marquam Shelter then up to Council Crest and back. All the big mtns were buried under clouds. Trail is muddy. Will try to do this every day this week.
April 27, 2014 Mileage Mike Step Creek 11 miles 1,750 feet gained
April 27, 2014 Stacey Shitike Creek 10 miles 0 feet gained
Avoided a rainy day in PDX by heading east for a run!
April 27, 2014 Father Guido Sarducci Point Defiance 5.17 miles 1,000 feet gained
April 27, 2014 Karl Falls Creek Falls 7.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Very pleasant day in the woods, walking along beautiful Falls Creek, and enjoying a most beautiful triple-decker waterfalls. Mostly misty-rainy, with a few snow flurries at about 2400'.
April 26, 2014 Mileage Mike McIlroy Saddle 10.3 miles 2,750 feet gained
April 26, 2014 Debbi Couch Lake (historical) 6 miles 0 feet gained
April 26, 2014 Allison 9.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
Super fun slab hiking to two sandstone knobs that provide 360-views of the park and beyond. We were racing a rain/snow storm the entire hike and it was very blustery. Beautiful!
April 26, 2014 JM McCall Point 13 miles 3,750 feet gained
All-day wildflower ramble in the Eastern Gorge, beginning w/ Mitchell Point trail. A ew hike to me, interesting flowers included Fairy Slippers, Howell's brodeia, lots of Desert Parsley. Next was another new hike to me, Mosier Plateau. Arrived at same time as a large Friends of the Gorge group. Interesting flowers included lots of lupine, balsamroot, Bachelo...
April 26, 2014 acorn woodpecker 3 miles 750 feet gained
Did a short family hike in Forest Park. Started from Linnton trailhead and ascended to Fire Lane 10 and continued to the Wildwood Trail intersection. Descended via a short lollipop loop and intersected the fire lane lower down and returned the same way. Temperate damp weather with nice bird life, filtered views, some spring flowers, nettle harvesting, and ba...
April 26, 2014 B-Dog Divide Lake 1 miles 1,000 feet gained
Took my touring gear out for a test run today. It felt great to be skinning up the mountain. Can't wait to keep practicing and improve on my technique. The ski down was enjoyable as well, but I need to get more time on the slopes. Up until February of this year, it had been about 20 years since I last strapped on some skis. So glad that I invested in a touri...
April 25, 2014 Jen Columbia Hills 7 miles 1,750 feet gained
I got up early and took a little hike up to Stacker Butte. Spent the rest of the day climbing at Horsethief
April 24, 2014 Allison 7 miles 1,750 feet gained
A quick jaunt up to see the Golden Throne and then over to see The Tanks, some water-filled potholes, in Capitol Reef National Park. The hiking is fun all throughout the Capitol Reef!
April 24, 2014 Team Reynolds Catherine Creek Shortcut 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
A perfect second trip to Catherine Creek area. Climbed up Rowland Ridge all the way up to the upper trail and back down Catherine Creek. Watch out for the poison oak everywhere along the creek. We took the time to loop the Arch this time and also did the 1 mile paved loop across from the trailhead. Flowers everywhere and vultures and hawks followed us the wh...
April 22 to April 23, 2014 Allison 26 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
We were dispersed car camping on BLM land about a mile from the Little Death Canyon trailhead, so we did this backpacking loop from there. It's all cross-country travel, down the Little Death Canyon drainage to Horse Canyon, up Horse Canyon to Wolverine Canyon, up Wolverine Canyon (and its various drainages) back to camp. The geology in this area is stunning...
April 22, 2014 Allison 8.5 miles 500 feet gained
Hike 2 of the Utah Hiking Week - Little Wildhorse Canyon - Bell Canyon. Super fun slots, no technical sections, really interesting geology. Popular!
April 21, 2014 Allison 2 miles 0 feet gained
We stayed the night at the Goblin Valley State Park, which was a very cool experience. Quiet, desolate area. After we set up camp and had some dinner, we walked around the Goblin Rocks for an hour or so and watched the sun set. This area got some attention a few months back after a few Boy Scout troop members toppled one of the goblins and posted the video o...
April 21, 2014 Allison 6 miles 500 feet gained
Hike 1 of the Utah Hiking Week! Crack Canyon - three sections of slots, some fun little boulder problems, beautiful canyon walls.
April 21, 2014 Elsie Wildcat Mountain 11 miles 2,000 feet gained
April 20, 2014 Mileage Mike Upper Falls Creek 10.1 miles 750 feet gained
April 20, 2014 Elsie Duncan Butte 8 miles 1,250 feet gained
April 20, 2014 B-Dog Guye Peak 5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Woke up Easter morning and heard about some fresh snow... Checked the avy conditions and it looked like they posted a special bulletin for the weekend. We had originally planned on doing the East Gulley, but given the conditions we made a backup plan just in case. After watching stuff pinwheel off the East Face during the approach, we decided to play it safe...
April 20, 2014 The Angry Hiker Thompson Lake 6 miles 4,000 feet gained
A great hike for a rainy Saturday.
April 20, 2014 Father Guido Sarducci Tirzah Peak 10.68 miles 1,750 feet gained
Hiked to Ranger Falls & Green Lake.
April 20, 2014 Woodswalker Munra Point 4.8 miles 1,000 feet gained
Took the #400 from Wahclella up to closed rd#777 up to jct with Tanner Butte Trail. Nice combo of urban and woodland herbs and flowers. Smith's Fairy Bell, Star Solomon Seal, Yellow Violets, Trilliums and some Daffodils were blooming.
April 20, 2014 Pablo Devils Rest 6.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
Took the Primrose Path to Devils Rest where I lost the trail in the usual place - in the brushy part below Devil's Rest. Not so bad this time as I went east and followed a boulder field below a cliff to get back on the flagged trail. Nice views from the boulder field. I'll try again going downhill.
April 19, 2014 Mileage Mike Lucia Falls 10.3 miles 1,250 feet gained
April 19, 2014 scotty Eagle Creek Trail 13 miles 1,750 feet gained
April 19, 2014 Jen Deadmans Hollow 5 miles 500 feet gained
Spent a couple nights in a yurt at this nice state park with a great variety of outdoor amsuements. Ambulations were mostly beach walking with the family, but I also had a chance to hike an inland trail with massive sitka spruce, colossal ferns and slugs as big as my arms(jk)! Saw lots of eagles and even some bear poo. Super high tide this morning washed awa...
April 19, 2014 Karl Upper Labyrinth 12.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Spent about eight hours, just wandering aimlessly around the syncline area. Started at Catherine Creek, took a new (to me) ridgeline up to the upper level, then followed the twistiest-turniest far-off-the-beaten-trail down towards the Labyrinth. Looped back up Coyote Wall, met some new trail friends along the way, crossed over the high-line again, before fin...
April 19, 2014 acorn woodpecker Munra Point 4 miles 2,000 feet gained
Didn't have much time so I went for a quick burn with rewarding scrambling, wildflowers, and views. The top ridge of Munra above the chimney is COVERED in avalanche lilies! No distant views of high volcanoes, but great immediate views. Munra never fails to disappoint, regardless of conditions or season.
April 18, 2014 JM Fish Creek Campground/Day Use 6.5 miles 500 feet gained
After work exploration of the CRT. I've never had the opportunity to do it, so decided to check it out. Made it to the trailhead at Fish Creek about 5pm and headed upstream. The trail is "Closed" at some pretty hairy washouts at mile 2. Someone has placed a helpful rope along the bank, but I wouldn't recommend crossing the washouts. They are very unstable an...
April 18, 2014 Father Guido Sarducci Point Defiance 4.78 miles 500 feet gained
Conditioning hike w/ full pack.
April 17, 2014 Team Reynolds Lymp Creek 10.5 miles 3,000 feet gained
A beautiful day on the trail all by ourselves. This hike is a relentless climb but the different vegetation and changing landscape as you climb keep it really interesting, I LOVE ridge hikes. And Hood was finally revealed on our way down, there is a really nice rock outcropping at about 4 miles in at 3500 ft that makes a great shorter turn around point.
April 15, 2014 ADB Mossbrae Falls 1 miles 500 feet gained
Short hike with waterfall.
April 15, 2014 Allison Catherine Creek Univeral 14 miles 3,500 feet gained
This loop never gets old. Ok, it may be getting a little old. I might head up there one more time to check on some stuff later this month. But here's the flower low-down: balsamroot: gangbusters on the top of Coyote Wall and in small pockets throughout the Labrynth camas: everywhere on Catherine Creek syncline, stunning! lupine: another week or two desert pa...
April 14, 2014 Elsie Sherrard Point 18 miles 4,500 feet gained
Went up to Larch via Oneonta and back down Multnomah and returned via 400. Sunny and hazy, but saw all peaks about from Sherrard Pt. and only saw a couple people all day. Most importantly, NO SNOW on trails. Still some snow on the road up to the parking lot and some drifts on the paved walkway to Sherrard Pt, but all snow is gone from the trails, but for som...
April 13, 2014 Mileage Mike Campground: Panther Creek 10.7 miles 1,750 feet gained
April 13, 2014 Stacey Slusher Lake 8 miles 500 feet gained
Trail running on a sunny day at the coast!
April 13, 2014 Nat Turner Ridge Cut-Off 8 miles 2,750 feet gained
Windy. Enough to be a little sketched out on the spine. Saw at least 30 people eating lunch over on Dog Mt. with the Binocs.
April 13, 2014 The Angry Hiker Mount Si 7.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
This is an old decommissioned trail to the top, steeper and less maintained than the official trail, but a great way to avoid the poodle herders and squeakers on a sunny weekend.
April 12, 2014 Roman Buckmire Slough 2.5 miles 0 feet gained
April 12, 2014 Mileage Mike Rainbow Campground 10.3 miles 1,500 feet gained
April 12, 2014 Chris High Lakes Bike Trail 2 miles 250 feet gained
A quick hike while driving back over Rt. 140.
