Recent Hikes

January 19, 2014 Father Guido Sarducci 7 miles 1,250 feet gained

January 18, 2014 Roman 6.75 miles 2,000 feet gained

January 18, 2014 acorn woodpecker 7 miles 3,500 feet gained

Awesome rotten rock Gorge climb to Dog Mt.

January 18, 2014 The Angry Hiker 7 miles 2,500 feet gained

B-Dog dragged me up here for a little pre-season snowshoeing, but the trail is popular with cross-country skiers with bladder control issues. We hiked back to Source Lake - a little, half-frozen booger of a pond - and then decided to head up onto the ridge for a look at Snow Lake. The snow was like concrete on the ascent, so I made like I was running out of ...

January 18, 2014 B-Dog 7 miles 2,500 feet gained

Nice early season trip with TAH. Took advantage of the high pressure and inversion that set in for almost 10 days. Very cold and icy in the morning, but the higher we went the warmer it got. Snow was bullet proof and made for quick travel. Really low snow levels this year.

January 18, 2014 Chris 6 miles 1,250 feet gained

Another botched attempt due to snow. Was going to go up to Duck Lake but the snow became several inches deep and more work than fun. A nice day, though. I'm excited to get back to this area, though.

January 18, 2014 Pablo 6.5 miles 2,500 feet gained

Looking for a shortcut from Wahclella TH to the 777 rd. Got to the 777 road and went on up the powerline access road to the ridge going south. Landed on the Wauna Pt trail to return on Tanner Butte. The shortcut was more interesting than the 400 but not as fast in spite of the 400's long switchbacks. There's another route to explore from near the flume above...

January 18, 2014 Allison 5.5 miles 750 feet gained

A short jaunt up Ramona Falls with some out-of-town friends.

January 18, 2014 Jen 4 miles 0 feet gained

Nordic Ski School with the Mazamas

January 18, 2014 Karl 10 miles 3,000 feet gained

Introduced a good friend to Silver Star on Saturday, hitting the summit a couple times, in between forays onto different ridges radiating outward from it. Incredibly little snow given it's already mid-January! Roads to all trailheads were clear. No need at all for spikes or snowshoes. Amazing.

January 18, 2014 Bosterson 7 miles 3,500 feet gained

Rock scramblin' fun in the land of the frost queen.

January 18, 2014 Sujit Nair 7.8 miles 2,000 feet gained

January 18, 2014 Lekilei253 3.1 miles 500 feet gained

January 18, 2014 Mileage Mike 11.4 miles 1,750 feet gained

Gorgeous day with nobody seen the entire day except for the last mile of the hike, and then a huge number of people. The parking are was full when we returned! We hiked down Multnomah Basin Rd. and intersected the Larch Mt. Trail. We ended up roaming around, and intersected the Franklin Ridge Trail. We also made a small loop of the Highwater trail and the lo...

January 17 to January 20, 2014 Kyle Meyer 24 miles 7,500 feet gained 3 nights

Myself and three friends went for a four-day weekend down to Trinity Alps Wilderness. While we found a bit more wintery of conditions than we expected, it was still gloriously warm and sunny while we were out there and there was very little snow.

January 17 to January 19, 2014 J_Julien 14 miles 2,750 feet gained 2 nights

Hiked the PCT from Cascade Locks to Dry Creek, then to Herman Creek and set up camp. Next day we hiked up Nick Eaton Ridge and over to Indian Point. The area at Indian Point was a surprising cold micro-climate completely covered in thick white frost. Beautiful glittering ice covered everything from trees to rocks, and it ended abruptly. Sun with cool tempera...

January 17, 2014 Lekilei253 2 miles 250 feet gained

Short 2 mile trip on part of the Gorge 400 trail I'd never explored.

January 17, 2014 Woodswalker 3 miles 750 feet gained

Great views! Great snow shoe. Snow a bit thin at the trailhead but better higher up.

January 17, 2014 Jen 7 miles 1,750 feet gained

Each time I hike this trail, a little chunk of fun has been removed. No more roots, rocks, walking under waterfalls, crossing treacherous gulleys, peering over RR tunnel, crossing the road. 6 months off limits. I hear the scree field is going next.

January 16 to January 18, 2014 Nat Turner 8.8 miles 2,750 feet gained 2 nights

Reserved the A-Frame with a crew. 12 strong, we brought the party. Splitboards, Snowshoes, Crampons, Crosscountry, it seemed everyone was representing. Turns above the cabin, and traverses over to Cloud Cap, where I saw Saddle Mt, 125 miles away in the coast range. Rockfall in the Elliot, and amazing inversions under a blood red full moon. Headlamp snow hiki...

January 16, 2014 Jen 4 miles 1,000 feet gained

Gorgeous day on the coast with my sis!

January 16, 2014 Allison 5.5 miles 1,750 feet gained

A short but incredibly great way to spend an inversion day on Mt. Hood. Snowshoed from the HRM lot, across Clark Creek (sketchy snow bridge), and then cross-country up the ridgeline, basically following the Wilderness boundary. This is like Gnarl Ridge but shorter and much narrower.

January 15, 2014 Team Reynolds 9 miles 1,500 feet gained

Amazing undulating Park hike and could have been extended to 14 miles if we had the time. Nice traverse between different sides of the park and the bat barn was cool protecting a rare bat species. Wide open and lots of views.

January 14, 2014 Lekilei253 2.5 miles 1,000 feet gained

January 14, 2014 Allison 12 miles 4,500 feet gained

Intended to hike to Table Mountain via Cedar Mountain. Instead, hiked to Cedar Falls and then got turned around and ended up hiking along Hamilton Creek for about three miles. Bushwhacked up to the PCT (overshot the Cedar Mountain / PCT junction) and headed south to the Heartbreak Ridge Trail to ascend Table. The sun came out as we summited and provided perf...

January 13, 2014 Elsie 22 miles 250 feet gained

Tried to chase the sun and get out of our gloomy weather - stayed dry, but no chance of a tan to be had. Went out to the old broken down homestead at mile 11 and back on the bike path. Legs hurt. Gravel does not make soft ground for hiking. Saw a herd of about 20 deer. Glad for the day.

January 13, 2014 Lekilei253 5 miles 500 feet gained

January 12, 2014 Team Reynolds 6 miles 1,500 feet gained

Very nice loop around well graded trails and nice bridges, an excellent history lesson along the way. Scenic canyon loop.

January 12, 2014 Chris 2 miles 500 feet gained

A few miles along the PCT.

January 12, 2014 Chris 2 miles 500 feet gained

Salvaging a drive after the original plan wasn't reachable due to snow.

January 12, 2014 Debbi 7 miles 2,250 feet gained

January 12, 2014 Jen 2.5 miles 0 feet gained

Small consolation after debacle higher up the mountain.

January 12, 2014 Stacey 8 miles 500 feet gained

Out and back run on the Crown Zellerbach trail outside Scappoose. The CZ trail is supposed to eventually connect up with the Vernonia-Banks trail, which would provide a recreation path from Banks to the Columbia River.

January 12, 2014 JM 6 miles 500 feet gained

Several interconnecting loops around the park w/ a Meetup Group. Nice day for hiking, even though the forecast for the Cascades was bad.

January 12, 2014 Nat Turner 4 miles 750 feet gained

Went looking for snow. Found Mud, and slush. But it was a beautiful hike, falls totally to ourselves until like 8 car loads of people and dogs came marching up. No worries, we headed back and had beers in Hood River. Side note: 10 dead Mallards at the trailhead right by the cars. Shot, breasts removed, carcass chucked out by the trucks. LAME, and prob illega...

January 12, 2014 Karl 10.5 miles 3,000 feet gained

Did a real fun loop up that started up Catherine Creek, but then went right and followed Tracy Hill almost to the top. Then we just sort of rambled across game trails back over to Catherine Creek, which proved easy enough to cross, but a bit of a bear to escape! Sort of a scramble back up. We kept heading west, before descending down another game trail towar...

January 12, 2014 Mileage Mike 9.1 miles 2,500 feet gained

This area is just plain fun on those stormy days when you want to avoid the torrential downpours. It drizzled for most of the day, and the wind wasn't too overpowering, except for the gusts on the drive home. Only saw a few people on the trail! We explored an area at the northern reaches of the Catherine Creek hiking area. What we found were locked gates and...

January 11, 2014 Chris 1 miles 250 feet gained

A short little hike on a drive.

January 11, 2014 ADB 3 miles 250 feet gained

Break in the rain.

January 11, 2014 Mileage Mike 9.7 miles 2,500 feet gained

What an excellent hike in the heavy rain! It started out cloudy, but then turned foreboding. Went with a good friend, and had a great time. Only one hiker seen the entire day! We headed out towards the northern boundary of the park and came to a gate while on an abandoned road. We continued past the gate but soon stopped as the brush was getting a bit overgr...

January 10, 2014 acorn woodpecker 13 miles 4,500 feet gained

From Aldrich TH, went around Aldrich West trail, dropped into Cedar Creek drainage and climbed Cedar Mt. At Cedar Saddle I followed an old road northwest where a rough trail materialized and descended into Hamilton Creek drainage. Once at the old RR grade, I followed a still-used ATV road for some time before ascending steadily until crossing the PCT before ...

January 10, 2014 Allison 13 miles 1,500 feet gained

A nice ramble through primordial old growth in the mist. Photos stolen from Karl.

January 10, 2014 Karl 13 miles 1,500 feet gained

The forecast called for doom and gloom. What better excuse to head into an old-growth rain forest? It turned out to be a simply fantastic day! We hiked until we figured about half our daylight was gone, then turned around and came back out. This place is really hard to find, but worth it. Driving directions on gpsfly here: http://gpsfly.org/g/2971

January 7, 2014 Lekilei253 2.17 miles 250 feet gained

Needed a quick, easy hike before work so I headed out to Bridal Veil. Did the 2/3 mile trip down and back twice, plus I explored off trail a bit and took the old road down to the post office. Then did the 1/2 mile view point trail.

January 6, 2014 Woodswalker 2.2 miles 250 feet gained

Fun short stroll with a couple of gorge newbies up to the falls. Made it before the rain and took a little extra stroll to check out the new McCord Creek Bridge next to the highway.

January 5, 2014 Elsie 19 miles 5,000 feet gained

Happened! Did it.

January 5, 2014 Bosterson 19 miles 5,000 feet gained

Lovely sunny day. Very little snow up top, but a bitter cold wind. Up the Wauna shortcut and then down the normal trail to make it more "interesting."

January 5, 2014 Debbi 5.5 miles 0 feet gained

January 5, 2014 Debbi 3 miles 0 feet gained

January 5, 2014 Karl 19.5 miles 5,000 feet gained

Wonderful first trip up to Tanner Butte, with a whole slew of PortlandHikers folk. Two big takeaway impressions: a) Beargrass alley is vastly more significant than any trip reports or photos ever convey! b) I don't think there's an easier 4500' descent anywhere in the gorge.