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February 3, 2013 3.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Winter time snow shoe up to Boy Scout Ridge in the White River drainage. We joined lots of people playing in the snow by hiking up the river drainage to where the Timberline Trail crosses the river. We joined another group and hiked directly up the steepest side of the ridge (nearly vertical) using our snowshoes as crampons. We had lunch at the top and decid...
January 30, 2013 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
January 27, 2013 5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Snowshoe up Newton Creek from Mt. Hood Meadows to Elk Meadows trail. The trail up the hill was faint, and mostly it was cross country to the meadows. We were some of the first footprints in the meadows, two other people arrived after we did. Shelter was mostly buried.
January 27, 2013 5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Mid winter snowshoe up to and around Mirror Lake. Walked along Hwy 26 for 1 mile from Ski Bowl. Great day, continually snowing. About 3-6 inches of snow on the ground at the trailhead, more as we climbed up to the frozen over lake.
January 25, 2013 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
Night hike on full moon. Nothing notable.
January 15, 2013 4 miles 500 feet gained
On an anniversary vacation to San Diego, my wife and I decided to take a beach hike in Torrey Pines State Park. Near the world famous golf course we parked and took a use path along a ridge overlooking multi-million dollar homes to a very steep set of stairs almost 400 feet down to the beach and ocean below. We watched sand pipers scurry on the sand, saw par...
January 5 to January 7, 2013 22 miles 250 feet gained 2 nights
3 Day winter backpack from Macks Canyon Campground down the Deschutes River to the mouth of the Columbia in The Dalles. After a long car shuttle, we got underway. The first 6 miles or so follow a brushy old railroad bed and fencelines with alot of washouts and landslides. The bridge crossings have disintegrated many years ago, so you have to scramble up and ...
January 1, 2013 5 miles 250 feet gained
New years day hike from the end of the Wildwood. Cool ice formations on the leaves.
