December 30, 2013 3 miles 1,250 feet gained
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December 25, 2013 2.5 miles 0 feet gained
Hike along the east side above and below the cliffs past many homeless camps and piles and piles of garbage. It's a real shame that it's like that, I wish parks would fund a cleanup or something. The trail sort of faded at the southern end at a homeless campsite so I bushwhacked straight up the butte to the road and back to the car. I'll have to look at the ...
December 21 to December 22, 2013 9 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Attempted the traverse from Seaside to Indian Beach, but were dismayed to find that you cannot park overnight at either end of the trail. Since we were overnighting, we tempted fate by parking along the public road in Seaside. No problems. Lucky or legal? Spent the night @ hiker's camp on Tillamook Head. Drizzly day and eve and morn, but no real rain. No vie...
November 30 to December 1, 2013 1 miles 0 feet gained 1 night
Overnighter on the banks of the Salmon River. The campground was closed, so found a dispersed site on the bank about 1/2 mile from the end of the road @ Salmon Butte Trailhead. Cloudy day and evening, but pleasant around the fire. It began to rain about midnight while we were comfortable in our tent. It continued raining as we snoozed into the late morning. ...
November 29, 2013 5.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
The hoards at the falls was overwhelming. Above the viewpoint, only a dozen or so people.
November 23 to November 24, 2013 11 miles 2,000 feet gained 1 night
Two day hikes and an overnight camp near Smith Rock State Park. First up was Scout Camp Loop, a 3 mile trail around a lava fin along the Deschutes River near it's confluence w/ Wychus Creek. Enjoyable hike in clear, cold, sunny Central OR. Then on to Steelhead Falls to watch kayakers attempt it. Pretty humorous, but made me cold just watching them plunge int...
November 17, 2013 12.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
Brad, his 2 dogs (Buddy & Timmy), Don Nelson, Gene, Rachelle and I hiked around some forest roads and some some offtrail connectors in the Hamilton Mtn/Hardy Ridge complex. Fell in the creek to start the hike off! Hooray! It was overcast all day, but didn't rain at all. Good time.
November 13, 2013 2.5 miles 750 feet gained
November 1, 2013 15 miles 4,750 feet gained
Hiked up to Observation Peak under rainy and gray skies, lots of freezing rain, high winds, hail and even some thunder. No views, but several waterfalls and large trees.
October 30, 2013 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
October 26 to October 27, 2013 15 miles 3,000 feet gained 1 night
Overnighter @ Indian Bar on the Wonderland Trail. Stayed at the shelter, only saw one mouse. Deep snow and ice on North facing slope into the valley, made it tricky finding the trail and descending down to the bar. Could've used microspikes. Beautiful stars at night, but awoke to low clouds, low temps and snow. Very little visibility, but about 1 inch of new...
October 19 to October 20, 2013 12 miles 4,500 feet gained 1 night
Weekend backpack w/ Water (Matt) to Glacier View Wilderness on the west side of Mt. Rainier. This trail starts in Glacier View and crosses into the Nat'l Park beyond Goat Lake. We went up to Mt. Beljica for some great views before descending down to Goat Lake and setting up camp. Fish were plentiful, but the lake was shallow and swampy at the edges and not c...
October 18, 2013 3 miles 750 feet gained
After work hike around Alder Ridge from the equestrian trailhead off of Homan Road.
October 12, 2013 15 miles 4,750 feet gained
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October 8, 2013 3 miles 250 feet gained
Exploration of a little known and really cool park in West Linn. Water front trails. At the end of the hike in the parking lot, a Barred Owl out hunting landed 15 feet from my car on a branch. Great wildlife sighting!
October 5 to October 6, 2013 13 miles 3,250 feet gained 1 night
Overnight backpack w/ Carissa to Elk Meadows. Sunny, beautiful fall Saturday. Got to the trailhead around 10:30 and there were about 10 cars and many dayhikers w/ dogs enjoying the weather. About an inch of scattered snow on the trail still and some in the meadows, but most was melting out in the sun. Set up camp in the spot behind the shelter and attempted ...
September 26 to September 28, 2013 13 miles 2,000 feet gained 2 nights
Got rained out on my Enchantment Lakes trip, so stuck at Colchuck Lake at the bottom of Aasgard Pass for two days hoping for better weather. It never came. Hiked out in the pouring rain.
September 13 to September 15, 2013 20.5 miles 4,750 feet gained 2 nights
Left PDX Friday night and camped at Breitenbush Campground. The next morning we set out to do an overnight loop to Jefferson Park. Starting at S. Breitenbush trailhead, we hiked 5.5 miles up the wooded flank of Park Butte Ridge. As we neared the top, the trail passes through some small meadows and a talus slope and descends into Jefferson Park lakes area. Af...
September 7 to September 8, 2013 13.5 miles 1,500 feet gained 1 night
August 29 to September 2, 2013 32 miles 10,250 feet gained 4 nights
Left PDX around 3:30pm on Thursday and camped at Heart O' the Hills campground. The next morning we arrived at the Ranger station to pick up our permits and bear canisters. About 10 other ppl there with us. We drove another hour or so to the Sol Duck River Trailhead where the loop trail begins. There is a hot springs resort nearby and another campground. It ...
August 15 to August 19, 2013 50.5 miles 11,000 feet gained 4 nights
Timberline Trail loop starting at Cloud Cap. Hiked from the closed gate 3 miles up to the campground on Thursday night. Friday morning we set out to cross the Elliot washout and get it out of the way ASAP. We hiked up to the obvious trail going down into the washout, hopped the rocks and streams and approached the giant scree slope. We didn't see any ropes t...
August 10 to August 12, 2013 16.5 miles 2,250 feet gained 2 nights
After a complex car shuttle, we parked at Walupt Lake and hiked up the steep wooded trail on Nannie Ridge. It was ridiculously humid from a large storm the night before and we were all soaked in sweat immediately. We left our packs and hiked up the spur trail to Nannie Peak. We didn't have alot of good views due to the clouds but that would remedy itself in ...
August 2 to August 4, 2013 25.5 miles 2,500 feet gained 2 nights
Very hot, dusty and smoky trip up the PTC under the peaks of Three Finger Jack to Wasco Lake. Crowded campsite, not alot of bugs. Early start and a trip up Canyon Creek meadows to fading flowers. Return trip via Jack Lake and from there a faint trail to Booth Lake where we took a dip and ate lunch. Even fainter trail and a bushwhack down to beautiful Square ...
July 28, 2013 14.5 miles 4,750 feet gained
A mostly off trail trip up Barrett Spur via the Vista Ridge Trail. Hiked several miles through burned forest to the Timberline trail. A side trip to Elk Cove for some views of the mountain, then back, and a trek up to tiny Dollar Lake led to views of Barrett Spur. We started trekking directly up from there and didn't stop for a long time. At the top we liste...
July 20 to July 21, 2013 7 miles 250 feet gained 1 night
Overnight camp off of Still Creek Rd near Mt. Hood. Neighbors camped nearby shooting guns, fireworks, playing techno music late at night. *sigh* Nice creek next to camp. Next day was an easy ramble along the Salmon River. Several forays into the river on this 90 degree day.
July 15, 2013 11 miles 2,000 feet gained
Left from the South Climb Trailhead around 11:00 am. You climb for 1.3 miles through last years burned forest to the Round the Mountain trail, which heads east towards Bird Creek Meadows. The trail was in good condition with minimal snow patches. Flowers have started along much of the trail, though large patches of bare dirt are prevalent. Once you enter the...
July 13 to July 14, 2013 15 miles 5,750 feet gained 1 night
Began the day setting up a car shuttle between Juniper Peak and Dark Meadow. Climbed up, up, up motorcycle ditch (trail) to the top of Juniper Peak with 360 views of Rainier, Adams, St. Helens, Hood, Goat Rocks, etc. along with the strangely shaped Sunrise Peak further South. Followed the ridge trail to Sunrise where some members scrambled to the top for awe...
July 4 to July 7, 2013 20.5 miles 1,250 feet gained 3 nights
Long weekend backpack up Big Indian Gorge from the South Steens Mtn Rd Campground. Beautiful weather, several welcome stream crossings, the trail leads up to the mouth of the Big Indian Creek gorge. Lots of sagebrush encroaching on the trail, several large groves of Aspens and Cottonwoods line the creek with inviting campsites. We set up camp near the creek ...
June 15 to June 20, 2013 22 miles 6,250 feet gained 5 nights
June 7 to June 8, 2013 18.5 miles 8,750 feet gained 1 night
Backpacking trip up Herman Creek. We arrived at a full parking lot so we had to park along the road. We began the long uphill trudge through the woods intending to stay the first night @ Cedar Swamp camp. Some huge trees up there! Beautiful. After setting up camp, I hiked up to Mud Lake before sunset. Not much to see, with the exception of some giant scratch...
June 6, 2013 2 miles 250 feet gained
June 3 to June 4, 2013 8 miles 2,500 feet gained 1 night
Dayhike up Ball Point near Little Badger Creek trail. Made a loop by parking at the Little Badger Creek trailhead, hiking up a hillside meadow to the Ball Point Trailhead, and returning via Little Badger Creek Trail. Good variety of trees here, since it's near the Cascade crest where the East/West transition allows both ecosystems to exist. There is some coo...
June 2 to June 3, 2013 4 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
Overnight trip up to Boulder Lake near Mt. Hood. Started early on Sat morning and drove up to the parking lot where there were 2 other cars. Hiked 1 mile up to the lake where a family was fishing. They said they caught 12 trout that morning! We attempted tthe hike up to Bonney Meadows, and as we climbed higher the patchy snow got deeper and then became impas...
May 12, 2013 7.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
Dayhike up Dog Mountain. Took the "less difficult" route up, passed Lady Slipper orchids, chocolate lillies, Columbia Wind Flower, and Queens Cup. Nearing the top, you walk through hillsides covered in Arrowleaf Balsamroot, a yellow flower. The views were non-existant at first due to thick clouds. We were disappointed, but took a well deserved lunchbreak at ...
May 10, 2013 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
Baby Great Horned owls on the hike
May 1, 2013 1 miles 0 feet gained
Spotted many interesting birds and also nutria.
April 27, 2013 11.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
April 27 to April 28, 2013 6.5 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
April 27 to April 28, 2013 10.5 miles 3,500 feet gained 1 night
Overnighter in Eagle Creek. Lots of Boy Scouts groups on the trail. Hiked up to beautiful Tunnel Falls where you walk behind the waterfall through a tunnel. Camped near the river between Wy'East camp and Blue Grouse Camp. Spotted Osprey feeding their young on the opposite side of the valley.
April 18, 2013 3 miles 0 feet gained
April 12 to April 14, 2013 12 miles 3,500 feet gained 2 nights
Early Spring snowshoe up to South Cinder peak. Arrived at the Marion Lake TH late at night as it was steadily raining. Camped at the trailhead. Rats scurried outside our tent all night. Set off on a drizzly morning up the trail, headed past snow covered Lake Ann, and giant icy Marion Lake. Ran into a couple of optimistic fisherman, who turned back when they ...
March 25, 2013 2.5 miles 750 feet gained
Trip up Scarborough Hill at Fort Columbia. Easy hike uphill through massive old growth trees with occasional views out over the miles wide Columbia River. Viewless summit, main trail down closed, took the Military Road Trail down to the fort. Scrambled around the ruins of the fort, giant gun turret foundations.
March 16, 2013 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
Snowshoe around Trillium lake. We left from the sno-park, hiked down the road and out to the Summit Meadow and past the "grave", yet didn't find it. We snowshoed across the frozen lake(!) and had lunch on the far shore before heading back to the sno-park, passing throngs of people on their way out to the lake. Glad we got there early.
March 15, 2013 7.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
First Trip up Munra Point. Started out at the Wahclelah Falls Trail head, headed West on the 400 Trail and then headed up the hill on an unmaintained trail. Starts out easy enough, but comes to some tight switchbacks with roots and rocks to navigate. Then up steeper still over rocky outcrops to a vertical slot w/ a rope to climb up. Continue to the top and y...
March 13 to March 14, 2013 6.5 miles 1,500 feet gained 1 night
Snowshoe to a ski hut off the Barlow Road area above the White River drainage. Followed the PCT, Mineral jane trail and then a FS road to the shipping container turned into a hut with propane heat and lights. Made a great dinner, drank some beers and played games while it snowed about 8 inches. Awoke to alot of fresh snow and on the hike back, we made a long...
March 8, 2013 2 miles 250 feet gained
March 3, 2013 12.5 miles 250 feet gained
Dayhike along the Deschutes River near Warm Springs. One way w/ very long car shuttle. Lots of cows along the trail. Several shacks on the Warm Springs Reservation on the other side of the river. Beautiful weather, also spotted some bobcat or cougar tracks along the water near the end of the trail.
February 15 to February 19, 2013 40 miles 8,500 feet gained 4 nights
Presidents Day Weekend trip to Death Valley. 4 of us left Weds afternoon and drove the 18 hours to Ballarat, CA. We hiked up Surprise Canyon intending to reach Panamint City, but didn't have the energy or time, so decided to set up cam about 5.5 miles in and hike up to Panamint City in the morning. Panamint City is a deserted ghost town/mining camp in a high...
February 9 to February 11, 2013 1.5 miles 250 feet gained 2 nights
February 5, 2013 2.5 miles 250 feet gained