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December 29, 2019 9.6 miles 2,000 feet gained
Great day hiking from Multnomah Falls up to Nesika Lodge. The lodge's members were staying up there for New Years and were welcoming hikers with a hot cup of tea and a tour of the lodge. So glad this didn't burn in the fire.
December 28, 2019 8 miles 1,250 feet gained
Great day and great company checking a section of the Wilson River Trail. We started from the Diamond Mill OHV area and hiked east through the Lester Creek Section, which was surprisingly beautiful. Lots of lush moss and ferns and great sneak peaks towards the Coastal Mountains. Awesome day,
December 26, 2019 7.6 miles 1,250 feet gained
Great day with just enough clouds for some interesting skies at the top. There was packed ice for about a quarter mile form the trailhead. Then frozen dirt up to Mirror Lake and well packed snow to TDH Ridge. Wonderful day.
December 24, 2019 6.7 miles 1,000 feet gained
Did my first recovery hike, post a long bout with the flu. I did great. almost 7 miles in snowshoes and no big coughing episodes! We came in from the Frog Lake side and there was really only a dusting of snow over bare dirt in most places. More depth around the lakes. Microspikes would have been fine. Even the snow didn't melt on us. It was cold enough that ...
November 29, 2019 5 miles 250 feet gained
Wahclella is still beautiful. I added a bit extra by walking along the paved bike path towards the east, checking out the burn up in the Tanner area. Looks pretty toasted up there, but the power company is still clearly driving the road that goes to the Tanner Butte Trailhead.
November 29, 2019 7 miles 1,750 feet gained
Glorious day. Very quiet up there until about noon. Perfect amount of snow for beauty and easy walking.
November 25, 2019 11 miles 2,000 feet gained
We parked just past the gate at the 10.5 mile marker and took the connector trail over to the Larch Mountain trail. 4-5 inches at the parking lot. No views, so we headed down Oneonta a ways into the Bell Creek area, then headed back up through the crater and back to the car. So beautiful with just a dusting of snow right now, although more is coming in.
November 21, 2019 3.7 miles 250 feet gained
Just a short hike to see the mountains since I only had a few hours available. Beautiful views of the mountains. I notice the Doug Firs are starting to get taller near the top viewpoint and will be blocking some of the views to Adams soon. Great day.
November 18, 2019 4.9 miles 750 feet gained
Had a nice stroll before the rain this morning, I got to catch up with a friend and have a great day in the green.
November 17, 2019 9.6 miles 500 feet gained
I got to meet Sarah from this site and a lot of other awesome folks out on a group hike, to a part of the Deschutes I had visited but not hiked in before. What an awesome day.
November 10, 2019 7 miles 1,000 feet gained
Lovely autumn day in Forest Park. I'm still recovering from a stomach bug so the main goal was, to get out and see the leaves and the new Burnside crossover bridge. Lots of happy people and a Pileated woodpecker, doing his tree sculpting work a foot of the trail seemingly unconcerned with all the dogs, runners and the mini traffic jam of us snapping pics. Wo...
October 28, 2019 10 miles 2,250 feet gained
Great five volcano day. Tarbell is a mess from logging currently. The ground was frozen for the most part, but no snow. Wonderful day.
October 24, 2019 10.5 miles 3,000 feet gained
Great day up visiting one my favorite lunch spots in the gorge. Peak 3152. Not epic, but good views and such a pleasant place to lay around and have lunch.
October 21, 2019 8.7 miles 750 feet gained
Great day for an easy waterfall adventure. The fall color is still good.
October 14, 2019 16 miles 3,250 feet gained
Great day out in the Gorge. The old mossy Cedars at cedar Swamp are still doing good and I like when the days are long enough to continue on a little bit through the mossy glens and creeklets.
October 1, 2019 11 miles 1,500 feet gained
Great sunshiney day with just enough snow to make it look beautiful
September 23, 2019 12.9 miles 2,000 feet gained
Went out with a friend on their birthday hike. We had wanted to get up above Mississippi Head on Hood, but the weather was not conducive. So instead we did a hike in the Badger Wilderness which promised more sunshine. Fall colors were only to be found in a few spots. But it was a great way to celebrate a birthday and the Equinox.
September 12, 2019 7.2 miles 2,000 feet gained
Great day to be out on the mountain. Walked up to about 7600' then ambled east cross country to the Timberline Trail. I like to cutoff the TT before it heads down to Lamberson and walk over to the one of the major forks that feeds Newton just below the glacier. It was super muddy and raging. Glad I wasn't trying to cross today! The flowers of course are most...
September 3, 2019 3 miles 250 feet gained
Did a little wandering in the mossy glen while scouting for a filed trip. Great place for a private picnic or stroll even though it's short and flat.
August 26, 2019 13.2 miles 2,000 feet gained
Had a great meander through the meadows and lakes at Jefferson Park.The flowers are mostly gone except in the wet areas. There was a really nice bloom at the South Breitenbush Meadows just past Park Lake. No bugs, not many people, and glorious views.
August 24, 2019 4 miles 250 feet gained
I had a fun day helping a friend restock game survey cameras for Cascadia Wild. Fun day meandering offtrail near the ski trails. I t was fun to look at the pics from the camera. There were photos of deer and a coyote or possibly a wolf. Hard to tell from the thumbnail pic we could see. Super fun day.
August 21, 2019 4.8 miles 250 feet gained
We needed a quick and easy hike after summiting South Sister before the car ride home. The rain caught us on the way back, but still a lovely hike.
August 20, 2019 12.2 miles 4,750 feet gained
The highest I've ever been. Amazing day up the mountain. Views galore. So glad I could do this one.
August 14, 2019 10 miles 2,750 feet gained
We ran out of time to make it to the top of Barrett Spur, but managed to make it up to about 7300 feet and a beautiful view. Amazing day.
August 6, 2019 3 miles 250 feet gained
Just a short leg stretcher post work from Clear Lake a few miles up the Blue Box trail.
August 5, 2019 8.1 miles 1,250 feet gained
Wandered the Timberline Trail over to Heather Canyon and then off trailed it for about a half mile up stream to check out all the waterfalls up that canyon. The flowers were fading a bit on the main trail but around water and up the canyon it was still glorious.
July 31, 2019 3.3 miles 750 feet gained
I had to scout a field trip, so I made a quick jaunt up above the Timberline Lodge to check on the bloom. It's looking good, mostly buckwheats. and some penstemons. Sadly, I ran out of time to go further.
July 25, 2019 12.6 miles 3,000 feet gained
Besides being lovely the bonus on this one is that it get's you up on Adams south side in two hours from Portland. It also has minimal gravel road driving and the gravel part is actually in fairly good shape. The the first 3ish miles of the trail are faint and I definitely wandered off a few times, but basically you just follow the Aiken Lava beds up. There ...
July 22, 2019 12 miles 2,500 feet gained
The flowers are drying out a bit but it's still amazing. I always feel like I am visiting a new world, where life is just starting when I'm at Mt St Helens. Beautiful day in the Monument.
July 14, 2019 10 miles 3,000 feet gained
Amazing blooms and views and a quiet summit for a Sunday. Wonderful day in the Badger Wilderness.
July 4, 2019 12 miles 1,750 feet gained
Fantastic day, fantastic company, views and flowers. What more could anyone want.
June 25, 2019 4 miles 500 feet gained
Just a little evening stroll to the top and a mile or short walk down the Oneonta trail.
June 24, 2019 13 miles 2,000 feet gained
The bloom is slowly starting up near Timberline. A few snow patches and no bugs. We started at Barlow Pass and wandered awhile around the lodge. Wonderful day.
June 17, 2019 7.7 miles 1,500 feet gained
Great day! Not too crowded. The snow is completely gone. The Rhodies and beargrass is looking great around the lake. Definitely some bugs from the lake up
June 15, 2019 7.7 miles 250 feet gained
Beautiful easy stroll along the Lewis with a few side trips. The swimming holes were remarkably uncrowded for a Saturday. Beautiful day.
June 13, 2019 14.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
I was just planning on doing the Mult/Wahkeena loop, but the mountain beckoned and so up I went. The montia and dicentra blooms are going crazy in the burn right now. Beargrass and Rhodies blooming near the top. Looks like there might be a good fireweed bloom in a few weeks in the burned areas. Beautiful day.
May 19, 2019 11.8 miles 3,000 feet gained
Even though the views were completely absent, it was a lovely, misty green day out in the woods. The flowers are starting lower down, the Rhodies are a few weeks away from bloom and there were actually a few flowers blooming valiantly at the summit. Amazing day.
May 12, 2019 10.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
So great to get out in a green unburned section of the gorge. Lots of small viewpoints along the Wygant trail mostly looking west. We went to the small hanging meadows past Wygant Peak and through use trails, old roads and a bit of bushwhacking made a loop from the top over to Mitchell Point. The poison oak is mostly avoidable on the trails, but there are a ...
May 6, 2019 10 miles 2,000 feet gained
Great day on Hamilton! After hitting the summit then the saddle, I took Don's Cutoff down to Upper Hardy Creek trail to check out the woodland bloom. Tons of yellow violets, some trillium, and bleeding hearts in the woods. Larkspur blooming in the exposed areas.
April 25, 2019 13.3 miles 2,750 feet gained
Great day in the monument. We started at the south Coldwater Ridge trail. Mostly snow free except for a few patches. One of them was too slippery, with a very steep run out, to navigate without a brief detour up and around. At the trail junction that heads down to the lake we kept going on the Ridge trail, for almost a mile east to check out the snow situati...
April 18, 2019 11 miles 3,000 feet gained
For all the many times I had been in the area, I had never returned from Devils Rest via Foxglove. The early bloom of Trilliums, oxalis and yellow violets is on to about 2200 feet and the Larkspur is almost ready lower down. The connector trail between Wahkeena and Multnomah is closed just beyond the junction with the Devils Rest Trail. Loved this first hot ...
April 14, 2019 8.6 miles 500 feet gained
Had a great day seeing the bloom start on an easy level trail, along the old highway to Twin Tunnels.
April 10, 2019 16.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Great rainy day hike. Lots of streams and small to medium waterfalls. We saw no one else out there. The trail is open to non motorized mountain bikes. The bloom is just starting. Great day.
March 31, 2019 8 miles 1,000 feet gained
Great day, cruising around in a big loop in this area. Sunny skies, minimal snow just in patches, a few mountain bikes up at the north end of the loop. Some clearcuts and great views up to Adams and down to Hood.
March 24, 2019 12.1 miles 2,250 feet gained
I wanted to see how the melt off was progressing, so I headed up to Herman Creek. The lot was full, but 90% of the folks were doing the Indian Point Loop. I just headed south, up the creek trail. I went about 6 miles in. The creek crossings were wet and a bit slippery but fine. Fairly continuous snow started at about the 5 mile mark, but was easy to navigate...
March 20, 2019 12.8 miles 250 feet gained
Desperate for some non snowy trail we headed east and had a lovely day checking out the already faint traces of last summers burn. The boxcar is gone, but lot's of lovely rocks remain.
March 3, 2019 6.3 miles 0 feet gained
Getting out to hike, has been difficult the last month, so I was happy to get out with friends who were doing a rehab hike. They had invited a couple of hikers, I had been wanting to meet for awhile. It's a really nice park, the trails are mostly paved, with lots of wetland views. It seems like a great birdwatcher area. Great day with great people.
February 17, 2019 6.8 miles 500 feet gained
Ducked off 26 on Lolo Pass Road just before the traffic slowdown this morning and drove up to the end of the plowed section of road and then snowshoed in to the Ramona Falls TH. Quite a few folks. Lolo Pass was packed snow in the morning and mostly bare pavement mid afternoon. Great snow and a wonderful day.
January 27, 2019 7.8 miles 1,500 feet gained
Great day with hundreds of other folks on the way to Tom Dick and Harry Ridge. The trail below Mirror lake is a complete ice rink, with melted water on top. Clear skies above and warm. Fantastic day.
