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December 31, 2022 12 miles 750 feet gained
Great day starting at the top with no snow. The snow and ice increased significantly on the way down. We did the ornament trail which is always fun and Waespe and Nesika Lodge which was having an open house, Then headed down to Multnomah Falls where we left a car for shuttling us back up. Between Multnomah Basin and the Falls was super sketchy. One kid had s...
December 19, 2022 4.5 miles 500 feet gained
I never get tired of seeing the lacy ice that gets formed along the creek.
November 9, 2022 3.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Did a few miles up the Tilly Jane trail. The snow was easy to walk on until we hit the ridge about 1.5 miles up.
October 7, 2022 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
I haven't hiked as much this summer. But the gorge is still beautiful.
September 24, 2022 11.7 miles 1,500 feet gained
Great hike up to Deep Lake. The huckleberry foliage is beautiful right now.
August 29, 2022 8 miles 1,500 feet gained
The flowers are mostly gone in the meadows but we climbed up to the tarn and then scrambled up to the saddle and wandered around. Wonderful last day of August!
August 25, 2022 4 miles 1,750 feet gained
I wanted to try and get my altitude legs back so I drove with a friend and did a short but steep hike up above and a bit east Timberline Lodge. The bloom is mostly done, but the views were great of the area and down into White Rive Canyon.
August 13, 2022 8 miles 1,000 feet gained
Did a lovely Covid recovery hike up to Heather Canyon and then bushwhacked a little ways up the creek. All the creeks are still really high on the mountain right now. And a ton of people today but wonderful
July 18, 2022 15.4 miles 3,000 feet gained
Great day hiking up the Herman Creek Trail through Cedar Swamp to the East Fork Crossing.
July 12, 2022 8.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
The bloom is on! I hiked up from Grouse Vista to the top, then came down and walked the ridge line north paralleling Ed's Trail to see the bloom out there. Beautiful!! Dead calm, so the bugs were out but not too bad. Excellent day with a great crew.
July 1, 2022 9.4 miles 3,000 feet gained
Early morning outing to the red rock viewpoint up the PCT on the way to Benson Plateau. Marvelous
June 29, 2022 13.4 miles 3,250 feet gained
Beautiful day but definitely an adventure. We parked at Multnomah Falls. 400 trail over to Oneonta. Amazing views of the upper gorge. Up to Franklin Ridge. Once we got into the burn on Franklin Ridge it was crazy amounts of six foot plus brush covering the trail. Once you start descending from the ridge it started clearing up. Then we took the Larch Mountain...
June 25, 2022 12.2 miles 3,500 feet gained
Fantastic five peak day. No snow on the trail except one small patch. The rhodies were blooming further down but the big rhodie alley is a few weeks away from bloom. Saw a geo cache up there for the first time and signed the summit register. Beautiful clear day!!!
June 21, 2022 6.4 miles 1,500 feet gained
Happy Solstice Hikers! Great day taking a quick hike up in the Angels Rest area.
June 12, 2022 6.1 miles 1,250 feet gained
Had a lovely easy day hiking out to the falls. Super full and beautiful.
June 9, 2022 18 miles 1,250 feet gained
Did the south end of Surveyors, which is always quieter. The blooms are just getting started. A couple of weeks, I think, if the weather stays cool. We started at the Clinger Springs area, where the trail comes next to Rd 44. We generally headed north, scrambling up a few small peaks on the way and going past Shellrock mountain. There are mountain bikers out...
May 23, 2022 6.8 miles 1,250 feet gained
Beautiful day amongst the wildflowers. Two easy hikes and ice cream to finish
May 22, 2022 8.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
No snow, beautiful views, and Glacier Lilies. Tanner Butte was looking amazing in the distance. Wonderful day!
May 8, 2022 10 miles 1,750 feet gained
Did a lesser know area of Catherine Creek up at the top of Tracy Hill to an old Adirondack two-seater in a meadow. The lupine on the east side and higher up still hasn't bloomed. but al the mini flowers are at peak. Fantastic day and good company.
May 4, 2022 8.4 miles 0 feet gained
I walked from my house to join Keri Sprenger to do an urban loop while her wife got some dentistry done. We saw a goose tending an egg, multiple dragon boats, and lots of Portlanders worshipping the sun. Awesome afternoon.
April 23, 2022 8 miles 1,000 feet gained
I'd say the bloom is at peak below the ranch. Both Lupine and Balsam going well with some Phlox blooming. Super crowded which was to be expected, but lovely.
April 23, 2022 8 miles 1,750 feet gained
New route for me with a little offtrail. Balsam root still is going strong and will be for a while. Lupine is just starting. Great hike.
April 17, 2022 6 miles 1,250 feet gained
Flowers are just starting and it wasn't too crowded.
April 15, 2022 4 miles 500 feet gained
A slow pace and a tight schedule made for a short hike. We started at Newberry Road, heading east along the Wildwood. The powerline was draped over the parking area. Tons of trees were down, but only a few required a roundabout off-trail. But it was pretty thick. Super nice. Trilliums and Violets were blooming, and other blooms were starting to pop. Lovely d...
April 10, 2022 14.8 miles 4,000 feet gained
Super fun loop. We headed north from the Hamilton Saddle and continued up out of the park on a brushy abandoned road. We hit a gravel road and took it west until it looped south and when we were directly below Phlox Point on the east side did a short 250' off trail to the top. Steep and super brushy but very short. Fat fluffy snowflakes were blowing all arou...
April 7, 2022 9 miles 500 feet gained
I don't often add my urban hikes, but I figure if I have to avoid the poison oak along the side of the trail it's a real hike. Haha.
March 24, 2022 10 miles 3,250 feet gained
Had a great day up Herman Creek. We took Nick Eaton Way Trail up to the ridgeline and headed south. to about a half-mile past the Deadwood Trail. We decided to go down that way. Nick Eaton was a bit brushy past PK 3152 but not much blowdown. There is no longer a sign at the junction with the Deadwood trail and it's faint, snowed over, and has blowdown coveri...
March 22, 2022 7 miles 2,000 feet gained
My first snow trip up there. There were no tracks, and the trail was often unapparent. There were huge sections of no snow lower down, but pretty quickly, we needed spikes, and it was still challenging and hard to kick steps in, in some places. Navigation is definitely required, and even with a track, the trail was often not a good route. But the sun was out...
March 6, 2022 8.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Fabulous day! We hiked up Tracy Hill, headed west, and then headed up the old road that heads to the public land boundary. Just barely in public land there is a meadow with a set of double adirondack chairs with a view of Hood. Awesome day, great company.
February 25, 2022 7.5 miles 500 feet gained
Just a dusting of snow on the trail and here and there in the woods. Awesome pre weekend hike/stroll.
February 19, 2022 14.8 miles 2,750 feet gained
With snow being super scarce I made it up to Cedar Swamp. People have been chipping away at the blowdown past Casey camp. So beautiful. Such a fun day.
January 29, 2022 11 miles 1,500 feet gained
Great day. They are doing constructuion near Hidden Falls on the weekdays and have a closed sign just before the falls, but no workers on Saturday!
January 16, 2022 5.6 miles 750 feet gained
Great day. Some icy spots and spikes were helpful for the way down. But most people didn't have them and were fine.
January 15, 2022 11 miles 1,750 feet gained
We set out thinking Phlox Point if snow allowed. The road that goes off of Kueffler to the equestrian TH is closed. So we went over to Hamilton with the thought of seeing if we could get up Phlox that way. No snow until we were on the Equestrian Trail. We hit a place where snowshoes would have been helpful, although they would have also been challenging sinc...
January 9, 2022 8 miles 1,250 feet gained
Bluebird day in the snow. So lovely along the PCT. Slushy and icy. Spikes might be helpful the next day or two.