Team Reynolds

July 7, 2014 Henderson Creek 3 miles 250 feet gained

Explored Cooper Ridge and Mike Miller trails south of Newport OR

June 30, 2014 Oak Island 3 miles 0 feet gained

Not much to see here unless you like cows... trying out the new camera.

June 28, 2014 Stackpole Harbor 4.5 miles 0 feet gained

OMG mosquitoes!!!!!!!!!! Otherwise very muddy and not so interesting... but, we found a young sea otter sleeping on the beach. VERY cute and something I never thought we'd see. Good thing there was nobody there to bother it.

June 28, 2014 Beards Hollow 2.5 miles 250 feet gained

Frogs EVERYWHERE! Short family hike with the daughter and her friends to visit the lighthouse. Awesome ripe thimbleberries and white Foxglove in bloom.

June 27, 2014 3.5 miles 0 feet gained

On the way home saw this trailhead and had to stop. Not much to recommend... saw a few interesting birds, this is the Cedar Waxwing.

June 27, 2014 1000 Acres Road 3.5 miles 0 feet gained

Climbed up to Hamilton Saddle the other day on the mountain bikes (which was epic) and was scheduled to do Barlow Pass today but the forecast was so bad we bagged it... with the unexpected hole in the rain we had to go somewhere so we did out of the blue. Pretty area, great for dogs, bit boring of a hike.. the clouds were the star of the show today. At least...

June 26, 2014 Steigerwald Lake 3 miles 0 feet gained

Found a hole in the weather and went to see the local wildlife with our daughter and her friend. Saw deer, red tail hawks, harrier hawk, many bittren, red headed wood-pecker, bunny, bullfrog and maybe even a golden eagle. The girls enjoyed it and it was nice getting out of the house.

June 21, 2014 Elowah Falls 4 miles 750 feet gained

A nice family hike with all of the girls. McCord was nice and the trail was interesting but Elowah was really the star of the day. We also took them out to see Mosier Falls before dinner at Full Sail and a walk along the sand bar in Hood River. Next time we are going to use this trailhead to go out to Wahclella.

June 18, 2014 Sherrard Point 12.5 miles 3,000 feet gained

Parked at the start of the Oneonta Trail and headed down to Franklin Ridge trail, down Franklin through some spectacularly overgrown trail segments to the spur that goes to the super semi-secret awesome overlook ;), then across to Larch Mtn Trail and back up to Sherrard (on a clear sunny afternoon finally), and the 1/4 mile road trek down to the car. What is...

June 10, 2014 The Island 5 miles 750 feet gained

Stayed in the State Park deluxe cabins and hiked this beautiful trail out to "The Island" overlook. It was a little on the hot side but it was amazing. From the top you can see every peak from Bachelor to Hood...

June 9, 2014 Painted Hills 3 miles 500 feet gained

Finally had to leave our little cabin in the woods and head for civilization, but a stop at Painted Hills was our treat for the day. We did all the trails and the Rim Trail is the BEST climbing up and above everything with a view to every section of the park. More amazing geology and history, and another Natl Park in our book. If you collect Natl Park cancel...

June 8, 2014 Strawberry Campground 6.5 miles 1,250 feet gained

Stayed at the US Forest Service Deer Creek Guard Station, very cool and utterly solitary place to stay, local forest service could learn from Malheur's fantastic road maintenance and signage (maybe they are better funded). WOW!! What an amazing scenic hike. Pictures just will not do it justice, the lake is just the start and the Falls were pounding from all ...

June 7, 2014 Turtle Cove 4 miles 1,000 feet gained

Hit the Overlook and the Island In Time trails, both amazing for different reasons. Overlook trail, which climbs around and up over the basin, is MUCH less crowded and has fantastic views of the surrounding valley. Also swung over to the Cant Ranch and the Paleontology Center where we met a gopher snake friend in the parking lot. Then it was off to our weeke...

May 31, 2014 Hamilton Island 3.5 miles 250 feet gained

Needed another hike to go with our Wind Mtn day so we decided to go back and loop this one. AMAZING views of Munra, Wauneke, Wauna, Nesmith, Table, Hamilton, Aldrich, Greenleaf, Sacagawea, Cedar, etc... Very photogenic hilltop meadow location full of pretty flowers. Once again, a very nice place to explore on a nice day.

May 31, 2014 Wind Mountain 2.5 miles 1,000 feet gained

Great little hike with a buster of a climb, but not boring at all.. 18 logs to go under/over and the ability to stand on the very tip-top of a mountain. Really cool Native American history in the area as well. Standing on the top all by ourselves with beautiful views all around, looking over at Dog Mtn with my binoculars at the CROWD standing on top. Good hi...

May 30, 2014 Niagra Falls 2.5 miles 500 feet gained

Excellent hike with the family. I seem to be driving a lot of gravel lately, this is only 5 miles of it and no pot holes hardly at all, even did it in the Prius. Well worth the 17 mile drive inland from Beaver to see Pheasant and Niagara falls.

May 30, 2014 Cape Meares Lake 2 miles 0 feet gained

Family hike day! Too late to do the whole loop but had a blast with the family and dogs all the same, nice beach and lots of treasures to look at. Dinner at the new Pelican Tap room in Tillamook.

May 28, 2014 Rock Creek Lake 9 miles 2,000 feet gained

After a few Mountain Bike trips it was back to hiking the trail today. Complete solitude and awesome views were the story of the day along with the gentle graded climb. We went south on the PCT about 3.5 miles then looped back up to 3CR on the logging roads (with one small bushwhack due to a missed cutoff) which offered MUCH better views than the forested tr...

May 19, 2014 Grassy Knoll 6 miles 1,750 feet gained

The Hike: Not a soul in the whole area and 72 degrees with maybe 8mph wind on top of the knoll. The beginning climb is steep in places but never too steep and the views starting from the first rock outcropping at about 3/4 mile are spectacular. Hood River and HR Mtn, Adams, Hood, the Gorge, Dog and Aug, it was just fabulous. Found 1 3ft patch of snow at 3800...

May 16, 2014 Greenleaf Slough 4.5 miles 250 feet gained

Great hike with the Family. Hamilton Creek restoration project, Fort Cascade Trail was super cool forested and had lots of interesting history lessons along the way and Strawberry Island was just an amazing meadow hike with wonderful views in ALL directions. Didn't realize that Hamilton Mtn looks like a gorilla from that perspective, the top is so boring. :)...

May 14, 2014 Dog Creek 6.5 miles 2,750 feet gained

What a friggin climb. Hot and humid, no breeze... at least there was solitude. Only saw 3 people all day and had the summit to ourselves. Counterclockwise rotation, spur to Kings Mtn summit, scary steep sliding rocks decent down across KM Jr (bring poles and maybe spikes), and back. Summit of KM was gorgeous and covered in flowers, but views were limited. Wh...

May 11, 2014 Horsethief Butte 2 miles 0 feet gained

Great place to go exploring, and don't miss the drive across the lake to see the Petroglyphs... also stopped by Dalles Mountain Ranch and met with some Marmots.

May 8, 2014 Hardtack Island 5 miles 250 feet gained

Nice walk around the wetlands. Saw a hawk catch a small rodent and and watched a big duck family with 13 babies.

April 29, 2014 Mosier Creek 3 miles 500 feet gained

I liked this better than McCall Point. Very nice waterfall and a gradual climb up above Mosier. Complete solitude today, and of course wildflowers all over the place. We took the gravel road down and followed the road back to town to make a loop. Any hike that ends with ice cream is a good hike...

April 29, 2014 Rowena Crest 3.5 miles 1,000 feet gained

What a great day! 85 degrees and lots of views, since we were just over at Catherine Creek last week it's cool to see it from this side. The Lupine, Paintbrush and Balsam Root are EVERYWHERE. Good ROI for the distance...

April 28, 2014 Short Sand Beach 5 miles 750 feet gained

Gorgeous weather, incredible huge old growth Spruce and gnarly Cedar, great views, suspension bridge, fording a small creek on the beach minimal mud, all good, except I was jealous of all the surfers.

April 28, 2014 Neahkahnie Mountain 1 miles 250 feet gained

Short walk down to a rock out cropping between two cliffs. Watching the water tear into the rock all around while birds fly by and a little waterfall drops to the ocean. Little do you know that the underneath side of the rock your on is all carved out as well. More people should do this it was so cool. The trail is almost invisible from the parking lot. Just...

April 28, 2014 Neahkahnie Mountain 3 miles 1,000 feet gained

Mid seventies at the beach, what could be better? This was not our favorite hike of the day...

April 24, 2014 Catherine Creek Shortcut 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained

A perfect second trip to Catherine Creek area. Climbed up Rowland Ridge all the way up to the upper trail and back down Catherine Creek. Watch out for the poison oak everywhere along the creek. We took the time to loop the Arch this time and also did the 1 mile paved loop across from the trailhead. Flowers everywhere and vultures and hawks followed us the wh...

April 17, 2014 Lymp Creek 10.5 miles 3,000 feet gained

A beautiful day on the trail all by ourselves. This hike is a relentless climb but the different vegetation and changing landscape as you climb keep it really interesting, I LOVE ridge hikes. And Hood was finally revealed on our way down, there is a really nice rock outcropping at about 4 miles in at 3500 ft that makes a great shorter turn around point.

April 10, 2014 2.5 miles 0 feet gained

OK, also not really a hike but this is one of our favorite places to visit and learn. Current wild animal forensics exhibit is fascinating. More people should go here.

April 9, 2014 Fort Rock 1.5 miles 250 feet gained

Everyone stayed in the car and I walked around this awe inspiring edifice completely alone for an hour. One of the coolest experiences I've had.

April 9, 2014 1.5 miles 250 feet gained

Not a dog friendly hike. But incredible and I could have spent MUCH more time here. Bats in the walls, hot and desert on top cold and snow in the deep parts, this was one of the strangest things I have ever seen. A helluva long drive to get there.

April 9, 2014 The Dead Slough 2 miles 250 feet gained

Miles available along the Deshutes River, the largest Ponderosa Pine in Oregon, McGregor Memorial Viewpoint... too many miles to just walk around this would be best served by a mountain bike trip, and it connects to Falls Creek Trails as well.

April 8, 2014 Smith Rock 4.5 miles 1,000 feet gained

Hard for this place not to be beautiful, so it was. We took two 14yo girls and 2 Basett hounds over Misery ridge and back around the loop. Crazy? Maybe... Everyone loved it but the dogs are still recovering... at LaPine State Park we even met the man who headed up the crew that built the trail. Thee will be much more exploring here without the additional tra...

April 8, 2014 1 miles 0 feet gained

OK, not really a hike but an awesome stop on the way to Smith Rock. Amazing 350 ft deep canyon, well worth the stop.

April 2, 2014 Cattail Lake 11 miles 2,500 feet gained

Sometimes its not climbing something that gives you the best view, it is looking at it from the right perspective. This hike up to the canyon below the cliffs of Table Mountain is underrated. The trail is gentle and scenic once you get up the OHV path and the visible layers in the remnants of Table Mountain are no less than geology porn. Aldrich Butte is a s...

March 29, 2014 Enid Lake 3.5 miles 500 feet gained

I like snowshoeing more when we're breaking trail. Kurt's Connection to Glacier View and Back up Pioneer Bridal was all just us and the tracks were almost gone from the recent snows (nice), after we hit Enid Lake Loop it was just following the channel... but we only saw a few people out today so it was nice. Spent 20 minutes by ourselves at the lake and made...

March 28, 2014 Jackson Bottom 3 miles 0 feet gained

Tired of being trapped by the deluge we found a hole in the storms and ran to Hillsboro for a quick look around the wetlands. Some trails are still a little flooded but lots of wildlife out enjoying the sun with us.

March 23, 2014 Catherine Creek Shortcut 10.5 miles 2,750 feet gained

What a great first trip to this amazing area! So many different kinds of trails and environments all in one hike and still more to go see that we didn't get to. The rock arch, flocks of Stellar Jays, water cascades like they were built by Disney, cliffs everywhere... Second favorite hike ever.

March 22, 2014 7 miles 1,750 feet gained

OK, now THIS is our favorite Forest Park hike. Amazing views (if you can forgive the power lines) of all three snowy peaks to the north as well as expansive views of the Columbia. Nice trail, fewer people and lots of open sunny trails. Not to mention the secret creek shrine, leave a pretty river pebble. Firelane 15 up and down to Firelane 12 right to Firelan...

March 19, 2014 Doane Point 4.5 miles 1,250 feet gained

Great loop in Portland's big back yard up my favorite ascent. Not much time today so we went local, Ridge from the bottom to the top with lovely views of St John's Bridge, up Firelane 7 down Springville back across connector to Firelane 7, down to Firelane 7A and a short walk back up the street. This descent was exciting and one of the steepest I've seen in ...

March 17, 2014 Barlow Pass 3.5 miles 500 feet gained

Great exhausting short hike breaking fresh tracks the whole way. Even with snowshoes we were 12" deep most of the time. Pioneer Women's Grave was interesting and the views were spectacular. We just found our own way up sort of following the original wagon route back to Barlow Pass. Another great day on Hood!

March 12, 2014 Pyramid Rock 8.5 miles 2,250 feet gained

We did this one clockwise.... much better done counter clockwise. The viewless climb UP Sturgeon Rock trail was a chore. Beautiful day though and didn't see anybody on the trail.

March 6, 2014 Summit 5 miles 500 feet gained

Great snowshoe and only saw 1 person on the trail. You can continue to Trillium lake but we ran out of time, great back way to the lake.

February 25, 2014 Cold Creek 9 miles 1,250 feet gained

Our favorite way to do this trail. The hike north along Cedar Creek is absolutely beautiful, the clear cuts provide nice views and good raptor hunting grounds and the temp was around 50 and sunny. Great day... saw the top of St Helens and a bald eagle flew right over us.

February 22, 2014 Elliott Creek 8.5 miles 1,750 feet gained

Very nice loop with LOTS of water crossings and beautiful weather. Except for one mountain biker going the other way we didn't see anyone all day. If you do this from Summit trailhead and go clockwise be prepared for a steep climb at the end.

February 20, 2014 Frog Lake Campground 2.5 miles 250 feet gained

Just a quick one, didn't make it to the lakes before we ran out of time. We'll be back...

February 20, 2014 Switchback Falls 1 miles 250 feet gained

Headed a ways up White River Canyon but got turned around by the wind blowing ice daggers down the canyon.

February 20, 2014 Barlow Pass 1.5 miles 0 feet gained

Quick trek to try out new snowshoes in deep powder