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5 miles / 1,250 feet gained / 1 night
New Year's backpack to watch the fireworks at Timberline Lodge. This bookmarked our year out since we camped at the same spot New Year's Eve 2017. It was 12 degrees and cold, but we had two of our adult children with us as well as our daughter's ex and were able to scrape enough gear together for five so it was a deliriously great night! Last year I had trou...
5 miles / 1,000 feet gained / 1 night
We saw a break in the weather and it turned out to be one of the best nights out in snow. 80% moon. Hoping for lots more like it this winter.
5.5 miles / 2,750 feet gained / 1 night
Wind forced us into a bowl without a view of Hood, but today, we hiked to the top of the Palmer chairlift and it was glorious.
2.5 miles / 500 feet gained / 1 night
Backpacked up the west climbers trail, then the wind hit. We packed up in the morning in our tent without any coffee and headed home. Whew!
4 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Met identical twin hikers to surprise them and give them treats.
8 miles / 3,750 feet gained
Wanted to backpack Saturday night, but rain and wind on Hood sounded less than ideal. So Kevin plotted the idea to head to Illumination Rock and we made it! Gorgeous new snow and ice on the rocks!
62 miles / 12,500 feet gained / 4 nights
Four days, four night backpack in Yosemite. It was hard.
5.5 miles / 2,500 feet gained / 1 night
Went up the Climbers Trail, spent the night and continued up to Palmer, headed west and down to the Timberline Trail and back to the lodge. Possibly the best time on the mountain this summer!
2 miles / 500 feet gained / 1 night
No judging. We started hiking at 7:30pm and our goal was a good spot for the meteor shower.
12 miles / 4,750 feet gained / 1 night
Started hiking at 7pm and made it to the shelter on the Timberline Trail in record time. Set up our tent at 7,000', caught the stars, then woke up and headed up to 8500' and all the way back down. Ouchy toes.
3 miles / 500 feet gained / 1 night
We simply wanted to get some star shots, so only hiked 1.5 miles out, set up camp.
28.5 miles / 5,000 feet gained / 3 nights
Well, I got nailed by mosquito and ant bites with long sleeves and long pants. Errggg. Other than that, No Name Lake was possibly the most beautiful scene we have ever encountered.
9 miles / 2,000 feet gained / 1 night
Got a 7:30pm start on the trail and headed to our favorite spot east of Timberline Lodge. After a drizzly night, we woke to a gorgeous morning and checked out Zig Zag canyon.
4.5 miles / 2,500 feet gained / 1 night
Late night hike to catch some stars and elevation.
5 miles / 2,000 feet gained
Passed out candy to unsuspecting fathers. Most were delighted.
10 miles / 3,000 feet gained / 1 night
Beautiful night under the stars.
17.5 miles / 3,500 feet gained / 1 night
There were SO, SO many trees blown down that we crawled over, around, under and through that we'll not be doing this trail any time soon.
6 miles / 1,500 feet gained / 1 night
Beautiful night under the stars sleeping on snow with the rainfly off. Tricky conditions with snow/melted areas on the return back to the car.
6 miles / 750 feet gained
Drizzly, but gorgeous hike in Forest park Germantown to mile 21 and back.
8 miles / 1,250 feet gained
Hiked from Rt. 16 to High Rock and back to Pen Mar.
4 miles / 1,250 feet gained / 1 night
Gorgeous Saturday and windy, chilly Easter morning, but we had chocolate bunnies and plastic eggs.
3.5 miles / 500 feet gained
Hiked up to Pittock Mansion to catch the sunrise. No such luck, but we did catch a bunch of rain.
5.5 miles / 500 feet gained / 1 night
4.5 miles / 1,500 feet gained / 1 night
Night hiked to our favorite spot. Used microspikes because snow shoes were overkill on the hard packed snow.
6 miles / 500 feet gained
Miserable weather in the mountains so Plan B again.
10 miles / 750 feet gained / 1 night
Our original plan was to catch some stars at Trillium Lake, but a traffic fatality by Rhododendron changed our plans. Since we were night hiking, we chose the route from the closed bridge to the Sandy crossing on the Ramona Falls trail and spent the night off the trail. Micro spikes would have helped, but we left them in the car. This Is a perfect reason to ...
7 miles / 750 feet gained
Miserable weather in the mountains, so Plan B.
6.5 miles / 1,750 feet gained / 1 night
Hiked up White River to catch the Timberline Lodge fireworks.