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9 miles / 1,750 feet gained / 1 night
Another overnight soul restoration. Goat Creek is extremely unremarkable, even a downright ugly campsite, but it's tough to beat the beautiful hike in and the lack of others that would stupidly sleep in the rain in December out here.
5 miles / 1,000 feet gained / 1 night
Quick overnight to the shelter at Elk Meadows. Delight.
49 miles / 12,000 feet gained / 6 nights
I was turning 30 on September 5th, and I used that as an excuse to do something I'd always wanted to—take a long meandering trip through the Wallowas. It turned out fantastic. We had gorgeously sunny, warm weather during the day with frozen nights. We spooked up families of grouse, met a herd of elk, drank coffee and watched salmon run in the Minam, and caug...
10 miles / 1,000 feet gained / 1 night
Met my dad at an offtrail lake in Indian Heaven. Great swimming, full of fish, and tried to refurb a campsite that hadn't been used in easily 20 years.
15 miles / 500 feet gained / 3 nights
The annual "Let's swim and drink and fish and swim" trip. So much swimming, so much fishing, so much good times. Siouxon's the best. It's getting very popular, though. There was an obscene amount of people on Saturday.
32 miles / 2,000 feet gained / 2 nights
Glacier was *amazing.* We spent two nights 13 miles up the Belly River along Glenn Lake. We saw many deer and signs of moose. The most surprising part of the trip was the lack of access to the water though—there was no "beach" to speak of anywhere on the two mile long lake.
21 miles / 2,000 feet gained
We were headed into the Egypt Lake area, but there was a massive landslide that took out multiple bridges along Pharaoh creek and totally changed the valley for literally miles. We did a few crossings but the water was really high and we ultimately turned back. Way too sketchy. There *was* a new trail built diverting around the slide, but the rangers didn't ...
8 miles / 1,000 feet gained / 1 night
This was the start of my wife Christy and I's roadtrip into Canada. With most of the high country in ONP still covered in snow, we chose to head out to the beach. The second overland crossing was intense—ropes, ladders, and lots of mud. The beach at Scott Creek is amazing though. It even comes complete with a perfect bouldering rock.
10 miles / 0 feet gained / 2 nights
Swimming trip out to Serene Lake. The rock on the SE side of the lake is spectacular for sun bathing, fishing, and swimming. Highly recommended.
10 miles / 0 feet gained / 1 night
Easy backpack into the Rock Lakes. We initially tried going up to the Frazier Turnaround but got, ahem, **turned around** by snow drifts. Without much day left and a three legged dog in tow starting from the Shellrock Lake trailhead, we decided to stop at the Rock Lakes instead of our initial destination of Serene.
5 miles / 0 feet gained / 2 nights
Recliner backpack to enjoy the obscenely good weather. Meditation point is gorgeous, but the water is fairly mucky.
6 miles / 0 feet gained / 1 night
6 miles / 500 feet gained / 1 night
Lovely early season camp along Opal Creek
24 miles / 7,500 feet gained / 3 nights
Myself and three friends went for a four-day weekend down to Trinity Alps Wilderness. While we found a bit more wintery of conditions than we expected, it was still gloriously warm and sunny while we were out there and there was very little snow.
23 miles / 5,500 feet gained / 1 night
Slept on the summit of Chinidere. Snow drifts in the wind walls made for a tiny little place to pitch a tarp. It was snowing and dark when we got to the top, but clear for the morning. Definitely a leg burner.
