December 21, 2018 3.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
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December 15, 2018 4 miles 500 feet gained
Wanted to check a trail I saw earlier from SR-14, but it only went ~50 yards to stone house ruins (which were pretty cool). Schwacked up above the ruins for an hour, but brush was pretty bad, what looked like deer trails just dissipated in the brush. On the way back went up Archer Mtn's High Valley, so my pup could run in the open. Picked some apples in old ...
December 8, 2018 3 miles 0 feet gained
December 5, 2018 5.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
December 2, 2018 3.5 miles 750 feet gained
Nice evening in the forest, but I was surprised at the degree of "decommissioning" on unofficial trails up there. BV Plateau is pretty much trail-less area now, for better or for worse (with the exception of Palmer Mill Rd).
November 22, 2018 3 miles 250 feet gained
November 18, 2018 8 miles 1,750 feet gained
This time with my parents. Gorgeous day on the mountain, we were lucky to hit the trail days before real snow arrived.
November 17, 2018 4.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
November 16, 2018 3 miles 1,000 feet gained
Lunch break hike, just 10 minutes from my work
November 11, 2018 8 miles 1,750 feet gained
Great day and sunset on the mountain. Saw some elk but was too slow to get a good picture, as usual. Was surprised to see California's smoke made it so far north, east of Hood and Jefferson into the Central Oregon. Saw some peaks of Coast Range too - visibility was great today.
November 10, 2018 3 miles 250 feet gained
November 8, 2018 4.4 miles 500 feet gained
Took half day off work to hike Timberline Trail, one last time before winter. There was 5-7'' of snow at 6000 feet, down to 3-5'' at 5600' - still pretty easy to break trail, while everything looked like real winter.
October 20, 2018 6.6 miles 1,000 feet gained
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October 12 to October 14, 2018 17.5 miles 3,750 feet gained 2 nights
Hiked to Killen Lake on Friday evening and set up a camp. Next day I went to High Camp, then continued to Glacier Lake. Adams Glacier looked nice and easy, with just a dusting of fresh snow, so I hiked to 7,800' for even better views. Adams Glacier is immense, when you're standing on it! On Sunday I took it easy because my foot hurt a bit, made a loop around...
October 7, 2018 6.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
October 6, 2018 7.7 miles 1,750 feet gained
Butte Camp trail with a bit of Loowit Trail. The mountain was all socked in at first, but started to open up, and then last clouds parted on the west side just as I got above the treeline! It was really cold there, but cloud action was awesome, and it was nice to see fresh snow on top.
September 26 to September 30, 2018 27 miles 8,500 feet gained 4 nights
Scrambling vacation in the Alpine Lakes, what can get better than this? Did pretty much the same route I've done three years ago - hiked to Rampart Lakes, Lilia Lake, Glacier and Icebox Lake, and to Chikamin Peak summit, with exciting part going over Hi Box Ridge and talus fields below Alta Pass. Planned my schedule better this time - no scrambling to knife-...
September 23, 2018 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
September 14 to September 15, 2018 9.75 miles 2,000 feet gained 1 night
Went after work on Friday and camped at trailhead, to get earlier start before rain arrives. Very warm night, full of stars. One trail runner ran downhill by my camp at midnight, then back uphill at 1am - now that's a dedication! I went to see some trails/ridges on southwest side of Gray Butte, then hiked over the summit on NW side, and returned on the road ...
September 8, 2018 7 miles 1,500 feet gained
September 1 to September 3, 2018 24 miles 2,750 feet gained 2 nights
Real wilderness, feels so wild and remote! Only PCT corridor was somewhat crowded. Lots of lakes and tarns, elk trails all over the place. I wanted to check out Tumac Mountain as well (for view of Rainier) but got carried away exploring the lakes.
August 25, 2018 4 miles 1,500 feet gained
Great steep hike when we're short on time. I'd like to say the ridge was same as always, but it was not. The forest is stressed by drought, rhodies are also drying out. We need some real rain.. P.S. Just realized we were there just 4 days before a woman, who was attacked and killed by a cougar, was reported missing.
August 18 to August 19, 2018 10 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Checked some of the little lakes/ponds I found earlier in spring in snow - wanted to see how they look in the summer. Swam in 4. Ate so much berries I got stomach ache. Met 2 rangers (while on trail) and got my permit checked. Saw a dozen of elk (was slow with my camera), then another lone elk on the way back. Sitting by one lake & drying up I observed a mou...
August 12, 2018 9 miles 1,500 feet gained
Family hike above Mt Hood Meadows.
August 9, 2018 2 miles 0 feet gained
Not really a hike, just a nice vacation day on a lake. Mosquitoes were minimal, berries - plentiful, finally the time to hit trails in Indian Heaven. But I need more practice swimming, it's been a long time..
August 4, 2018 1.5 miles 0 feet gained
Got a nice "hike" picking blueberries and peaches most of the day (to fill freezer for winter). One of the reasons I like living here is we're not limited to fruits from the mall, that taste like plastic. Now if we only get some decent rain so wild mushrooms can start..
July 28 to July 30, 2018 10 miles 0 feet gained 2 nights
Nice rest from the heat at the beach. Gorgeous gray skies, cold water, foggy 65 degrees, even some drizzle at night :) Low tides in the morning were the lowest I ever seen. Camped nearby in the Coast Range. It was nice to stay half day on Monday, before driving to work.
July 21 to July 24, 2018 33.5 miles 6,750 feet gained 3 nights
4 days of exploring mountain meadows, scree fields, abandoned trails, ponds, and waterfalls. So much to see there!
July 11 to July 12, 2018 2.5 miles 250 feet gained 1 night
Probably the laziest overnight trip (it was warm in low 80's, but so much better than near 100F at work); I got there on Wednesday just before dark, and spent Thursday swimming in the lake, going around it and checking out Little Boulder, and just reading in camp. Awesome day.
July 7 to July 8, 2018 6.5 miles 3,500 feet gained 1 night
Went to about 8,700, not sure if I found the actual Triangle Moraine but was somewhere close. Great breeze, great views, lots of butterflies (video @ the link). Unfortunately my camera died before I got to best stuff. Hiking on glacier was pretty cool, as well as view north to all the cliffs, and the falls at the head of Clark Creek..
July 6, 2018 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
Short hike after work. Slow, rocky road there, was surprised to see a Corolla at trailhead - it can certainly be done.
July 4, 2018 7 miles 1,250 feet gained
June 30, 2018 4 miles 1,000 feet gained
Great family hike, real gem but getting up "road" to North trailhead is hard on the car. We need to get that Discover Pass and park at Grouse Vista next time.
June 21 to June 24, 2018 30 miles 5,250 feet gained 3 nights
6 lakes+1 peak +7 passes = great formula for epic weekend (first night was car camping before the hike, but technically, a night under stars, so I think it counts)
June 16, 2018 7 miles 1,000 feet gained
June 7, 2018 2.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
June 3, 2018 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
May 25 to May 28, 2018 30 miles 5,000 feet gained 3 nights
3-day 2-night loop (plus night near car before hike), from Lookout Mtn over Round Mtn, down to Walton Lake and Ochoco campground, then up Duncan Butte & over Lookout back to the trailhead. About 1/3 of the loop was with no trail - I went on ATV trails and logging roads, with short cuts through forest. Real ponderosa country, loved most of the loop.
May 13 to May 14, 2018 14 miles 2,250 feet gained 1 night
May 2, 2018 2.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
April 22, 2018 4 miles 1,250 feet gained
Mostly offtrail / deer trails / wild hikers trails
April 12, 2018 67.9 miles 10,000 feet gained
Spent a week with my family in north/central Arizona; we did 2 short/medium hikes each day.
March 31, 2018 6.8 miles 2,250 feet gained
Tried new loop with ridge off Bald Butte's west side - much better views than going via powerline road. Want to repeat when balsamroot bloom starts. GPS track is in the link
March 25, 2018 4 miles 1,000 feet gained
March 18, 2018 2.5 miles 500 feet gained