August 18 to August 19, 2012 4.5 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
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Hikes by Shane in 2012
August 11 to August 12, 2012 16 miles 2,000 feet gained 1 night
Made a quick overnight to Dome camp from the Johnston Ridge Observatory. Feasted on huckleberries and strawberries along the way. Caught a glimpse of about a dozen elk. Watched the Perseid meteor shower until 2:30 in the morning. Hiked back. Good times had by all.
July 25 to July 27, 2012 21 miles 3,000 feet gained 2 nights
I'll have to add to this later. All I can say for now is that this was an amazing parade of lakes, valleys, mountains, waterfalls, meadows, trout, and general fantastic-ness that I will guarantee a return to this area to do a more thorough exploration. You really get everything you could hope for in this hike. Want to fish? You can hardly get your caddis on ...
July 23 to July 24, 2012 12 miles 2,500 feet gained 1 night
This lake is spectacular! Not only were the lakes, creek and surrounding mountains spectacular, but the wildlife was too. On our way into the lake, we saw 3 white-tail bucks and a WOLVERINE! Unfortunately, it was evening by the time we got to the lake, and our cameras weren't up to the task of capturing the shy beast, but no matter, I don't think I'll be for...
July 4, 2012 6.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
July 2, 2012 7 miles 2,250 feet gained
June 26, 2012 7.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
The rain was supposed to let up by noon, but accuweather failed again. OH well. The bear grass and rhododendrons were blooming like crazy, and I found a few spring morels to boot! Jon and I stopped for lunch and to dry off a bit at the fire lookout before heading down. A good day, a solid hike. I'll be heading back with good weather, for sure!
June 19, 2012 10 miles 3,750 feet gained
It was rainy. Found a salamander/ orange-bellied lizard of some kind. Jon and I were attacked by an angry hen. We reached the top, and views were obscured by the clouds. Caught some good sights on the way down. It was a successful day.
June 10, 2012 6 miles 1,250 feet gained
We decided to hit this hike up on the way home from a weekend near Bend.The plan was to do Potato Butte, but the conditions had other ideas. The snow starts on this hike around Red Lake. It's hard packed and melting, so you only punch through once in a while. The trail is a mess though, more of a creek or a bog than a trail in some places. Red Lake and Averi...
June 9, 2012 3.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
June 5, 2012 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
June 2 to June 3, 2012 14 miles 4,000 feet gained 1 night
May 17, 2012 8 miles 5,500 feet gained
It was frigid cold at about 2am as Kevin, Jon and I left the parking lot, wind gusts blasting us with sand and snow at ~30-35 miles per hour. Riding on 2 hours of sleep, hiking by headlamp in the dark and platypus hose frozen solid (despite blowing the water out of it each time) you wonder for a moment if you're making the right choice. We were. The sun star...
May 11 to May 12, 2012 18 miles 3,250 feet gained 1 night
Some friends and I spent a delightfully hot night out camped by Siouxon Falls. Did a little fishing and a lot of enjoyable hanging out. Woke up the next morning, and we decided to try for a loop around Siouxon Peak. We went the way of Chinook Falls and Creek, which was an easy ford one way, and an easy tree crossing the other way (not for those with poor bal...
May 5, 2012 4 miles 250 feet gained
April 22, 2012 6 miles 2,750 feet gained
April 15, 2012 10 miles 5,500 feet gained
March 23 to March 25, 2012 10 miles 250 feet gained 2 nights
See Kyle Meyer's TR. It's really good.
March 4, 2012 7 miles 2,500 feet gained
January 29, 2012 3 miles 750 feet gained
January 6 to January 7, 2012 10 miles 5,000 feet gained 1 night
See Kyle Meyer's TR. It's really accurate.