September 3 to September 5, 2011 18 miles 3,500 feet gained 2 nights
Camped out with a big group of friends at Lake Stuart for 2 nights. Day hiked to Colchuck Lake, swam around and caught/cooked up a bunch of delicious trout! Great weekend!
Shane
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Hikes by Shane in 2011
August 28, 2011 10 miles 1,500 feet gained
August 13 to August 14, 2011 8 miles 1,750 feet gained 1 night
Awesomeness! Had a great trip: swimming, fishing and hiking. Also, the place is covered in wild blueberries. We came out with just enough to make a delicious blueberry pie!
August 2, 2011 7 miles 1,750 feet gained
The snow is gone. The water is cool, but eminently swimmable! The views, amazing!
July 2 to July 4, 2011 8 miles 1,250 feet gained 2 nights
Spent a couple nights camping out at Grass Lake. We took the afternoon to climb up towards the Cracked Cragg, but snow stopped us short. It was an amazing trip, and I can't wait to go back in a year with normal snow-level.
June 23, 2011 10 miles 4,500 feet gained
June 17 to June 18, 2011 6 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
Nice day for a nice hike. Even better day for eating delicious lake trout and sleeping under the stars!
June 14, 2011 6.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
Saw the TR for this hike on portlandhikers, and had to go check out the wildflowers. They are immaculate, but I left my camera in the car. We didn't quite make it to the summit because we had to get back to town. No worries there - I've been to the top, just wanted to see the flowers in person.
June 9, 2011 7 miles 5,500 feet gained
Only a very good reason is going to get me out of bed by 4:00 AM. Promise of a sunny, 53 degree day on MSH fits that bill. Kyle, Jon, Kevin and I set out from the trailhead just after 7. My Salomon Comet 3D GTXs, Kahtoola Microspikes and Outdoor Research gaiters were more than adequate to keep me stable and dry the whole way up. It was really warm, and by th...
June 3 to June 4, 2011 18 miles 4,750 feet gained 1 night
It was beautiful out, so we hoped to spend the day by a just-melted Wahtum Lake. Unfortunately, Wahtum is still very much covered in snow, and there was enough snow around to discourage Kyle, Jon and I from completing that part of the trip. We did get to do a little glissade on the way down from the ridge to Tomlike; that was fun. It was a gorgeous day, and ...
May 11, 2011 9 miles 2,500 feet gained
This was a beautiful day, and the wildflowers are certainly in bloom. Unfortunately, the trail is very unclear, so we ended up kind of making our own, treading lightly and around as many of the flowers as possible. Climbed up to the top of the area, an un-named mountain to the East of Stacker Butte. We decided to name it Moundtain.
May 7 to May 8, 2011 16 miles 1,500 feet gained 1 night
The forecast must have kept most people from venturing out this weekend. We only saw a handful of people on the hike out to 7.5 Mile Camp. While it was supposed to rain the whole time, we never saw more than some spats of rain until about dinner time. The rain didn't let up until morning though, so no hope of a campfire. It was beautiful out on Sunday, hardl...
May 4, 2011 20.5 miles 6,000 feet gained
Kyle Meyer has a good one of this hike. It was beautiful out, but that just made the snow impassable by the afternoon. Too bad. We'll be back.
April 21 to April 22, 2011 16 miles 3,500 feet gained 1 night
April 20, 2011 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
I've done versions of this hike many times, and I'll say it's been improving. The portlandhikers.org page is now inaccurate, the signage is fairly good on this hike now. The only confusion from today was due to the construction zone plopped down right by where the trail crosses Hwy 14. We turned around at this point instead of venturing down because it's jus...
April 16 to April 17, 2011 6 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
April 14, 2011 6 miles 2,000 feet gained
On a rainy Thursday afternoon, we went for a quick afternoon hike. The clouds made for a great layered view of the Gorge today. Contrary to Kyle's TR, I believe this hike was just shy of 2,000 feet elevation gain.
April 9, 2011 7 miles 1,250 feet gained
It was a beautiful day on the trail. Dry, and just enough clouds in the sky to make leaving the sunglasses in the car a fine idea. The hike is fairly easy, and set on a nice wide trail. There were a handful of cars at the trailhead, but we only passed a single group of two the whole time out and back. While the hike doesn't have the waterfalls and evergreens...
April 3, 2011 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
It was a nice, sunny Sunday. Very crowded with the mountain bikers, and the wind was howling. Otherwise, it was great! Flowers are coming up, and it's close enough to Hood River that you can't finish this one and NOT stop by Double Mountain on the way home. Great day!
March 26, 2011 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
Fun day, super intense hike/climb. There was a double rainbow, which was awesome! This hike will be better soon. The wet rocks on the boulder field really slowed us down.
March 23, 2011 8 miles 2,250 feet gained
March 21 to March 22, 2011 12.5 miles 3,000 feet gained 1 night
March 13 to March 14, 2011 23 miles 500 feet gained 1 night
Great weekend! We had to deal with a few clouds when we set out, but it was sunny and almost 60 degrees when we arrived at camp. There wasn't a ton of scenery changes or elevation gains, but it was very scenic and a great taste of spring weather!
March 3, 2011 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
February 12, 2011 4.5 miles 750 feet gained
Was misinformed by my compatriots that Wahclella Falls was around 8 miles. So by the time we got back to the car, we decided to at least salvage a modest climb to the top of Multnomah Falls. Nice day.