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December 31, 2011 3 miles 500 feet gained

A quick afternoon snowshoe up to the Five Mile Butte fire lookout. We parked the truck just up from Eight Mile Crossing and shoed the rest of the way in.

December 10 to December 11, 2011 10.5 miles 2,250 feet gained 1 night

November 26, 2011 8 miles 1,250 feet gained

Did Clear Lake Butte from Skyline snow park. 2 miles of the hike were off trail snowshoe up the north side of the butte. Great views on top

November 19, 2011 3.5 miles 500 feet gained

First snowshoe of the season. Did a short goof around hike around Frog Lake, and a little bit of the PCT. Snow was great, 30" of fresh fluffy powder.

November 5, 2011 3 miles 750 feet gained

A cold day at Smith Rock with friends. After the hike it was off to Baldy's in Bend for some BBQ...

October 6, 2011 3 miles 1,000 feet gained

I enjoy the old lookout towers, since I was in the area I could'nt resist. It had recently snowed, and was extremely foggy and I could barely see the top of the tower.

September 29, 2011 3.5 miles 1,000 feet gained

Was in the area needed to go for a hike. Had been out here many years ago, was nice to come back and visit.

September 24, 2011 10 miles 2,250 feet gained

Spent the day visiting old fire lookouts or lookout sites.

September 4, 2011 19.5 miles 1,500 feet gained

Spent 6 days with the family based in Newport. Made several jaunts from base, mostly in the morning when some were sleeping in. South Beach, Cape Perpetua, Yaquina Head, Yaquina Bay, Devils Punchbowl, Otter Crest, Cape Fowlweather.

August 13 to August 14, 2011 15.5 miles 1,500 feet gained 1 night

Met up with friends Saturday morning at the company ranch. The 6 of us, 3 dads and our 3 boys headed in to Green Lakes.. Awesome!! A few snow drifts lingering, but for the most part the trail is clear. Had great weather and enjoyed the full moon. Did a few short explorations from camp including one around the lake. To get back to camp we waded accross the st...

August 12, 2011 3 miles 0 feet gained

I was in Bend for a few days on business, waiting for friends to meet up with, we are going into Green Lakes in the morning. I did Tumalo Falls last night with a friend, but he had went back home, so I was bored... Found a little piece of BLM just outside of town and went for a quick hike. I wanted to make it back to Pilot Butte for the sunset so I had to ma...

August 6, 2011 6 miles 1,500 feet gained

Crazy off trail adventure... We left the house at 4pm, bombed up to the 550 trailhead by 6pm. Took the 550 to the Pansy Lake cutoff trail and bailed over the edge. We thought for sure we would cut some kind of trail getting to this lake, but not so... It was so steep there were times I could hear the buckles on my pack rubbing rocks behind me.Spent about 15 ...

July 30, 2011 3 miles 500 feet gained

My youngest son missed out on the spelunking last weekend, so we went back again today to do the upper portion of the caves. It was a balmy 40 degrees underground and 85 outside..

July 23, 2011 1.5 miles 250 feet gained

Spent this hot day underground with family and friends.. Had fun spelunking...

July 16, 2011 9.5 miles 750 feet gained

A strange loop hike, but we had a blast... First we checked out White River Falls, amazing... Then down the canyon we went, visited the old power station on the way by. Then it was on and off trail all the way to the Dechutes, even crossed White River once on our way through. Had nice weather and thunder storms, great day...

July 3, 2011 2 miles 250 feet gained

Did a late evening hike with hopes of making it to the lookout. We got about half way in and started hitting some pretty good snow drifts back in the tree cover. Probably could've made it in, but she (the better half) would have never forgiven me if we had kept going... Still an enjoyable evening..

July 2, 2011 8 miles 3,000 feet gained

Great hike up to Table Rock today just me and the dog.. Quite a few other hikers heading up today, this hike has gotten quite popular.

June 25, 2011 12.5 miles 1,000 feet gained

Spent the day exploring the opal creek area. Way cool!

June 19, 2011 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained

Spent Fathers Day with the family hiking in the park. Good times....

June 17, 2011 6 miles 0 feet gained

I did a quick in and out on the old Cazadero trail, starting in Boring. Fun hike for an after work fix..

June 4, 2011 2.5 miles 750 feet gained

Spent the morning snowshoeing around Timberline. Great weather, but a little windy. It was worth putting up with the wind though.

May 29, 2011 9.5 miles 750 feet gained

Had a great day of waterfall viewing with the better half...

May 28, 2011 6.5 miles 750 feet gained

Hiked from Oneonta to Ponytail Falls and out to the 400 trailhead at the east end, returned though Ainsworth area an the historic highway.

May 1, 2011 8 miles 750 feet gained

Late evening hike to Pup Creek Falls, most of the way out by flashlight.

April 30, 2011 7.5 miles 3,000 feet gained

First time up Dog Mountain, but will not be the last..

April 23, 2011 2.5 miles 1,250 feet gained

Only had a short amout of time today, this one worked perfectly. Awesome weather, almost no wind at the top.

April 16, 2011 7 miles 1,250 feet gained

Saturday we went and checked out Drift Creek Falls and the way cool suspension bridge, did the main trail including the north loop. Then went to Depot Bay for lunch, and then hit some coastal trails around Yaquena Head and Cape Fowlweather.

March 26, 2011 9.5 miles 1,750 feet gained

Enjoyed the park and all it's waterfalls today.

March 19, 2011 9 miles 3,000 feet gained

Just me and the dog today. Hit the first snow on the trail at around 2700' and after Indian point it was nasty slushy between 1-2 feet deep in spots..

March 10, 2011 2.5 miles 750 feet gained

Did a quick burn over and around Talbert on the way home from work. Surprisingly as hard as it rained today, it didn't rain at all on my hike.

March 5, 2011 5.5 miles 500 feet gained

Great little snowshoe to a cool falls. Ok I'm caught up for the year...

February 26, 2011 5.5 miles 1,250 feet gained

Spent the day doing some short frozen waterfall hikes. Amazing day!

February 18 to February 19, 2011 15.5 miles 2,250 feet gained 1 night

Spent the night at an awesome a-frame cabin, wish we could have got another night. Amazing country!!

February 5, 2011 10 miles 250 feet gained

Spent the day on a goofy geocaching mission. 10 miles of hiking in loose sand..

January 29, 2011 5 miles 1,250 feet gained

Spent another day exploring Catherine Creek, beautiful area..

January 22, 2011 5.5 miles 1,500 feet gained

Started out a foggy day all the way up the trail, but when we summited Stahlman point we were pleasantly surprised with incredible views...

January 15, 2011 8 miles 2,000 feet gained

Spent the day exploring the Catherine Creek area.

January 8, 2011 7 miles 3,000 feet gained

2nd hike for the day after a quick warm up at the Sandy River Delta, I had some unfinished business up the Wahkeena area.

January 8, 2011 3 miles 0 feet gained

After a quick meeting at the office this morning, I met up with a couple of friends for a short tour of the Sandy River Delta. This was the warm up hike for the day.

January 2, 2011 9.5 miles 2,000 feet gained

Was a fun day of hiking/ geocaching with friends. The weather was a little cloudy, but at least wasn't wet.