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15 miles / 5,000 feet gained
Really rough day on Mount Hood. hiked the Timberline Trail to Paradise Park, fairly easy even with the climb out of Zigzag Canyon. Ascended through the wildflowers up to the pumice slopes near the top of the canyon. Began to feel tired, some clouds to the south. made it to the snowfields above Mississippi Head when clouds rolled in. Opted not to descend to l...
35 miles / 5,000 feet gained / 3 nights
The hubs and I roadtripped down to Cali and spent four days on the JMT this month. We started at Tuolumne, were surprised at the beauty of Lyell Canyon, tackled Donahue Pass out of Yosemite, filled up our camera's memory at the lakes, and exited at Agnew Meadows via the River Trail. It was challenging and spectacular, especially past 1000 Island lake. Snow w...
14.5 miles / 2,000 feet gained
Started off at Johnston Ridge Observatory early, undecided as to whether I'd try for Loowit Falls or Coldwater Peak. Had initially intended to scope out Mt Margaret snow levels for next week's hike, but have been wanting to head out to the base of the crater for some time. the hike along the blast zone was phenomenal, had actually never done that one before,...
6 miles / 1,250 feet gained
Fun, easy dayhike with the hubs. Pretty weather, even though Hood was mostly obscured by clouds and didn't show up in our pictures too well. The meadows were pretty through the trees, but the highlight of this little hike was the river crossing. Definitely our most challenging yet, and prepared us well for some much easier crossings on our partial JMT next m...
8 miles / 2,000 feet gained
First time to Silver Star, and maybe my expectations were too high. The road was terrible, and the trail itself was rough and unspectacular. Logging on the WA Larch Mountain was depressing. On the plus side, I very much liked the views of Strugeon Rock when the trail opened up about halfway up, and of course the summit was quite nice, with closeups of the In...
8 miles / 2,250 feet gained
3rd time, first time w/husband. Great day, but crowded trail and gnats. Hiked fast, felt strong. Relatively easy.
8.5 miles / 2,750 feet gained
Boring walk up Gorton Creek to Indian Point, but views from Saddle almost worth it. Snow on trail to Deadwood Camp, but not on Nick Eaton Ridge. Impressive views of canyon on the descent (I think of Tomlike, Chinidere and Green Point, as well as a very snowy Benson Plateau). GPS read 2850ft at highest, so strenuous elevation but felt gradual since spread out...
12 miles / 2,500 feet gained
Decent conditioning hike, moderately difficult but nothing too strenuous. Muddy trail (especially Foxglove Tr.), hailstorms, and wind, but otherwise a nice spring hike. No views to speak of at the top. Switchbacks coming down Wahkeenah were a bit tedious.
7 miles / 750 feet gained
Been doing this about once a month or more. Saw an awesome Monkey Puzzle tree this time.
6 miles / 2,500 feet gained
Beautiful sunny day, felt good hiking but stopped at Puppy Point due to wind and exposed traverse across snow before summit.
4 miles / 1,750 feet gained
Didn't make it to the cliffs, returned the way I came up due to hip-deep snow at the summit. Turnoff at the ridge tricky to find, had to bushwhack up to the ridge and saw the trail only on the return trip.
7.5 miles / 2,000 feet gained
Light dusting of snow on open ridge between summit and turnaround point.
10 miles / 3,750 feet gained
Rainy day, steep and difficult going. Felt stronger towards the top. No views at top, and nowhere to sit for lunch. Maybe better in the summer?
3 miles / 500 feet gained
My first real winter snow hike! Hah hah, okay, so this was really easy, but aside from mountain snowfields on sunny hot days, I've never hiked in the snow before. It was fantastic and I'm super excited to do more winter hiking.
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