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Hikes by Jen in 2014
5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Beautiful day, but I had to stop, hip hurty. Had a great lunch with a spectacular view.
11 miles / 2,000 feet gained
Started up Berge Road on my bike, but it was a bit too muddy and steep and I had some technical difficulties, so I threw the bike in the bushes and hiked the rest.Lots of interesting little side roads to explore. I have an idea for a loop next time. Really nice big scree fields on the northern end of Aug. Pikas still out.
6 miles / 750 feet gained
Had a great wander in the snow. No boot tracks, just lots of critter prints. Left my new trail cam up there.
4 miles / 500 feet gained
First time hiking with an umbrella. Got it secured hands free. Raining hard, dry girl!
6 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Got rained out on my Vesuvius hike, but I was able to convince family to join me( OK I lied a little about the distance) on this fabulous hike to a secluded cove with spring fed caves on the edge of the Tyrrhenian Sea. We had it to ourselves on a gorgeous day and went for a swim. The water was a bit cool, but warmer than the Pacific in July! We were the only...
4 miles / 500 feet gained
Mountain biking and mushroom hunting, the season has begun!
5 miles / 500 feet gained
Quick morning hike during a climbing weekend at Horsethief
6 miles / 2,000 feet gained / 1 night
I've been wanting to get up to this Goat Mountain for years! Had a fun scrambe, then wandered around behind a gate off 8117 trying to get down to the Toutle. Camped at an amazing spot on a perfect night, warm, no wind, views, stars, moon, and owl.
12 miles / 2,500 feet gained
Using a bike shuttle I was able to traverse the SW corner of Indian Heaven and visit Red Mountain Lookout. Got a few handfuls of huckleberries in the Lakes Basin. Someday I'll come back and visit " The Wart",
4 miles / 500 feet gained
Failed attempt to drive to Castle Lake. Salvaged the day by stopping at a nice chunk of forest for a wander. Collected several pounds of chanterelles. On the way home I found an awesome swimming hole with rope swing, ripe blackberries, and no party pigs in sight!
18 miles / 4,000 feet gained / 2 nights
Original Plans to Avalanche Valley changed with conditions and unexpected terrain issues. Had fun anyhow exploring the mountain, including a lovely swim in Heart Lake!
3.5 miles / 250 feet gained
Very cool phenomenon. Slatey creekbed with lovely little cascades everywhere. Natural gas leak in a cove behind the falls, lit up to provide an eternal flame! Super fun scrambles with my son. Will upload pictures soon, but check out the link above for this nifty place.
17.5 miles / 4,250 feet gained / 2 nights
This trip tested my inner whatchamacallit for sure, pretty strenuous and I was alone. I started out from Norway Pass at mid-day, in foggy moisture expecting it to clear. It did not. It got worse, all my stuff got wet. I was the only idiot out there. Made it to a camp on the Boundary trail between Mt Marge and the Dome, and hunkered down for the night in my w...
10 miles / 1,000 feet gained / 1 night
WE spent two days in Oceanside and were able to visit the Lost Boys beach at an early minus tide. We also visited Maxwell Mountain, Tunnel Beach, Whalen Island, Cape Lookout's South Beach, and Cape Kiwanda x2. Then we left the comfy beach vacation rental and backpacked up the Bayocean Spit and spent a just as comfortable night in the dunes. Brought two bikes...
5.5 miles / 1,500 feet gained
Still some snow above 4800 feet, but Deep and Cultus Lake are melted out. The bugs are just about gone, might be bad at dusk, but not mid day. Jumped in for a swim, 4 teenagers from PDX, Chicago and NYC, plus one 50 year old mama in an alpine lake. Then we relaxed on the shore, reading, sketching and basking in the sun on a beeyooteeful day. This is what we ...
3 miles / 250 feet gained / 1 night
We camped overnight at the cave entrance and hiked one route in the evening and went back to do some side tubes the next day.
5 miles / 1,500 feet gained
Family visiting from NYC, took them up Ed's Trail to enjoy the spectacle as an evening hike. Cloud came down and sat on top of us, but we had nice sunset. Oh that road is terrible!
6 miles / 1,500 feet gained
Loving the bike shuttle these days. Hike up trail, ride down old logging road. Lets me get out there, but diminishes the hip damage. Love the forest in the rain. Got to ride an overgrown road bed, blindly bombing down a gauntlet of salmonberry bushes. Took a header, didn't care, bloody but victorious!
9 miles / 1,750 feet gained
Went on three different hikes while staying at Breitenbush for the Solstice celebration: Triangulation Peak and Boca Cave, Fire Camp Lakes Basin and the S Breitenbush Gorge Trail.
7 miles / 1,750 feet gained
With an 11 am start, my plans ended up a bit overambitious. My intention was to summit Fryingpan Mountain via the Cowlitz Trail from the west. I imagined wandering through flower dotted meadows with lakes in this area of the William O Douglas Wilderness that is well known by equestrians. Hit persistent snow at 4400 feet and it felt a bit like the Benson Plat...
8.5 miles / 1,750 feet gained
We biked up McKenzie Pass from the east gate, then ditched our bikes and headed north on the PCT through the lava lands. Volcanoes in every direction. Little Belknap has some cool caves. Belknap had a big well formed crater, plus two more little ones. Fun glissade down.
5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
I came back to bike more of the Surveyor's Ridge Trail. I'm going to try to do more hike/bike combos this year. Helps cover some ground quickly, and is kinder to my aging hip joint. This was hard work today, 18 miles total, 13 on two wheels. Took a side trip up Shellrock Mtn. Finished early and drove over towards the Flag Point Lookout for a short hike. Some...
3 miles / 750 feet gained
Most of my 11 miles distance was on a mountain bike, but I also spent 3 hours slowly wandering an unnamed knob in the woods looking for morels. Only found a few, but it was sure pleasant to be out there alone on a lovely day. Not a human in sight. Tons of bear poo, but I didnt meet the maker.
11 miles / 3,000 feet gained / 1 night
Had plans to spend the night on Flagpoint Mountain and enjoy the full moon. We hiked up to the Bennet Pass road, and there was still lots of snow above 5200 feet, so we shortened our goal by 3 miles and aimed for Lookout Mountain. Very slow moving northward just staying on ridgetops instead of trying to follow the Divide Trail. The Lookout Mountain summit wa...
4 miles / 500 feet gained
Today I was there for a meeting and was able to escape for an evening hike. I spent too much time driving around on the forest roads, but now have a better idea of the different trailheads available. When the rain is pouring down, the best place to be is deep in the emerald forest.
13.5 miles / 3,500 feet gained
Glorious day with Loowit watching over us. We were going to summit MSH, but the extreme avy danger put us off. Instead we decided to just look at her all day from the north. Our original hike plan was to start at JRO and take the Boundary Trail, but the gate was locked at Coldwater Lake. Instead, we walked up the road and took the Coldwater Ridge Trail appro...
4 miles / 750 feet gained
7 miles / 1,750 feet gained
I got up early and took a little hike up to Stacker Butte. Spent the rest of the day climbing at Horsethief
5 miles / 500 feet gained
Spent a couple nights in a yurt at this nice state park with a great variety of outdoor amsuements. Ambulations were mostly beach walking with the family, but I also had a chance to hike an inland trail with massive sitka spruce, colossal ferns and slugs as big as my arms(jk)! Saw lots of eagles and even some bear poo. Super high tide this morning washed awa...
4.5 miles / 3,000 feet gained
Gorgeous day for climbing. Practiced rope travel and other alpine delights.
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10.5 miles / 3,250 feet gained
Rained all day, but the temp was mild and everyone's feet stayed dry. Because of the moisture and the well known route, I traveled this hike without my glasses on. It was an interesting experience to observe everything in 'soft focus'. Quite beautiful, big trees and so many shades of green, and it was nice to see all the burgeoning foliage of the delphiniums...
8.5 miles / 2,250 feet gained
1st official BCEP training hike for the Lucky Friday Team
4 miles / 1,000 feet gained
This was mostly a mountain bike trip, but we dropped the bikes and explored several bluffs and had to do some hike-a bike through brush when we lost the road. Stunning canyon scenery, perfect day. We found an old homestead with interesting relics and structures along the way.
6.5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Unofficial 1st meet n greet hike with the Mazamas BCEP Fun Friday team. I get to be an assistant this year.
7 miles / 1,750 feet gained
Wandered and basked, flowers are coming on fast now. Ticks hatched and popping all over the place.
18 miles / 1,000 feet gained / 2 nights
This area is fantastic! Evan and I met up with my sister in law and her son, and we backpacked into this gorgeous riparian canyon surrounded by incredible 1000 foot cliffs. How wonderful to sleep under the stars in the desert and wander up creek beds scrambling over rocks and bouldering along the lower edges of massive cliff faces.
4 miles / 500 feet gained
Short little hike on a hot day to a nice view of Weaver's Needle
12 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Three days, four ski trips starting at my front door. Laurelhurst, Mt Tabor and many laps on the Hosford Hill.