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9 miles / 2,500 feet gained
Did the loop starting from Grouse Vista. The top of Sturgeon still feels like Scotland! Unfortunately, there are two huge new roads cutting across the Tarbell trail with a giant logging deck in place. There might be a clearcut just south of that trail soon.
5.5 miles / 1,250 feet gained
I was planning to go up to Sedum Ridge, but there is a landslide on CG 2000. Intead I returned to Greenleaf Basin and did some more exploring. Lots of old roads to stumble on to and follow. Made it up to Greenleaf Point, nice summit.
7 miles / 1,250 feet gained
Had fun wandering around here, vine maple looking good!
6 miles / 1,750 feet gained
Topped off this afternoon hike with a soak at Terwilliger Hotsprings!
12.5 miles / 1,250 feet gained / 1 night
The Dunes are disappearing. Last did this trip 10 years ago. Beach grass clumps have become islands of shrubs and trees, interrupting the dunes throughout. The FS has added a nice elevated boardwalk to section of the John Dellenback trail leading to the beach through the deflation plain that has always been a marshy slog. No-one on the beach except a very he...
7.6 miles / 2,000 feet gained
Working on some unfinished business from the last trip
18.5 miles / 3,500 feet gained / 1 night
We tried to escape the smoke and upcoming wet forecast, but got rained on the second day. Intended to do the loop up Big Indian, spend a night at Wild Horse Lake, then Down Little Blitzen. Ended up just doing an out and back in Big Indian Gorge. It was beautiful despite sogginess!
7 miles / 1,750 feet gained
Fun hike along the alt trail to Mt Mitchell. The picture is of the base of the cliffs below Sugarloaf Ridge. Just beyond it is Mt Mitchell.
3 miles / 250 feet gained
Falls Creek Cave- what a hoot! We were in there scrambling for hours. Troglodyte fun.
18 miles / 5,500 feet gained / 3 nights
Family backpack to watch the eclipse in the totality zone. Had fun scrambling around the basin and visiting nearby Bucket Lake. Lots of goat watching.
14 miles / 4,500 feet gained / 2 nights
My first gig with the WTA. We combined with a PCT crew and got to stay at their camp with a kitchen tent. They made us dinner on Sat night.
9 miles / 1,250 feet gained
Leisurely three day trip with friends. We stayed at a cabin on the edge of the NF. Did a little bit of everything: mountain biking, hotsprings, kayaking and even visited the Oregon Hell Hole. Our hikes were around Warner Peak and Moon Point where the beargrass and wildflower meadows were terrific.
26.5 miles / 5,250 feet gained / 3 nights
I took a few days to travel around exploring in Washington. Car camped in remote spots. Saw a bear in the Dark Divide, marmots and goats in MRNP, and shooting stars at night. 1) Big Creek Trail near Lewis River, 2 miles 300 ft eg 2) FS 9341 Road walk. On my way to the Snagtooth TH, there is a rock slide blocking the road 3 miles from TH. I walked up to the T...
3.5 miles / 500 feet gained
Woodsy wanderings, with way too much bushwacking on this trip. Heavy vegetation, could not see under the continuous carpet of vanilla leaf. Having flashes of "how Jen dislocated her new hip" every time I tripped. Big logs still a big challenge. Can't wait to get my monkey back.
6.5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
New L hip (#2) now in place. First hike 17 days post-op. I am now the double bionic woman. Hear me click!
12.5 miles / 2,250 feet gained / 1 night
Perfect weather for an overnighter. The trail is popular with mountain bikers, but it hasn't been logged out yet. Had it to myself on this weekday. Flowers everywhere. The Cedar Creek trail has a lovely rolling ridgetop ramble.
4 miles / 500 feet gained
We first skiied up at Old Man Pass and the snow was patchy, so we decided to go visit this hidden waterfall. It's written up in Curious Gorge. Just a half mile bushwack up a creek bed through beautfiul old growth forest. And boom, you come around a corner to a gorgeous thundering waterfall
13 miles / 1,250 feet gained / 2 nights
We took a trip down Carcass Canyon in the low desert and camped near the confluence of Whychus and Deschutes. Hiked upstream on the Whychus and spent the second night at Alder Springs. Had it to ourselves because the main TH has not opened yet. The winter was very hard on the deer population and we encountered many dead animals, so many that some had not bee...
5.5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
I stopped first to checkout Spearfish park and took a loop around the lake, then had a nice ramble up 8 mile Creek. I don't care if it's sideways raining, I'm hiking!
4.5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Wide open rambles. Grass widows just starting to emerge. A few more weeks til the big bloom.
3 miles / 250 feet gained
I just got a new hip and this was my first hike. Still tender around the incision, but it felt so good to ambulate without the old hip pain. Time to get back in shape!
