6 miles / 1,250 feet gained
Hotspring in a slot canyon in Arizona. Side trip to see some petroglyphs. Would like to try this by boat some day.
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Hikes by Jen in 2022
3 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Spent two days climbing at Red Rocks. The climbing was fun, but there is a lot of standing around. We were surrounded by spectacular desert beauty in every direction, but didnt go anywhere but the crag. On the third day, I decided to skip climbing and go for a hike instead. Fun scramble up to the high point of the Calico Hills. Started from the Sandstone Qua...
9 miles / 2,000 feet gained
Weather pretty good today. Warm and dry for 95% of the hike. Now in a melt phase. Snow persistent above Wahkeena turnoff, but soft, spikes not necessary but helpful.
14 miles / 1,750 feet gained
Great hike in the rain. Return trip in a deluge.Glad I brought my umbrella.
8.5 miles / 1,750 feet gained
Set out to help with two wildlife cameras. What a beautiful fall day. There were some great sets on the camera. Big bear, coyote and deer at the Elk Meadows cam, and up on Gnarl Ridge, we captured buck deer, bull elk, bobcat plus huge sets of juvenile bear and mountain lion footage. So exciting to see who lives in the forest! Will try to share some pics
22 miles / 6,250 feet gained
Had 12 fabulous days in Sicily. We put in a lot of steps in the cities and ruins, and went on a few hikes. I even was able to go climbing for a day with a guide! Here are the hikes: 1) Pantalica- this is an ancient necropolis, located in the steep walls of a canyon, thought have been developed early in xxx BC by the Sicel peoples. Hundreds of rectangular roo...
12.5 miles / 2,750 feet gained
Lovely alpine swimming lake, not too cold, I actually paddled around a bit. Frequent loud rockfall from up on the mountain. Bugs on the wane. Lots of meadows with huckleberries on the Riley Camp Trail.
6.5 miles / 1,500 feet gained
In Hood River for the weekend with my honey. We hiked up to a little lake and enjoyed lunch with mountain views. Read, napped and sketched, Huckleberries ripe. Bugs were minimal.
26 miles / 7,250 feet gained / 2 nights
Visited several sites to monitor pikas. Was successful hearing many, seeing some, and even photographing a few individuals. Did two trips: 1) Clear Lost trail to Lost Lake lookout. The most amazing tent spot,and goat watching. 14.5 miles, 4000 ft gain. When I got done, I drove through Packwood and picked up some beer, then stayed the next night at Chambers L...
22.5 miles / 7,500 feet gained / 2 nights
There were about 50 cars at the Phelps Creek Trailhead, but all were headed to Spider Gap and we only saw a few groups on our 3 day trip. Easy side scramble up to Carne Mountain. We saw a fire blow up down on Wenatchee Ridge. Menacing. The smoke came in and out the next two days, but the majority of it was blown eastward and skies were mostly clear. We campe...
22 miles / 9,000 feet gained / 2 nights
Alpine adventure with a couple friends from climb school. We stayed two nights in Boston Basin. On day 2 we climbed Sharkfin Tower. On the third day, we went up over Sahale via Quien Sabe Glacier and down the other side to Sahale Arm. Rock climbing, glacier travel, lots of rapelling, plus goats, bears and marmots. Temps were prefect, no tent fly needed, shoo...
7 miles / 1,500 feet gained
I signed up for a pika monitoring gig. This was the only day I had to visit the site this month. I knew it was a bad choice. Late start, and arrived as the heat of the day was turning from warm to hot. Pikas not likely to be active, but I did see sign and heard one peep.
15.5 miles / 5,500 feet gained / 2 nights
Shuksan climb. We hiked in to Lake Ann which is still mostly frozen. Found running water just east of it, beautiful campsite. So much snow up here, including in one of the Fischer Chimneys. Took us longer than expected to ascend, but it was so beautiful! Our leader called it at the base of the summit pinnacle, concerned about getting back before dark. Well i...
42 miles / 7,000 feet gained / 4 nights
Wallowas awesome! Hiked Washbaord Ridge and Bear Creek trail for a wonderful loop. Only saw one group back country on day 2. Fun ridges, steep meadows and rock gardens. Snow navigation in higher elevation, but fine summer weather to enjoy it. The meltout feels so alive. Bugs only noticeable at night. We are so fortunate!
12.5 miles / 5,000 feet gained
2nd time this year, why? It did seem easier, but still it is a tedious hike. Will train elsewhere from now on.
3 miles / 1,750 feet gained
Fun climb. Escaped the heat. Got a little bit of everything- steep snow, rock climbing, rapelling, glissading and bushwacking! I would call that a perfect day.
13.5 miles / 8,750 feet gained / 2 nights
Came down early to acclimate, and our climb was again pushed back another day , hoping for a weather window. So I did a little hiking around the mountain on Saturday, then we started our climb on Sunday. Weather was great, and 8 out of 10 of us summited.
12 miles / 2,750 feet gained
Started at Park Creek summit and took the PCT to Deadfall Lakes. Loved the alpine parkland with Jeffrey Pines, Shasta firs and cool serpentine rocks all around. Was surprised to find big meadows of Darlingtonia at 8000 ft elevation. Mt Eddy is a former LO site, with some remnants, a very nice mountaintop with cool ridges to explore. I wandered along one of t...
7.5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Stayed mostly dry despite the forecast! Trail is in great shape.
11 miles / 3,500 feet gained
Came up via south scree fields and shimmied up a notch to gain Heartbreak Ridge. What a hoot!
10 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Exploring new park. The drive was so lovely, so bucolic! Nice trails.
10.5 miles / 2,000 feet gained
Nice day in the woods. Passed a PCT crew logging out this section.
7.5 miles / 2,000 feet gained
Came up via the Oak Ridge Trail. Found some morels.
3 miles / 250 feet gained
Finally tried the Triple C trail, plus a little out and back on Gales Creek, didnt last too long today. Soggy day, mucky trails, but the many hues of green were soothing.
12.5 miles / 5,000 feet gained
What a slog! But weather was decent for once. Snow above 3500 ft, good consolidated boot tracks to follow today.
17.5 miles / 3,250 feet gained / 2 nights
Had a trip to SE Oregon with several stops. I had a volunteer project with ONDA monitoring cattle impacts on BLM land near Juntura. Struggled with the weather, high winds, hail, rain, wet tent and stayed in hotel for two of the 4 nights. I went down to Chalk Basin, which is just magnificent. Stopped on my way home to hike Nine Mile Ridge east of Pendleton( s...
6 miles / 2,250 feet gained
All kinds of weather and trudging through wet snow. After gaining the south ridge near the vision pits, we decided that was enough. Got some of that sideways hail that stings your face on the way down.
17.5 miles / 3,500 feet gained / 1 night
Explored Spring Basin Wilderness near Clarno. We carried full backpacks but couldn't find a running spring, so circled back to car and camped near the trailhead. 13.5 mi 3000 ft. Next day explored bluffs above the river near Kent. 4 miles 500 ft.
6 miles / 1,000 feet gained
February conditions. Downed trees, slippery trails, rain and hail.
7 miles / 1,000 feet gained
At the coast with the hubs for the weekend. We visited the Ecola Forest Preserve, then hiked Neahkahnie after the snow storm. Breaking trail on a tourist hike, and getting bombed by slushballs, fun times.
7.5 miles / 2,000 feet gained
We were supposed to do Hamilton, but I convinced our leaders that a group of 16 on a Sunday was too high of an impact. Dont want to be part of a boorish herd of Mazamas. Only one other person had been here before, and everyone loved it. Spectacular finish with Cloud Point and some sketchy down climbing, the students got a real adventure hike. Hope I didn't s...
8 miles / 3,250 feet gained
This was a dumb idea. We turned around at 6200 ft. 100s of others out there too in this lousy weather, what were they thinking?
7 miles / 1,250 feet gained
Brought my neighbor Kenai on this hike. He was a pretty good companion.
9 miles / 1,000 feet gained / 1 night
Third time doing this trip, first was in 2013, then 2017. Love coming here before they open the Holmes Road gate on 4/1. We started on the Geneva side,carefully avoiding private property. Descended via Carcass Canyon, fun scrambling. Camped near the confluence. Hiked out up Whychus. Very pleasant trip.
7.5 miles / 750 feet gained
First get to know you hike for my BCEP group this year. A little sloppy but the trails were quiet. The students are like eager puppies and we are all craving the socialness and excited about the season!
5 miles / 2,250 feet gained
I parked my car at the hummocks and slowly rode my bike 4 miles up to the hairpin turn where it crosses S Coldwater Creek. This is where they stopped plowing. Dropped bike and headed up to Coldwater Ridge and spent the rest of the day wandering around traversing some very steep snow fields. Saw coyotes, elks and goats. Epic views all day. Snow got really sof...
9 miles / 250 feet gained
I had two days in the high desert this week. Tuesday for hiking, and Wednesday for a volunteer gig with ONDA at Clarno. I started at the Starvation boat ramp, downstream from Cottonwood Canyon SP main entrance, but still part of the park.Dreamy walk up and down the river. Unfortunately a little corner of private land with a gate and no trespassing sign preve...
8 miles / 1,500 feet gained
Enjoyed a quiet wander on the sun kissed slopes above White Salmon.
10 miles / 4,250 feet gained
We were treated to some gorgeous views of the Olympic peaks on the drive and were very excited about the day. Decent forecast. We parked along the road where a snowbank kept us from driving further. The snow was not persistent for the first mile and half, so we carried our skis up and then eventually put them. The road snow was stiff and pockmarked with post...
6.5 miles / 2,500 feet gained
New winter camera assignment. Snow falling all day. Sustained wind on open ridges, but not as strong as forecasted. Was very pleasant to break trail in 8-12 inches of fresh snow with a solid crust underneath. Very few animal pictures on this set, but I look forward to returning several times this season to see how things change.
7.5 miles / 2,250 feet gained
Wow some of the trails here have been really fancified! More northerly trails are less maintained with faint tread and some blowdown, yay! All the snow I encountered (back part of loop) was stiff and easy to walk on. Still got some great bushwacking in and found a few more cardavers. Perfect day.
8 miles / 2,000 feet gained
Well the 400 is now open, so I took a trip up the Elevator Shaft. Fun as ever,with poison oak down low and icy scree scrambles up top. I then had a nice bushwacking, postholing wander up through Multnomah Basin, visiting Cougar Rock and Nesika Lodge Didnt see anyone for 6 hours until I entered the flowing parade of humanity at Multhomah Falls.
10 miles / 1,500 feet gained
Was scouting out for a trip in the future. Trying to find closer approach than Bonneville. Started at Kidney Lake and was able to skip those boring ugly miles on the pCT, and use the nice bridge to cross Greenleaf Creek, but still had to contend with a long stretch of the Two Chiefs trail. Last mile before Greenleaf Creek was deep, wet snow, breaking trail t...
5 miles / 0 feet gained
This morning, I found myself in Beaverton- a place I've been avoiding for a decade. Decided to go visit this park afterwards. It's quite lovely, but despite the name, there are no hills. Looped all the trails. This area is well loved and cared for, and it was nice to enjoy a suburban park with no dogs.
5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Well I forgot microspikes, but that made it more exciting! Frozen mud, black ice, and just a little bit of nice snow here and there. Newton Road was fine, BPA road was sketchier but it was wide enough that you could zigzag around the worst parts. Wildwood was the worst.