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December 30, 2012 7.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
Bailed on Gorge plans due to possible ice and instead went out to Gov't Camp. Had to park at Skibowl due to snow on the road. After procuring sno-park permit, etc, finally on trail at 9am. Up to Mirror Lake and then directly up the N. Face following some ski tracks. Back down to the lake on the normal route, then down to the car passing some 50-75 people! It...
December 28, 2012 8.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
Turned back after the first viewpoint on Munra due to slippery snow conditions on the trail. Did a little lap around Perdition as the light was fading. Much better in the winter when it's not leafed out!
December 24, 2012 14.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
Started at Multnomah around 6:45am. Slushy snow and light rain above the Wahkeena junction. Finally hit fresh and deep snow after the last bridge, but still a visible track from everyone who went up on the 23rd. Snowshoes went on about halfway between the talus field and the Multnomah Cr. Way junction, then broke trail up to the summit. Sadly, the weather go...
December 21, 2012 17.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
Started at Herman Creek TH at 6:30am, headed east on the 400 to Wyeth, then up Wyeth to the Green Point Plateau. Were planning to tag the summit but hit 3-4 ft of new snow and were forced to break trail for hours; ended up bailing across the plateau and down Nick Eaton due to limited daylight and fatigue. Back to the car at 5:30pm, dark to dark. Now the days...
December 13, 2012 11.5 miles 5,000 feet gained
Went through a lower inversion, hit snow at the headwall below Warren Lake, popped over the shoulder into amazing sunlight. Deeper powder above Warren, postholing to the top. Beautiful day above the clouds.
December 9, 2012 13.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
Russ Jolly trail to the 2nd shelter, then OT up to Horsetail Cr. Tr. and on to Nesmith Point in the snow, then down to the 400 and OT across the washouts and back on the road. Eight started and only four finished...
December 3, 2012 15 miles 4,500 feet gained
Late start (1:30pm), light rain. 35 minutes to Angel's Rest, 1:15 (cumulative) to Devil's, 2:30 (cumulative) to the Lodge. Then back up up up, darkness setting in around Fairy Falls, headlamp at Wahkeena Springs, going down the rocks of Angel's in the dark slowed me down. 4:45 total time for the loop.
December 1, 2012 11 miles 4,000 feet gained
November 26, 2012 14 miles 4,000 feet gained
Did Larch with the Multnomah Creek Way (444) lollipop at the end, but saw how close it got to Sherrard Point before it went back east way out of the way, and decided to fulfill a longstanding desire to climb the face direct. Went up a gully and across a talus field and ended up in a gully up to the NE ridge, which had some sketchy 4th class stuff, especially...
October 1, 2012 21 miles 1,500 feet gained
Planned to do the whole 30 mile Skyline to the Sea route (which runs from the Santa Cruz mountains down to the Pacific Ocean) as a dayhike, but the trail was kind of boring, spends a lot of time near roads, and my feet felt kinda thrashed from running downhill in hiking shoes in Nisene Marks a couple of days ago, so I bailed out at the Big Basin Redwoods par...
September 28, 2012 20.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
A little loop in the woods. Got to Five Finger Falls and then up to the Soquel Demonstration viewpoint at 2500' (no view!), then ran out of time and skipped going to Maple Falls on the way down.
September 11 to September 25, 2012 222.5 miles 46,000 feet gained 14 nights
See linked TR at PortlandHikers.
August 20 to August 22, 2012 25.5 miles 8,500 feet gained 2 nights
Day 1: drove from Portland and hiked into Ice Lake to set up a base camp for some exploring. Day 2: set out off trail heading south up a sketchy scree slope up the side of Craig Mountain, got to a false summit and decided to skip the true summit to leave more time for the Razz Lake exploration. Traversed along the north side of the ridge to a notch that led ...
July 29, 2012 10 miles 3,000 feet gained
After doing Thielsen, we drove up to Sisters and cowboy camped in the 3FJ parking lot. Got up a little after 5am Sunday and hoofed it along the PCT, then up a horridly steep scree slope (next time I'll do the alternate route that cuts straight to the ridge) and onto the loose scree ridge to the actual climbing. We were the first party up, which was good sinc...
July 28, 2012 10 miles 3,750 feet gained
Trail slog to scree slog up to the summit block, which is about 50 ft of easy 4th class climbing. We had a rope and gear but I would ditch it next time - it's not necessary and just weighted down our packs for the hike.
July 21, 2012 42.5 miles 12,000 feet gained
Thru-hike from Starvation Cr. TH to Eagle Cr. TH. Six mountains are: Defiance, Green Point, Tomlike, Chinidere, Indian, and Tanner Butte. Quite a full day's walk...
July 14, 2012 32 miles 7,000 feet gained
Got to together with a group of PH dudes and hiked the Loowit Trail around St. Helens in one day. Started at June Lake and went counter-clockwise - next time I'd do the reverse, because the last 6 miles or so, crossing the lava above Climber's Bivouac and Worm Flows, took foreeeever. A little under 15 hours total - slowed down greatly for the last few miles....
July 7, 2012 13 miles 5,500 feet gained
Drove out Friday after work and hit the trail at 11pm, aiming to catch the sunrise from the summit. Sadly, because of delays due to one member of the group not feeling well and another member opting to stop and take a bivy nap along the way, three of the four of us were at Lewis Tarn when the sun came up. I reached the summit at 7am and Joe about 20 minutes ...
June 20 to June 21, 2012 19 miles 4,750 feet gained 1 night
Ran up to Tanner Butte after work though unfortunately arrived on the summit around 9:30pm, just too late to really catch the sunset. Bivied down below the lookout point in some trees and woke up at 4:30am for the sunrise, then ran back down, drove back to Portland, and was at work by 10!
June 17, 2012 8 miles 2,500 feet gained
June 16, 2012 20 miles 5,500 feet gained
Started Eagle Creek TH @ 6am. Hiked to 4 1/2 mile bridge, then turned right and went up a ridge to the Tanner Butte trail, covering 3.5 miles of off trail ridge in 5.5 hours. Sketchy climbing, game trails, and lots of brush. Once we regained the trail, we scampered up to Tanner Butte and had chilled wine on the summit (not kidding), then hoofed it back down ...
June 9, 2012 20 miles 5,750 feet gained
Started at Herman Creek at 7:45am. Up Nick Eaton ridge and out to Green Point Mountain. Hit snow around 4000' and it became deep and consolidated with some new fresh snow on top from the previous days' rains. Totally misted over and lots of wind blowing snowmelt and ice and snow bombs out of the trees on us. Cold! Scrapped plans to head down to Rainy and Nor...
May 26, 2012 9 miles 4,000 feet gained
Somehow got onto the bailout trail and missed the Catwalk! Argh!
May 19, 2012 16 miles 4,500 feet gained
Up the Elevator Shaft, over to Nesika Lodge, then up Franklin Ridge to Larch Mountain and down the normal trail. Snow almost nonexistent until just before the Larch Mountain Road (which itself is covered by a couple of feet, melting fast).
May 13, 2012 10 miles 3,500 feet gained
Hot Springs/Dick Thomas TH, up Westway trail, down NW ridge. Brought snowshoes thinking it'd be like 4/11 when I was post holing, but after a couple of weeks of 80 degree days, there was no snow up there!
May 5, 2012 7.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
March 4, 2012 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Testing the ol' knee after a month off. Sunny up top. Only about a bazillion other people and dogs.
January 28, 2012 13 miles 3,250 feet gained
January 8, 2012 19 miles 4,750 feet gained
Started at Wahclella. Light snow on the trail after the Wauna Point junction. More snow after the Dublin junction. Pretty full snow on the trail starting around 4000 ft and big drifts in beargrass alley. Light snow on the summit spur trail until higher up - after that, just a snow hill to the top. The summit was pretty clear - we found dry rocks we could sit...
January 7, 2012 19 miles 5,500 feet gained
Herman Creek, up Casey Creek trail, then in snow to Green Point Mountain and back down. Pics by Mayhem.
