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December 27, 2014 9 miles 3,000 feet gained
Started down at the highway. Temps hovering a little above freezing. Hit snow before Gumjuwac Saddle. Eventually lost any semblance of a trail and headed OT up the slopes through the snow. Temps dropped to around 28º. Wind and fresh snow falling on the top, so we bailed on continuing to Flag Pt and headed back down. Snow turned into slushy rain back down nea...
December 13, 2014 12.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Winter attempt. Went up the SE face to the headwall, skirted around the right side and found a little series of steps along a ledge. Managed to get up onto the trail right below the summit, but sketchiness for other members of the group and diminishing visibility with fresh snow falling led us to back off and lunch in a lee area along the headwall. Shop's b-...
December 7, 2014 7 miles 2,750 feet gained
Attempt on Table, ice on the trail started halfway up the Heartbreak Ridge cutoff, and turned into full on ice chunks on the ridge. Windy!! We bailed from the saddle OT SW down the slope and intersected the PCT, then continued up to the 2nd kiosk and turned left onto the Cedar Mountain trail. We crossed Cedar Creek and then went south around Aldrige Butte to...
November 28, 2014 5.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
Cold, blustery, wet day. Went up the RJ to the shelter, up Mindolovich to ROA,down to Mt. Kiesano and back down to the car. A better day for staying in bed than for hiking!
October 17, 2014 4 miles 1,000 feet gained
Third hike in CA. Always a good view. The Angel's Rest of San Luis Obispo.
October 14, 2014 3.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Second hike in CA. After stopping for breakfast in Carmel and driving by the beach, there were lots of other things to see on the drive through Big Sur, so we only went up to the bench on the Rocky Ridge trail and came back down. A favorite Monterey-area hike from my childhood.
October 13, 2014 5 miles 500 feet gained
First hike on the CA trip. Not enough time to go farther, so just out and back to Maple Falls.
September 14 to September 15, 2014 13.5 miles 3,500 feet gained 1 night
Hiked into Green Lakes around noon and set up camp. Left camp around 4pm headed for Broken Top. Took a little detour off trail until we found the climber path (note: it starts behind campsite #19). Left Elsie at the saddle and headed up the ridge. Stymied at the Catwalk by sketchy rock and having no protection and being solo; ran back and forth looking for s...
September 5 to September 7, 2014 31 miles 8,000 feet gained 2 nights
1) TH to above the Robin Lakes 2) back down and around the valley on the PCT to Peggy's Pond 3) dawn summit of all three Mt. Daniel summits, then back to the TH
August 16, 2014 22 miles 6,500 feet gained
EP is a goober. 10 hrs car to car, exactly on schedule so he wouldn't get divorced!
August 1 to August 3, 2014 37 miles 10,000 feet gained 2 nights
3 day loop described in Lorain's 100 Classic Hikes in Oregon. Started at Boulder Park TH and went up the Main Eagle Creek trail through Eagle Meadow and up to Eagle Lake, then up to Cached Lake for the night. Ascended Needle Point (9018 ft) in the morning, then continued over the pass, down 2000 ft to Trail Creek, then back up 2200 ft to Wonker Pass. Switchb...
July 5, 2014 10 miles 1,000 feet gained
June 21, 2014 13 miles 3,750 feet gained
Offtrail scrambling adventure for the solstice.
May 3, 2014 11 miles 4,250 feet gained
Found the Whatchamacallit. Then continued up ROA, detoured to explore the upper part of Sanford's Ridge, up to Horsetail Creek trail, and back down Horsetail Ridge. Went off the west side of the ridge into a thicket of poison oak. East side it is.
April 8, 2014 24 miles 6,250 feet gained
Skipped work with Brad and started at Herman Creek at 7am. Went up HC to near the Mud Lake jct, then bailed OT up the talus field to the flat saddle right below Tomlike's summit. Back across the saddle, postholing over to behind Chinidere, up and down Chinidere via the south spur ridge, and thence back via the PCT across the Platter. Sunny weather gave way t...
April 5, 2014 11.5 miles 3,750 feet gained
Up RJ to the cabins, then up to ROA and down Horsetail Creek. Rainy!
March 23, 2014 14 miles 5,500 feet gained
Alpine start at noon. Up the middle trail to Dog. Windy at the summit! Then out to Aug, mild snow. Nice views out the back door. Sunset at the junction with Dog and back to the car via headlamp around 8:45. Yay spring!
March 22, 2014 7.5 miles 5,250 feet gained
Attempted to locate access to the Pearly Gates in the dark, but people ahead of us were clogging things up. And it was damn cold. Ended up traversing under the cliffs to the Old Chute, then exiting off a right gully. Glissaded down the Palmer lifts!
March 15, 2014 19 miles 5,000 feet gained
Up the wilderness boundary ridge, down the Wauna shortcut. Snow is LOW.
March 9, 2014 10 miles 1,500 feet gained
Late start on a surprisingly not rainy day. We were aiming for Tunnel Falls or beyond but were completely stymied by a roaring "creek" crossing the trail right before the Eagle-Benson junction. We decided not to go for a swim... Lots of water everywhere, Punchbowl and Metlako were roaring, tons of seasonal falls - Eagle Creek was as high as I've ever seen.
February 22, 2014 10 miles 3,000 feet gained
Up Wahkeena, west on Angel's Rest trail until you find the secret tree for the abandoned Primrose Path, up to Devil's with a bit of a brush thrash at the end. No time for extended adventuring, so down Foxglove Way and back down Wahkeena, with side trips to Necktie Falls and Monument Point.
January 26, 2014 4.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Due to a late start and some serious Gorge wind, Elsie and I bailed on plans to do Munra and instead zipped over to Perdition. Everything in the Gorge where there's water is covered in frost or ice - the bridge below Wahkeena Falls was an ice rink, and many portions of the "trail" later had frozen ground and ice baubles hanging from sticks near creeks. As a ...
January 18, 2014 7 miles 3,500 feet gained
Rock scramblin' fun in the land of the frost queen.
January 5, 2014 19 miles 5,000 feet gained
Lovely sunny day. Very little snow up top, but a bitter cold wind. Up the Wauna shortcut and then down the normal trail to make it more "interesting."
January 4, 2014 18 miles 5,000 feet gained
Multnomah Falls to Multnomah Creek Way, then jumped off trail at the pond due north of Sherrard Point. Climbed the NE ridge, which was sketchy and covered in a thin layer of snow, and possibly loose rocks were glued together with ice. Lovely weather up top. Then down the normal trail with a detour over to Wahkeena and then back up to the top of the falls via...
