December 25, 2014 4 miles 250 feet gained
Short 4 mile trail run through the sequoias on Christmas Day.
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December 13, 2014 10 miles 2,750 feet gained
I'm lazy, so check out Karl's trip report. http://wenthiking.com/users/295-karl/hikes/4417-elevator-shaft-ornament-loop
December 6, 2014 10 miles 2,250 feet gained
Hiked up to the Nesika Lodge via the Ornament Trail for some early December holiday cheer. An ice storm had hit Multnomah Basin fairly recently, so the trees were heavily laden with ice.
November 30, 2014 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
Scoping out the Trail 400 bypass around the Larch Mountain Trail closure.
November 28, 2014 10 miles 500 feet gained
Another Visit to Opal Creek. Half Bridges are almost complete. Water was running high and swift. Cedar Flat was not accessible due to high water flow at the crossing next to the waterfall shortly before Cedar Flats. Kopetski Trail, between Opal Pool and the road junction was flooded in several areas.
November 27, 2014 5 miles 500 feet gained
Pre-Thanksgiving trail time at Tryon Creek. :)
November 16, 2014 6.5 miles 250 feet gained
Easy hike to enjoy the first snowfall. Anywhere from 0" - 4" snow and ice on the road, but easily walked without traction. Half bridge are currently being repaired and should be reopened by mid-December. The far side of Jawbone Flats is accessible by a footbridge a short distance downstream from the old bridge.
November 8, 2014 13.7 miles 5,000 feet gained
Herman Creek, Casey Creek, Nick Eaton, Gordon Cutoff, Indian Point, Gordon Creek Trail.
October 25, 2014 12 miles 250 feet gained
Saturday morning ended up being a perfect morning for a run around Timothy Lake. We started at Little Crater Lake, circling Timothy Lake counter-clockwise. Conditions were fantastic for late October, slightly overcast with few puddles. After a stop at the Zig-Zag Inn for post run eats, we arrived back in PDX before the rain and windstorms.
October 11, 2014 18.8 miles 4,750 feet gained
Our original plan was a weekend Timberline 360 with an overnight stay at Timberline Lodge. Unfortunately, the mountain had other plans. We started at Vista Ridge heading clockwise around Mt. Hood. Shortly after passing the Cooper Spur shelter, it started lightly hailing. That turned into sideways hail, snow, and thunderstorms as we crossed the exposed flanks...
September 26 to September 28, 2014 16.7 miles 3,500 feet gained 2 nights
Work sent me to central CA for a couple of day at the end of last week, which meant another weekend to locate another one of Shorty Lovelace's cabins in Kings Canyon NP. Our target this time, Shorty's "headquarters" in Crowley Canyon. This particular set of cabins was built somewhere around 1912. We got a late start, picking up permits at Grant Grove at 3pm....
September 13 to September 15, 2014 33.5 miles 6,000 feet gained 2 nights
We started from the Road's End TH in King's Canyon NP around 9am Saturday morning. Most backpackers along our route were hiking the Rae Lakes Loop, but we had a different goal in mind; Shorty Lovelace's cabin in Vidette Meadow. From the National Register of Historic Places Nomination (1977): "Joseph Walter ("Shorty") Lovelace, 1886-1963, spent most of his li...
September 5, 2014 28 miles 4,000 feet gained
I have been wanting to get up to Enchanted Valley since I first heard about the chalet in January. A planned May trip was cancelled due to a miserable weather forecast, and with all the distractions of summer, just never got rescheduled. Then came the announcement of the big move. With a love of hiking and an engineering background, the chance to see them mo...
August 31, 2014 8 miles 3,000 feet gained
I had a friend visiting from out of state this past weekend. He wanted to see the glaciers on Mt. Hood, so what better place to go glacier viewing than Mt. Hood. We arrived at the TH around 10:30am, and noticed a ranger in a USFS vehicle in front of Cloud Cap. He was there to give a tour of the Cloud Cap Inn at 11am, and there were still openings for the tou...
August 24, 2014 11 miles 2,000 feet gained
Indian Race Track TH - Race Track - PCT - Blue Lake - Rock Lake - Thomas Lake TH. No mosquitos. Lots of huckleberries. *Brooks Cascadia 7
August 15 to August 18, 2014 29.5 miles 8,500 feet gained 3 nights
Three nights at Bear Camp in the Mt. Margaret Backcountry with day hikes to Mt. Margaret and Coldwater Peak and a Lakes Basin / Whittier Traverse Loop. Fantastic scenery, lots of huckleberries, and daily mountain goat sightings. Day 1 - Norway Pass TH to Bear Camp (4.4 miles, 1980' EG) Left PDX around 11am. Hiked to camp under overcast skies and light drizzl...
August 10, 2014 6.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Hiked the Larch Mountain Crater Loop described on PH and then went to the top of Sherrard Point to view the super moon.
August 9, 2014 4 miles 500 feet gained
I took eight of my high school robotics students for a team building day on the 4T trail, starting at the Oregon Zoo. We hiked to Council Crest Park, where the kids worked together to complete a scavenger hunt. Then we sat on the lawn to eat lunch before continuing down the Marquam Trail to OSHU, the tram, and then the trolley. We made an ice cream stop near...
August 3, 2014 11 miles 2,500 feet gained
Following our hike in Lava Canyon, we took a brisk hike up the Ape Canyon Trail to Plains of Abraham.
August 3, 2014 3.5 miles 750 feet gained
This is a hike I've been wanting to do for awhile. The description of a trail with a suspension bridge, ladders, and stairs matched with fantastic scenery sounded a bit like a playground. However, I couldn't justify a 2 hour drive for a 2 hour hike. Thus the plan to hike this and then hike Ape Canyon. We were the first car in the parking lot at 9am. Back to ...
July 20, 2014 10.5 miles 4,000 feet gained
Timberline Lodge to Split Rock, then x-country to Mississippi Head, visiting the old plane crash, then above Zig Zag Canyon, and down Palmer. Link is the GPS track.
July 2 to July 6, 2014 50.5 miles 10,500 feet gained 4 nights
Picked up permits in Prather, CA for the Maxson TH at Courtright Reservoir. Then set off to explore Red Mountain Basin, Goddard Canyon, Blackcap Basin, and Bench Valley. Day 1 - 10.7 miles, 2376'elevation gain Hiked 10.7 miles in from the TH and camped somewhere along the trail. Day 2 - 10.5 miles, 3022' elevation gain Made stops at Disappointment Lake and H...
June 22, 2014 18.5 miles 3,750 feet gained
Longer hike for summer solstice. Stops at Rainy Lake, North Lake, Green Point Mountain, Mud Lake, and Wahtum Lake. Garmin track is the referenced in URL.
May 24 to May 26, 2014 20 miles 4,000 feet gained 2 nights
Decided to take advantage of the long weekend to head south to backpack in the central Sierras with a friend from back in my Fresno days. We left Fresno at about 9am for the long drive to the TH at Edison Lake. It's not that far in terms of mileage (about 90 miles), but the last 30 miles are over a single lane road with lots of steep drop offs, blind curves ...
May 10, 2014 10.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
May 3 to May 4, 2014 10 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
Last minute weekend snow camp at Crater Lake. We left PDX at 6am on Saturday. After picking up permits, we were on the "trail" a shortly after noon. They had already started plowing the west side of Rim Drive, which made for an easy road walk the first 4 miles. The weather was gorgeous. We set up camp on the rim, near Wizard Island, and then set off on snows...
April 27, 2014 10 miles 0 feet gained
Avoided a rainy day in PDX by heading east for a run!
April 13, 2014 8 miles 500 feet gained
Trail running on a sunny day at the coast!
March 23, 2014 7.5 miles 750 feet gained
Part trail run, part hike, part sightseeing. Fun way to spend a sunny day.
February 3, 2014 11 miles 2,500 feet gained
Day hike up the Snow Creek Trail from Curry Village. Turned around just short of the trail junction after the climb out of the valley.
January 26, 2014 9.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Headed out to the coast yesterday to enjoy warm temperatures, sunshine and run the Cape Lookout Trail. Started at the North Trail, where we discovered signage marking the North Trail as closed. There was no information provided regarding when the trail will be reopened, but it appears that the log bridge over Cape Creek is being replaced by a suspension brid...
January 12, 2014 8 miles 500 feet gained
Out and back run on the Crown Zellerbach trail outside Scappoose. The CZ trail is supposed to eventually connect up with the Vernonia-Banks trail, which would provide a recreation path from Banks to the Columbia River.