Hike description
Today’s hike was to get Bodie out while he is still able – and for me. The weather was BEAUTIFUL, so a hike just had to be made! I decided to hike the Dickey Creek trail since I
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9/11 – 9/14/2015 – Devils Dome Loop Backpacking
Description of Hike:
This trip was one of our annual father/daughter backpacking trips – it may be our last – certainly for the next 2 years at least, since Carly is heading off to the Peace Corps for the next
… Read the rest 9/6 – 9/7/2015 – South Sister Climb
Description of Hike:
Kirk invited me on this hike – it was to be a rather quick overnight trip to go up to the top of South Sister. I had not been there before, so it sounded interesting. The idea
… Read the rest 8/29/2015 – Pansy Lake Explorations – 551, 558
Description of Hike:
Today’s hike was going to be interesting due to the weather – we haven’t had any significant rainfall for almost 3 months now (except one really short intense storm about a month ago), and they were predicting
… Read the rest 8/15/2015 – Elk Lake Creek Trail – 559
Description of Hike:
This was to be a relatively easy hike – I wanted to take Bodie out – since his brain tumor diagnosis a few months ago, he is having a harder time getting around, but he still loves
… Read the rest 7/3/2015 – Thunder Mountain and Skookum Lake
Description of Hike:
This was kind of a spur of the minute hike. I had thought about going out, but we have been in the middle of a heat wave, so I wasn’t sure I wanted to. I thought maybe
… Read the rest 6/16/2015 – Whetstone Mountain Trail – 546
Description of Hike:
Today’s hike was a chance to do a quick hike with the dog (while he still can), and to unwind a bit. It was a very busy weekend.
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5/25/2015 – Hawk Mountain
Description of Hike:
Todays hike almost didn’t happen. I had wanted to it to be a family hike with the dog (while he is still able to hike). No one else seemed interested, and I almost didn’t go, but mid
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Description of Hike:
My daughter called me earlier in the week and said the weather was supposed to be nice. I was supposed to be on call for work, but I got one of my co-workers to cover for me
… Read the rest 2/16/2015 – Grouse Point and Serene Lake Trails
Description of Hike:
The words of the day were: Breezy, Gift and Blowdown – It was a very breezy day (although I was protected from it for much of the day). Being able to hike this area in mid February
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Description of Hike:
My daughter called me and asked if I wanted to go hiking on Saturday – the weather was supposed to be nice. She wanted mountain views. I thought about it for a while and looked at different
… Read the rest 7/28-7/31/2014 – Enchantments Backpack Trip
Description of Hike:
An epic backpacking trip if there ever was one. It started with the lottery that you have to go through to get a permit to stay the night in the Enchantments (an area in the Alpine Lakes
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Description of Hike:
Due to all the family stuff going on this summer, I haven’t been able to get out as often as I’d like. I took a Friday off to help with moving my mom, but it appeared all
… Read the rest 5/13/2014 – Lower Burnt Granite Trail
Description of Hike:
This was a trip to explore the lower section of the Burnt Granite trail – the upper section is still an official trail, however the lower section was carved up by clearcuts and abandoned years ago. It
… Read the rest 4/8/2014 – Memaloose Trail – 515
Description of Hike:
This hike was just a “get out in the woods and clear my head” kind of hike. The weather was beautiful, and I just needed a quiet day away.
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1/25/2014 – South Fork Water Pipeline
Description of Hike:
This trip has been on my radar for quite some time – probably since I did the series of hikes to the South Fork waterworks up the South Fork in 2010. The goal was to hike downriver
… Read the rest 1/1/2014 – Rho Creek Trail – 569
Description of Hike:
This was a (quickly becoming) traditional New Years Day hike. Originally I had wanted to do a low hike, since it is January, but with the lack of snow up high, I thought I would take advantage
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Description of Hike:
This was our “annual” father/daughter hike – this year we decided to go to the Goat Rock Wilderness in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. I had seen good reports about this area, and since Carly really liked Eagle
… Read the rest 9/2/2013 – Shellrock Lake, Grouse Point, Cutoff Trails and Frazier Mountain
Description of Hike:
The goal for this hike was to capture a track for the Shellrock Lake trail, and to capture the east end of the Grouse Point trail (that is a LONG trail!) for inclusion on the trailadvocate website.
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Description of Hike:
This has has been on my “to do” list for a while now, mostly due to it being one of the last trails I do not have an official, full trail track for. Kirk was camping with
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Description of Hike:
This hike was just a fun hike, and a chance to get back to one of my favorite trails and to also capture the rest of the track for the trail, as well as to capture the
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Description of Hike:
This hike was a re-do on one we tried to do about 2 months ago. We were turned back by snowdrifts, so we did a “plan B” hike. The intent of this hike was to find an
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Description of Hike:
This hike was round two of trying to find the largest cedar (Western Red Cedar?) tree in Oregon. The last time I went (two weeks ago), I was unable to find it. So I went back to
… Read the rest 4/20/2013 – Upper Falls- South Fork Clackamas River – Old Memaloose Trail
Description of Hike:
Kirk and I decided to explore the abandoned trail on the east side of the South Fork yesterday We made our first stop at the Upper South Fork Falls, heading downhill through one of the old forest
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Description of Hike:
This particular Saturday’s weather report was supposed to be very nice. I didn’t want to miss a springtime opportunity for good weather! So, I planned a hike up the Cripple Creek trail. I wanted to start down
… Read the rest 1/1/2013 – Abandoned Broughton Log Flume Exploration
Description of Hike:
This was a hike I had originally heard about on the Portland Hikers website. It combines two of my interests – hiking and history. This is an old abandoned log flume that was used from about 1913
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Description of Hike:
WOW – I said that a lot during this hike. Some other descriptive words about this trip – Spectacular, Dramatic, Beautiful, Rugged, Epic.
… Read the rest This was intended to be our annual backpacking trip with my daughter last year,
9/3/2012 – South PCT trail – Jefferson Park – Breitenbush Cascades
Description of Hike:
What a day! This was an OUTSTANDING trip and the weather couldn’t have been more perfect. Not too hot, not too cold, beautiful blue sky, and the wind was blowing in the right direction (to blow the
… Read the rest 8/8/2012 – Skyline Trail Exploration
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… Read the rest After getting a taste of locating old trails the prior weekend, (seeing the different Skyline Trail segments), I got so excited about the Skyline trail that I had to take a day off from work
7/21/2012 – Bull of the Woods Epic – 551,558,554,550,549,556
Description of Hike:
This hike was one of my “epic” hikes. Anything over about 10 miles and/or very ambitious I consider an epic hike. This hike had LOTS of variation, and LOTS of elevation gain (3700′), some interesting landscape after
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Description of Hike:
Well, where to start…..This was a hike I have been wanting to do for several years now. Earlier this year I had made a recon hike to see what the two trailheads were like, how accessible they
… Read the rest 10/29/2011 – Wash Creek Exploration
Description of Hike:
A truly epic hike. The weather was absolutely fantastic, although we did get very wet due to the brushiness of the “trail” (an old road that was decommissioned after the ’96 floods). It was one of the
… Read the rest 10/8/2011 – PCT to Pyramid Butte – Ruddy Hill
Description of Hike:
This was a trip to explore the southern most part of the Clackamas District, and to try and get in some last minute hiking before the winter snows close the higher elevation trails. The Pyramid Butte trail
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Description of Hike:
This was intended to be a hike on the south end of the Baty Butte trail, in preparation for a South Sister climb the following weekend. Neither of those things came to pass. The South Sister climb
… Read the rest 1/1/2011 – Cripple Creek – 703
Description of Hike:
The plan for this hike was to start the new year out right and do a new hike. Although I’ve hiked the upper section of the Cripple Creek trail, I had never hiked up this “alternate” starting
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