Description of Hike:
A 3 day, 2 night backpaking loop in the Southern part of Bull of the Woods wilderness. I did this as a quick plan, since I didn’t have a lot of time to prepare. It was a
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This is for trips in a wilderness area.
8/28/2008 – Table Rock
Description of Hike:
This was a day trip to the Table Rock Wilderness area, to hike to the top of Table Rock. I haven’t gone in this area before, and it sounded interesting. It was a relatively tough trip for
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Description of Hike:
This was our “annual” 3 day backpacking trip with my daughter. The plan:
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Trail 546 (Whetstone) to Trail 573 (Twin Lakes) to Twin Lakes – Camp
It time available, Take 573 to end and explore
7/7/2008 – Memaloose Lake and South Fork Mountain
Description of Hike:
I wanted to do a little recon for my Fish Creek backpacking trip in a couple of weeks, so I thought I would go and see how much snow had melted out. I was pleasantly surprised based
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Description of Hike:
I did not keep a description of this hike, however I do remember parts of it. It was a trail with LOTS of up and down. Several nice viewpoints along the way, however the view at Old
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Description of Hike:
This is the same hike I took about a month ago, however this time, I hiked the real trail, starting at the real trailhead. The weather was also much better this time, as it was clear. The
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Description of Hike:
This is the same hike I took about a month ago, however this time, I hiked the real trail, starting at the real trailhead. The weather was also much better this time, as it was clear. The
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Description of Hike:
Pansy lake trail (#551) to Dickey Lake (#549) – I wanted to explore this area since this was recommended by someone when Carly and I backpacked into Big Slide Lake this summer. He said there was one
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Description of Hike:
Took the Whetstone Mountain Trail (#546) to the summit of Whetstone Mountain. I tried to do this hike earlier this year, but had to turn back due to snow. It was a pretty long road back to … Read the rest
7/7 – 7/9/2006 – Backpacking at Big Slide Lake
Description of Hike:
This was our annual weekend father/daughter backpacking trip, this year to the Bull of the Woods wilderness area, camping at Big Slide Lake.
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9/11/2005 – Bull of the Woods Trail
Description of Hike:
Don’t remember too much about this hike, but it was a fun hike to the Bull of the Woods lookout. I got Nicholas to come with me. The week before I hiked into Big Slide Lake which
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Description of Hike:
This was a weekend backpacking trip into Shining lake. We were going to go to Big Slide Lake, but the road was closed due to construction, so we had to make alternate plans. After consulting the ranger
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Description of Hike:
A weekend backpack trip to Serene Lake. Since we didn’t want to take the really bumpy road to Frazier turnaround, we decided to come up from Shellrock lake. This way adds about 3 miles to the trip,
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Description of Hike:
A day trip to Pansy lake – A nice trail, however it can get rather crowded on nice days. Interesting rock formation on the way to the trailhead, too. I don’t think there are too many fish
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Description of Hike:
This was a weekend backpack trip to Duffy Lake in the Mt Jefferson wilderness area. The trail continues on to Mowich lake, which is a larger lake, but Duffy seems to have better camping areas around it.
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