Hiked with a buddy Goodman Creek trail to Eagle’s Rest on a wonderful June Tuesday – sunny, warm, but not hot, a small breeze … a good day to be in the woods. We had a ‘must return by’ time box and we wanted to hit Eagle’s Rest so we drove up the forest service…
Last year I went to Redwoods for about 1 week – split between Mill Creek and Elk Prairie Campgrounds (Mill Creek is emergency campground imho); this year time was split between Elk Prairie first and Jedidiah Smith second. Weather held the entire time – not warm but not raining. May 12-16 at Prairie Creek, May…
On my way back from Camp Sherman, a standard early morning stop (for the day) is Clear Lake Resort on Mckenzie River trail. Parking at resort is same price as upper trailhead (several miles upriver) – your permit – but so much safer. I stopped at the resort at 05:30 and was hiking around the…
The original plan was to hike Metolius-Windego trail north / northwest until snow pack made it impossible. I left Pine Rest CG in Camp Sherman as part of May Day adventure very early in morning, but headlamp not needed. The planned trip, however, needed to be changed given a missing bridge – and my total…
From Pine Rest campground and my May Day Camp Sherman car camping spot, the first day hike started after setting up campsite around 09:00 April 30. Weather was perfect for the season with clear skies and little wind. The Route From Pine Rest CG, the route went downriver on the east side to the Fish…
After Tuesday’s jaunt up King Castle in the McKenzie valley, Thursday’s hike was up Alpine Trail to Tire Mt in Willamette valley. I had hiked up Alpine not this far earlier, and the difference in trail conditions were striking – leave it to MTB riders to clean up their trails first! All the blowdowns were…
King Castle is a big rock that sticks up from Mckenzie River outside of Rainbow, OR. A small comms tower at the top spoils some of the views of Mt Washington and the Three Sisters covered in April snows. The trail is mostly used by MTB folks racing down the hill, but Tuesday April 22…
Getting out in the woods on solstice and equinox is a must do. The cascade foothills were covered in snow, creeks and streams were near / above flood levels. Weather suggested cool temperatures and maybe a few localized rain showers. Ridgeline Trail was the perfect trail given the conditions and my objective of spending way…
I was watching the weather closely last night and this morning, including precipitation radar and weather reports, to best determine which rain shell to wear. Spencer Butte was the targeted hill – Blanton Ridge and then up / down the butte until tired. On the way, it rained … the closer to Blanton, the bigger…
Weather was unstable – most people thought it was going to rain, cloudy and cold at best. Could there be better opportunity in March to go up and down Hardesty Mt? A hiking buddy and I took off initially to Goodman Creek trail to Eagle Rest, but in reviewing recent trip reports (and a sign…
