Fall’s First Touch @ Pisgah

A late morning start at Mt Pisgah under grey skies, leaving the North TH around 11:30. Rain was threatened, but weather peeps said after dinner. I had no objective other than spend time on the hill as far away from other humans as possible.

Fall has landed in Willamette Valley and summer’s last holds are leaving or have gone … even the vultures were missing.

Even the flowers were different and of course fungi surfacing too.

The Route

Started at North TH and went left around on Trail 3, then up to the summit and then back down to Trail 4 to East TH. From there, I just kept to the left starting on the New Trail 3 and ended up near a river fork and areas not seen before. I then climbed up the hill on some terrible trail with tall rock steps on a too steep hill. From the top, back down the summit trail to Trail 3 and to car.

Trail 3 was updated near the East TH and was closed, but today it was open.  While the route is great, the trail is the ‘winter only’ gravel road surface for low cost maintenance.

Human traffic was light (very) except at TH and the summit trail.

Funny part, thunder boomed when I arrived at the trailhead; rain sprinkled in the car; and then closing the garage door a down pour. 🙂

Data Geek Cellar

• Shoes: Altra WP boots
• Pack: REI Flash 18
• Upper Layers: 2 – long-sleeve base-layer and SkyGoat fleece
• Upper shell: none
• Trekking Poles: Gossamer Gear
• Approximate Times: 11:30 – 3:00
• Carbon ratio: 2.25 hours (1.5 hours driving: 3.75 hours hiking); YTD = 155 hours banked
• Miles hiked YTD: 1035
• Notes:
  • Photos: low
  • Speed: fast
  • Difficulty: easy

All Trails data – times not too far off, distance and elevation again ‘over’ GaiaGPS