Odd weather continued with fires burning around Sisters (Flat Fire), south of Diamond Peak (Emigrant) and new ones surfacing as more thunderstorms rolled through. Wednesday, I headed to Willamette Pass for a PCT day hike that didn’t require a permit, and obviously going Northbound (NOBO) from the pass rather than head directly toward Emigrant fire….
Initially, Fuji Mt was the target destination to climb above the fog and smoke to photo the near-by fires, Emigrant (lower left) and Flat (upper right). Emigrant fire closed all recreational sites around the Middle Fork of Willamette River and is now burning over 10,000 acres and extremely close to Indigo Springs (a small creek…
To close out that broken backpacking trip (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3), the final stage was a local hike (minimum driving of 30 min total) at Mt Pisgah. The weather was rain, fog and cool temperatures at least until 10-11am. It rained all the way to the TH (North TH), and I started…
Part 3 of the broken backpacking trip (Part 1, Part 2), early rain in the morning and grey skies and the Salsa loaded ready to go. Left around 10:00 and the ride all the way to Upper Camp Road was just perfect … 6 deer and 5 osprey along the way. But getting to Upper…
After Wednesday’s Salsa ride past Brownsville, Thursday’s day hike was part of the original backpacking plan: PCT from Bobby Lake to Charlton Lake and back with a short detour up the north Twin. With most of the PCT hikers at Cascade Locks for PCT days, the woods were fairly quiet – only 1 pair of…
After a busted backpacking trip that never got started (Red Flag Warnings, T-Storms, rain, etc …), I hopped on the Salsa gravel bike and headed out on an OR scenic bikeway to Brownsville and then out east of town on Northern – a great ride out of Brownsville. I left home around 6:30 and traffic…
A departure from hiking, biking and the required gear to be safe and happy … bird flu, and its impact to wild bird populations. It is not just for chickens … all birds are threatened, and raptors are taking a hit. In the posted article below both peregrine falcons and kestrels are talked about, and…
Well folks, the original post for So Sister adventure was destroyed … and rather that try to recreate the same thing, I’ll do another one 🙂 For planning purposes leading up to this trip (July 28-31), weather reports from at least 5 services conflicted and contradicted each other; I’ve never seen such inconsistency in weather…
WordPress is messed up after a hack 2 weeks ago and a failed attempt to fix. The recent post on So Sister has disappeared and the site is unstable …. more later apologies –
In a week of dynamic plans, Tuesday was a 50+ mile bike ride in rural Willamette Valley and Wednesday a hiking buddy and I shared the ride to Willamette Pass to hike Maiden Peak via PCT. From Willamette Pass, the PCT winds north through the central cascade lakes area starting with 3 Rosary Lakes, where…
