Hiking from Lava Camp (McKenzie Pass PCT trailhead) covering both east and west sides of the 3-Sisters Loop was one of the October Camp Sherman basecamp day hikes – the second day in a 5 day sequence. This was the … Read More

Hiking Santiam Pass north-bound on the Pacific Crest Trail was one of the October Camp Sherman basecamp day hikes – the first in a 5 day sequence. Several hikes this year around 3-Finger Jack ran into rain and fog, so … Read More

My sister and I continued our annual rainy late September hiking, finishing Jack Lake and the Canyon Meadows Loop on the east side of 3-Fingered Jack in Mt. Jefferson Wilderness. Needless to say, getting to the hike, the hike and … Read More

After car tenting at Pine Rest Campground (Camp Sherman) the night before, around sunrise I topped the Santiam Pass and headed for the Upper Mckenzie River Trailhead just downriver from Fish Lake. I hiked this section of the trail earlier … Read More

The first plan for a Mt Jefferson Wilderness PCT (USFS) ramble was ambitious and assumed a ‘happy weather path’. Well, OR in September can be a fleeting factoid. The forecast changed to probable rain on day 3 morning and temperatures … Read More

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) southbound from Willamette Pass (Highway 58) is like an old friend. I’ve hiked this almost every year for the last 5-6 years, and this is the third year for a September day hike (2022, … Read More

An original plan had backpacking from Willamette Pass in this week, but for different reasons … plans changed. Day 1 local day hiking on Ridgeline Trail and Spencer Butte seemed the right first step back into the woods after a … Read More

As part of genuine wonder for our natural world and ethical, better living, I find understanding my living’s environmental impact important to help make better choices. Anthropocene Magazine published a great article on the carbon impact of different fisheries and … Read More

The original plan and permit for August’s super blue moon was to backpack in Three Sisters Wilderness, but fire smoke suggested a different idea. Campground reservations were easy at Thielsen View campground, surprisingly. The fire smoke was supposed to be … Read More

For several days (3 nights), from a car campground (Lost Creek) I rambled around the west side of Mt Hood. This was the fourth consecutive year hiking on PCT, Timberline and other connected trails. Camping at Lost Creek, which was … Read More