• Cold Pisgah Morning

    ByMichael Goatbells

    The weather peeps said Oakridge 33-50 degrees with fog early and some sun; Eugene was 26-45 with same fog and sun combo. Alpine Trail was a good idea, but driving an hour longer for just a tad more solitude? – no, Pisgah was carbon karma rational destination. Started from the West TH (the BIG one)…

  • Pisgah’s Coyote

    ByMichael Goatbells

    After head cold forced downtime, crisp frosty weather delayed a short hike until later morning. Around 10:45, I landed at the North Pisgah TH with the sun shining but frost lingering in the shadows. Water streamed out of sources I do not know. Does the hill just absorb water like a sponge and then it…