After spending a couple of weeks walking around the flat Amish farmlands, a bit of Willamette Valley foothill climbing was needed. Sunrise this week, 7:45+ but next week, 6:45 … more hike time, so no need to travel this week. I left Mt Pisgah North TH right around 7:00 with headlamp on. A great horned…
Warm weather for October and clear skies early, but by 5:30am the fog rolled in … At Pisgah North TH, there were 3 cars at a dark and foggy 6:15. A small moon and Jupiter in the late morning sky showed once above the fog. As sunrise showed above the ridge, the fog painting show…
After a cup of tea at home, I headed to Pisgah on a warm, clear and sunny October Thursday leaving the North TH around 9:00. The hike itself was a typical Pisgah round-about and up / over. Wildlife was sparse – even the birds – a couple of turkey vultures, a red-tail hawk and the…
After spending last week bopping around downtown Seattle and Bainbridge Island, it seemed too much to head right to Cascade Spine and hike the crest. After a quick Costco gas stop, my Highlander was the first car in Pisgah North lot. Around 6:15 the light was just enough to forgo headlamp. Soon after heading up…
I initially planned to go to Willamette Pass, but woke up unwilling to drive far … so at last minute, went to Pisgah. Timed the start for sunrise after the top … the view to Sisters was as expected and they hid behind clouds and haze the rest of the day. A full (or nearly)…
A warm, balmy day threatening rain all afternoon, but the scrub oak meadows were full of summer flowers, interesting lizards, new song birds … how better to spend the afternoon? I left North TH around 11:15 and hiked Mt Pisgah via trails #3 and #4. Human traffic was seasonally low – almost none. The threatening…
A warm but grey day in the valley with promises of afternoon sun … rather than drive, I stayed local. Leaving TH around 6:30am, there were >10 different birds singing in the parking lot. Later in the river meadows, 11 different birds sang while in the nearby woods only 4. A lazuli bunting was a…
To bank carbon karma, I stayed local hiking Mt. Pisgah. Starting from North TH before sunrise, 9 different birds were singing in the parking lot. My car was the only one … Even before rounding the hill from the TH on Tr#3, 3 deer sprinted up the hill from the valley floor. Later on the…
After hiking a couple of very fast hours on the Baldy side of Ridgeline with my nephew, I headed over to Pisgah for a short afternoon ramble as all the rain clouds disappeared. North TH parking lot was surprisingly empty after the morning drizzle. Humans were infrequent on the trails but half had dogs and…
I needed a long hike with a bit of elevation work but didn’t want too drive far with grey, will-eventually-rain skies. The night before I thought Ridgeline a good idea, but in the morning I decided fewer humans and more wildlife a better plan: Pisgah! Mine was first car in North TH lot … a…
