{"id":687,"date":"2025-03-14T01:38:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T01:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=687"},"modified":"2025-03-14T01:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T01:38:26","slug":"spencer-snow-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=687","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Snow Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was watching the weather closely last night and this morning, including precipitation radar and weather reports, to best determine which rain shell to wear. Spencer Butte<\/a> was the targeted hill – Blanton Ridge and then up \/ down the butte until tired. On the way, it rained … the closer to Blanton, the bigger the drops …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is what it was like near the trailhead and then circling around to see Spencer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The snow surprised everybody … on the way up the first time, I asked 4 different people if they knew there was snow; only 1 said ‘yes’, and then quickly added, ‘I live 10 minutes away, I could see the snow before leaving’. For the first 2-3 hours it rained, snowed, rained, snowed, … the further up the hill, the deeper the snow-maybe 3 inches at Spencer top. Everybody seemed to love the snow, but especially this one small boy going all the way to the top, and the huskies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Route<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Started at Blanton Ridge around 7:00 went directly to Spencer top, then down to S. Willamette and back to top; down to Fox Hollow and back to the top. I had energy and time to hike more, but from the last time at top I saw another storm coming, and getting wet again (after almost drying out) was not my best idea – so back to Blanton, car and home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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