Saturday, October 31, 2020
Today we headed up into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest for several short hikes north of Trout Lake: Natural Bridges, Sleeping Beauty, and Steamboat Mountain. Continue reading
Perry Point and Fivemile Butte
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Today we headed to the east side of Mt. Hood intending to do the Eightmile Creek Loop, although it didn’t quite work out that way. Continue reading
Lookout Mountain
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Today we set out to hike up Lookout Mountain then take the Divide Trail over to Flag Point. Continue reading
Gnarl Ridge
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Today we hiked the Timberline Trail to Gnarl Ridge. Continue reading
Lookingglass Lake
Sunday, September 27, 2020
Today Greg and I headed to the Stagman Ridge Trailhead in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in order to visit Lookingglass Lake. Continue reading
Horse Lake, Horse Mountain, and Red Hill
Friday, September 4 – Monday, September 7, 2020
For our four-day Labor Day weekend we headed to the Three Sisters Wilderness. Continue reading
Lake Wapiki
Saturday August 29 – Sunday, August 30, 2020
This weekend we did the shortest backpack of the season so far and headed to Lake Wapiki in the Indian Heaven Wilderness. Continue reading
Backpacking to Elk Cove
Saturday, August 22 – Sunday, August 23, 2020
This weekend we headed to Elk Cove and had a much more low-key weekend than last weekend. Continue reading
Snowgrass Flat and Old Snowy
Friday, August 14 – Sunday, August 16, 2020
Greg and I had already been considering backpacking to Snowgrass Flat in the Goat Rocks Wilderness but when the weekend weather forecast called for high heat, we definitely wanted to get into the high country where it would be cooler. Continue reading
Camp Lake
Saturday, August 8 – Sunday, August 9, 2020
Greg and I don’t get down to the Three Sisters Wilderness very much. The northern part is closest and is also busy and crowded and burned (the area has been plagued by huge wildfires in recent years). But this weekend we decided to make the long drive from Portland to do a one-nighter at Camp Lake. Continue reading