{"id":5017,"date":"2023-10-08T10:27:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T10:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2024-04-30T20:27:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:27:03","slug":"eden-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2023\/10\/08\/eden-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Eden Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 24, 2023<\/p>\n<p>As always in late summer there was a lot of smoke in the sky and hiking options were limited. Today I decided to head to Eden Park on Mt. Hood.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I parked at the Vista Ridge Trailhead and headed south on the Vista Ridge Trail. There was a lot of pearly everlasting and fireweed along here:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389609116_c98d6932e3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389915514_a70d630f60_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389914624_62892f23a7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53388685877_ac6f4fb94c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53388685297_64f2a73a2b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53393338931_a595dbf3c6_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53393780955_4715e33960_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fall colors are already starting to show at this elevation:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389793818_fc7391f7f6_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389606351_dce90fe35e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389606231_fe18826e6f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389792378_af4c61354b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53393782790_66721bc4f4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were quite a few huckleberries to munch on. Yum!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53392412022_60d18f96d5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53393650494_9bb5e30f97_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looks like it was a good beargrass year up here. I was definitely too late for that:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389911884_d5f6f7d32e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389911934_e8ac513f01_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yet more fireweed:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389604861_af86221df3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389796158_896b792363_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53388686842_39ef4d7641_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53393335331_9cfe3bfd0f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I reached the junction with the Eden Park Trail and turned right:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53393528428_025a4def47_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail descends through burned snags from the 2011 Dollar Lake Fire:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53388686762_92bc5af646_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390854718_4683bd4c3f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389748037_dbf9161f0c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53391106690_6071c13ec2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390973889_dcba03864d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53391104120_c4ba2f8f94_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390973184_98bf01728e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most wildflowers were done and gone, but I saw a few along the descent. Goldenrod:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53393647299_70d5abfccb_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paintbrush:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389747742_ca2a8ae95f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389746007_af3c544821_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gentian:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390970684_d46b07596b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390970524_129f238a19_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail crossed Ladd Creek:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390971274_765331c67e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390662706_7c9cf08249_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390660466_6dc1c4e37c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I was in Eden Park. There are a few campsites here, but no one was around:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390660381_34f2c95ae8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53393527793_50a9304e9b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53391099540_f4d6eddc3c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390870793_04c9970f74_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53391121730_06cdc57307_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail circles around Eden Park and then climbs up the slope west of the meadow:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389763307_07d095ff65_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I came across a patch of fringed grass of parnassus:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390868048_0179ca558b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390867833_a5c5b106a1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking down on Eden Park:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390989544_a3cdcf108d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail crossed a large talus slope:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389761577_ae1ab3a279_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A robust clump of paintbrush:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390678571_ce8c4908fc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I reached the junction with the Timberline Trail. My way back was to the left, but I turned right for a detour over to Glisan Creek:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389759612_8d5fc73d90_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hiking the Timberline Trail back towards Cairn Basin:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389759592_8550381e23_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I reached the Cairn Basin shelter. Amazingly I have only ever been here once before, back in 2007 before the fire. The fire burned right up to the edge of the basin:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53393644829_2951e8e9cb_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53393332821_45832de567_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crossing Ladd Creek again:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53391178830_efcb9f0a0b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Climbing up the hill through burned trees:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390925333_edcbee44eb_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Easy to see the area affected by the fire:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390925078_e6f9ef4301_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I stopped at Wyeast Basin. The view was pretty hazy:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53389818972_e0fe0df5bd_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lovely gurgling creek that flows through Wyeast Basin. It&#8217;s cold and clear and perfect for soaking tired feet:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53392405852_cfaf4cc6d1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a nice foot soak I headed down the Vista Ridge Trail back to my car. Here&#8217;s the view looking back towards Mt. Hood:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53390740701_b210669b9a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eden Park Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Glad I finally got to see Eden Park after all this time. I would like to visit during peak wildflower season, even if means dealing with mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 8.7 miles, 1,800&#8242; elevation gain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 24, 2023 As always in late summer there was a lot of smoke in the sky and hiking options<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2023\/10\/08\/eden-park\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eden Park<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[166,168,159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5017"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5017"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5070,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5017\/revisions\/5070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}