Hiking or rambling around Smith Rock State Park was one of the October Camp Sherman basecamp day hikes – the last day in a 5 day sequence. Smith Rock State Park started the hiking season in May, and ended it … Read More
Hiking from Lava Camp (McKenzie Pass PCT trailhead) covering both east and west sides of the 3-Sisters Loop was one of the October Camp Sherman basecamp day hikes – the second day in a 5 day sequence. This was the … Read More
Hiking Santiam Pass north-bound on the Pacific Crest Trail was one of the October Camp Sherman basecamp day hikes – the first in a 5 day sequence. Several hikes this year around 3-Finger Jack ran into rain and fog, so … Read More
My sister and I continued our annual rainy late September hiking, finishing Jack Lake and the Canyon Meadows Loop on the east side of 3-Fingered Jack in Mt. Jefferson Wilderness. Needless to say, getting to the hike, the hike and … Read More
After car tenting at Pine Rest Campground (Camp Sherman) the night before, around sunrise I topped the Santiam Pass and headed for the Upper Mckenzie River Trailhead just downriver from Fish Lake. I hiked this section of the trail earlier … Read More
Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) southbound from Willamette Pass (Highway 58) is like an old friend. I’ve hiked this almost every year for the last 5-6 years, and this is the third year for a September day hike (2022, … Read More
An original plan had backpacking from Willamette Pass in this week, but for different reasons … plans changed. Day 1 local day hiking on Ridgeline Trail and Spencer Butte seemed the right first step back into the woods after a … Read More
The original plan and permit for August’s super blue moon was to backpack in Three Sisters Wilderness, but fire smoke suggested a different idea. Campground reservations were easy at Thielsen View campground, surprisingly. The fire smoke was supposed to be … Read More
For several days (3 nights), from a car campground (Lost Creek) I rambled around the west side of Mt Hood. This was the fourth consecutive year hiking on PCT, Timberline and other connected trails. Camping at Lost Creek, which was … Read More
With a couple of fires burning around home, (OR Fire Marshal has 3: Priceboro, Salmon and Bedrock; the Incident map from US Gov has 2: Salmon and Bedrock). GaiaGPS has a smoke forecast feature and here’s the map for then … Read More
