PCT Santiam Pass to Jack and back

Reminder: clicking on round edge images opens up 90% resolution photos for better content This week was supposed to be a backpacking week – initially, Sky Lake Wilderness PCT section in Southern OR. An early heavy fire season changed those … Read More

Backpacking Southern Oregon PCT

Looking for an OR backpacking trip the first week of June 2023 while our deep, wonderful snowpack melts proved a challenge. First attempt was Rogue River, but had done that last year, and the road conditions were sketchy. Watching snowpack … Read More

PCT: Pamelia Lake to Jefferson Park

With the re-opening of the PCT north of Pamelia Lake (Lionshead Fire) after 2 years being closed, and complimenting last week’s PCT Pamelia Lake sobo (post), on Sept 15 under cloudy skies the hike started at same Pamelia Lake TH, … Read More

PCT: South of Mt Hood

After a well planned backpacking trip fell apart, I found myself at the US 26 / PCT junction Tuesday morning, July 16 with time until Friday noon to backpack the PCT just south of Mt. Hood. First, this is not … Read More

PCT: Crater Lake

The first PCT hike of the 2022 season (July 5-8) didn’t turn out as expected from very early planning … who would have thought that OR snow would come later and last longer than any season in the last 6. … Read More