Hiking Ridgeline and Spencer Butte in ice and heavy fog after last week’s snow and yesterday’s good hard rain made for a) difficult hiking above the trees on the stone steps covered in thin clear ice, and b) beautiful foggy … Read More
Urban hiking through and between three Eugene city parks, Gillespie Butte, Alton Baker & Hendricks Parks, on a dry March morning with great blue herons stealing the show. *reminder, clicking on photos opens higher quality item The Route through the … Read More
A Ridgeline ramble in snow & ice early March with few people, owls, snow-covered trails on Spencer Butte and a kestrel made for a near perfect 15+ mile day hike – one much different than the last Ridgeline ramble … … Read More
Winter storms were coming again later this week, but dry, warmer weather held for a February ramble in Silver Falls State Park. The 18 mile ramble included waterfalls, meadows and forests on an early dry gray morning with few other … Read More
