Today’s hike was simply a “get out in the woods” hike. I looked at options and Fish Creek Mountain was close and was accessible – there are other trails I’d like to do, but they are still inaccessible due to … Read the rest
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6/29/2026 – Jackpot Meadows Trail
Today’s trip was one that I’ve had on my todo list for a while now. I decided to head up and see what the Jackpot Meadows trail was like. This trail was part of the Skyline trail in the late … Read the rest
5/28/2026 – Clackamas River Trail – 715
Today’s hike was kind of a last minute plan. I wasn’t sure I would feel up to hiking today but in the morning I was feeling pretty good so I decided to do what I thought might be a little … Read the rest
5/14/2026 – Pansy Lake to Bull of the Woods – 551 ,558
Today’s hike had no real purpose other than just getting out on a trail I haven’t been on in a while. The weather was supposed to be reasonably good, so I looked around for options and decided to hike the … Read the rest
4/23/2026 – Baty Butte Trail – 545
Today’s hike was kind of a spur of the moment hike. The weather report was supposed to be sunny (spoiler alert – it was wrong), so I thought I’d head out somewhere. I was considering heading up to Burnt Granite
… Read the rest 4/18/2026 – Mosier Creek
Today’s hike was very much last minute and would have to be considered a “hiking lite” day. We did do almost 4 miles though! Since this all came about last minute I thought I’d just head up to the Mosier
… Read the rest 3/11/2026 – Mosier Creek
Today’s hike was a “hiking light” day – This was one of the few days I could get out and I wanted to get out in the woods but the weather forecast was terrible. Lots of rain and also wind
… Read the rest 2/25/2026 – Old North Fork Trail to Huxley Lake – 521
Today’s hike was pretty much a “get out in the woods and enjoy a beautiful winter day” hike. My goal in retirement has been to hike twice a week and with recent weather, I’ve been having a tough time making
… Read the rest 5/27/2025 – Old Dickey Lake Trail
Today’s hike had one objective – see if we could find the remainder of the old Dickey Lake trail. We had found part of it a couple of years ago when we did a wintertime trip to Bagby. We had
… Read the rest 5/13/2025 – Rho Creek – 569
Today’s hike was kind of a spur of the moment one. I’ve been having a hard time doing my twice a week hiking since I retired (too many other things going on) – this week I realized that today was
… Read the rest 1/25/2025 – White Iris Trail – Old Baldy – 502
Today’s hike was kind of “get out and enjoy the nice weather” hike. We’ve had REALLY nice weather for January, although it has been cold. It is supposed to continue for part of next week and then it sounds like
… Read the rest 6/30/2024 – Camp Sherman explorations
This was kind of a spur of the minute hike. We were on our family vacation at Lake Creek Lodge in Camp Sherman. There are a variety of trails thru the property that also connect to various trails on Forest
… Read the rest 5/18/2024 – Huxley Lake 521
Today’s hike was going to be a relatively short one since Kirk had to get back early for an event. I’d been looking for trails that were opening up since the snow levels have been rising. I hadn’t hiked the
… Read the rest 2/11/2024 – Mosier Creek
This hike was a quickie “hiking light” day – before the Super Bowl. I haven’t hiked since New Years day due to weather and being sick, so I decided to do a quick trip up Mosier Creek before the Super
12/26/2022 – Alder Flat Trail
Today’s trip was intended to be a very short hike – less than half a day – I kind of wanted to get in one more hike before the end of the year, but it was also supposed to rain
… Read the rest 11/19/2022 – Dry Ridge Trail
Today’s hike was to explore some more of the burned areas. We also wanted to hike a trail we hadn’t been on recently and also due to recent snow, had to be accessible. The Dry Ridge trail seemed to fit
… Read the rest 10/10/2022 – Whetstone Mountain – 546
Trying to take advantage of the really nice fall weather, and the fact that I had Columbus day off, I decided to head out on a hike. I didn’t want anything too taxing, but I wanted a nice day in
… Read the rest 1/22/2022 – Mosier Creek
This was kind of a last minute quick trip just to get out on a beautiful winter day and can only be characterized as “hiking light”. This BLM land off Ridge road (Mosier Creek flows thru it) is pretty close,
… Read the rest 1/1/2022 – Highland Butte
Today’s hike was the annual “first hike of the year” event. I’ve done a hike on 1/1 on 9 of the last 11 years – and one year I missed it due to weather. We’ve had some low elevation snow,
… Read the rest 11/28/2020 – Wildcat Mountain
Today’s hike was an idea that Kirk had. Since pretty much the entire Clackamas district is inaccessible due to the Riverside fire, he had the idea to head up to Wildcat Mountain. Initially, the idea was to go from the
… Read the rest 2/9/2020 – Helion Creek Rescue Attempt
After the disaster last week where I lost my new drone, I had been thinking about it and I couldn’t let it go. The weather for the following Sunday was supposed to be rather nice, and I thought it was
… Read the rest 2/1/2020 – Helion Creek Explorations
Today’s hike was something I’ve had on my hiking todo list for a number of years. Brian had posted photos of the waterfall on Helion creek and what might have been a blasted trail bench on it. I wanted to
… Read the rest 1/1/2020 – Lower Cottonwood Meadows – 705
This was my (mostly) annual new years day hike – I’ve done this 8 out of the last 10 years now. One year there was just too much snow to go ANYWHERE (2017), and I’m not sure what happened the
… Read the rest 12/14/2019 – Elk Lake Creek – 559, 554
Today’s hike was just to get outside and enjoy a fall/winter day. The higher elevation trailheads are inaccessible now, so I had to choose something a bit lower. The Elk Lake Creek trailhead is relatively low (2400′) and didn’t appear
… Read the rest 4/13/2019 – Fish Creek
Today’s hike was interesting. The plan was to hike with the scouts – they were heading up Fish Creek to do a one night backpacking trip. While I couldn’t spend the night (I had to watch the animals while Gail
… Read the rest 1/25/2019 – Alder Flat
Today’s hike was really more “hiking lite”. It was a short, easy trip just to get a little exercise and get out in the woods. After my last trip (the snowshoe outing on 1/1), I came down with the flu,
… Read the rest 12/15/2018 – Dickey Creek Trail
Today’s hike was kind of spur of the moment. The weather was supposed to be pretty good (for December) so I thought we would head down Dickey Creek to the creek crossing, have lunch and then head back. I was
… Read the rest 3/3/2018 – Calico Road and Fish Creek
Today’s hike was kind of a roller coaster. Originally, I was supposed to be working on the house this weekend (getting ready for our flooring installation), but I’ve made good progress during the week, so decided I could get out
… Read the rest 11/11/2017 – Fanton Trail to Squaw Mountain Snowshoe
Today’s hike was almost cancelled. I had thought about this for a couple of weeks, hoping I could complete a trek we had done almost 2 years ago (although a bit shorter). No one else wanted (or could) go, and
… Read the rest 9/2/2017 – Old Buck Lake Trail Explorations
The hike today was a continuation of a hike I took with Zack last fall. We had explored from Buck Lake north up the old Buck Lake trail. Last trip it was November and some snow had fallen, so we
… Read the rest 8/12/2017 – Plaza Lake Trail
This was a rather short hike since I had to get back early to do some work at home. Charles was camped out at the big slide on the 4610 road, exploring sections of the old Clackamas Lake Trail, so
… Read the rest 7/21/2017 – Fish Creek Mountain
This hike was intended to be a quick day hike in preparation for my annual backpacking trip with Carly. I wanted something with elevation gain to do a little conditioning for the trip the following day. Fish Creek Mountain seemed
… Read the rest 4/22/2017 – Cripple Creek Trail – 703
This hike was originally intended to be a waterfall exploration hike, but since our guide got injured, we had to come up with an alternative. The alternatives this time of year are minimal due to the snow levels. The choice
… Read the rest 3/11/2017 – McIver State Park
Today’s hike was “hiking lite” – a very short hike on well groomed trails at McIver state park. It is close to home, and since it is raining hard, and Thor tends to get carsick easily, I thought it would
… Read the rest 3/18/2016 – Cripple Creek Trail – 703
Hike description
The hike today was just a chance to get out and take Bodie out while he is still able. Based on trail difficulty and snow levels, the choices were limited, but I decided to hike the Cripple Creek
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