Hike description
The plan was for this to be another short hike with Bodie. After seeing the conditions over the past few weeks, I thought I might be able to make it up to the Rimrock trailhead (plan A). If … Read the rest
Tag Archives: TrailWork
Refers to trips where trail maintenance/work was the primary focus of the trip.
4/16/2016 – Milepost 3 Trail
Hike description
This was a relatively short hike on a beautiful sunny day – above average temperatures for this time of year – in the 70’s. I don’t think it was quite that warm up higer, but it was till
… Read the rest 4/1/2016 – Hillockburn Trail – 516
Hike description
This was no April Fool’s Joke!!! This was a quick trip down the Hillockburn trail with Bodie. The weather was beautiful and I needed to take a day off from work, so I decided to take this trip.
… Read the rest 7/3/2015 – Thunder Mountain and Skookum Lake
Description of Hike:
This was kind of a spur of the minute hike. I had thought about going out, but we have been in the middle of a heat wave, so I wasn’t sure I wanted to. I thought maybe
… Read the rest 1/31/2015 – MP3 and Rimrock Trails
Description of Hike:
My daughter called me and asked if I wanted to go hiking on Saturday – the weather was supposed to be nice. She wanted mountain views. I thought about it for a while and looked at different
… Read the rest 7/11/2014 – Fish Creek Mountain Trail – 541
Description of Hike:
Due to all the family stuff going on this summer, I haven’t been able to get out as often as I’d like. I took a Friday off to help with moving my mom, but it appeared all
… Read the rest 5/13/2014 – Lower Burnt Granite Trail
Description of Hike:
This was a trip to explore the lower section of the Burnt Granite trail – the upper section is still an official trail, however the lower section was carved up by clearcuts and abandoned years ago. It
… Read the rest 1/25/2014 – South Fork Water Pipeline
Description of Hike:
This trip has been on my radar for quite some time – probably since I did the series of hikes to the South Fork waterworks up the South Fork in 2010. The goal was to hike downriver
… Read the rest 1/1/2014 – Rho Creek Trail – 569
Description of Hike:
This was a (quickly becoming) traditional New Years Day hike. Originally I had wanted to do a low hike, since it is January, but with the lack of snow up high, I thought I would take advantage
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Description of Hike:
This hike was just a fun hike, and a chance to get back to one of my favorite trails and to also capture the rest of the track for the trail, as well as to capture the
… Read the rest 7/13/2013 – Huxley Lake – 521 and Vicinity
Description of Hike:
Today’s goal was to capture a good track of the Huxley Lake trail and to do a little exploring around the area. It was a beautiful day, not too hot, not too cold and sunny. What a
… Read the rest 11/10/2012 – Weather Station exploration and Oak Grove Butte Area
Description of Hike:
This was an end of the higher elevation year hike to try and find a couple of weather stations as well as hike to the top of Oak Grove Butte and also hike an old abandoned trail
7/14/2012 – Corral Springs (507) Trail
Description of Hike:
This hike was a milestone for me in my goal of hiking all the trails in the Clackamas district. It marked the last trail that I have not hiked at all (I still have two more trails
… Read the rest 11/3/2010 – Bull of the Woods trail – 550
Description of Hike:
With the (probably) last of the nice weather, I took a day off to do what is probably my last high elevation hike of the season. I went up to Bull of the Woods lookout on the
… Read the rest 10/13/2010 – North end of Bagby trail – 544
Description of Hike:
This was a mid week hike down the north end of the Bagby trail. I wanted to complete my traverse of the entire Bagby trail. Earlier this summer my daughter and I hiked the lower 5 miles
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Description of Hike:
I woke up this morning, the weather was cloudy, and the forecast was for probable rain. Since I wimped out the weekend before, I decided that I was going hiking no matter what. Then I was half
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