McNeil Shelter ?
McNeil Shelter ?
Has anyone made it to McNeil shelter this year? I read reports that Road to TopSpur TH is open and people are hiking Bald Mt. Curious about snow report on McNeil cut-off trail ( climbers' route) and the longer route.
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Yep! There have been very recent reports on the PortlandHikers Facebook group.
Karl
Back on the trail, again...
Back on the trail, again...
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Virtually no snow as far as the ridge meadow you will hit a lot of snow where the ridge dips down and then climbs back up to the Climbers route which is mostly snow free.
I would expect the "regular" trail to be snow covered for some time yet but haven't been that way myself.
Blurry photo of the Shelter taken from Bald Mt. Yesterday evening:
Hand Held 600mm X2 Ditital Zoom
I would expect the "regular" trail to be snow covered for some time yet but haven't been that way myself.
Blurry photo of the Shelter taken from Bald Mt. Yesterday evening:
Hand Held 600mm X2 Ditital Zoom
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I was on Bald Mountain yesterday evening too. What time were you there? A bit later than I, from the light.
My own hand-held P&S effort:
My own hand-held P&S effort:
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[quote="Webfoot"]I was on Bald Mountain yesterday evening too. What time were you there? A bit later than I, from the light.
Ha! From the Angle I'm guessing you were up on top of Bald Mt at the old lookout site?
We hiked past Bald Mt on the way down to the Muddy Fork crossing at about 6:00 and heard somebody up on the Bald Mt Summit. We hiked back out at 8:30 which is when I look the photo.
Ha! From the Angle I'm guessing you were up on top of Bald Mt at the old lookout site?
We hiked past Bald Mt on the way down to the Muddy Fork crossing at about 6:00 and heard somebody up on the Bald Mt Summit. We hiked back out at 8:30 which is when I look the photo.
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Yes, good eye. It wasn't me you heard though as I was up there around 4:30pm and gone by five.
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Anyone know if the McNeil Tarn still has water at this time?
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There's that stream 0.2 miles NE of McNeil shelter
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Appreciate the info and noted! Was looking to hike up to the tarn this weekend with my family. Figure the distance/elevation to that location would make it a reasonable destination for our younger hikers.retired jerry wrote:There's that stream 0.2 miles NE of McNeil shelter
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McNeil Tarn? there is no standing water up by the McNeil Shelter. Do you mean the two ponds down below the shelter on the Timberline Trail?somegeek wrote:Appreciate the info and noted! Was looking to hike up to the tarn this weekend with my family. Figure the distance/elevation to that location would make it a reasonable destination for our younger hikers.retired jerry wrote:There's that stream 0.2 miles NE of McNeil shelter
If so they looked like this last Sunday:
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