Oregon Hikers

There was a report of scorpions on Dog Mt.

https://katu.com/news/local/watch-where ... -the-gorge

Were you able to get a permit? I'm curious what you're planning on doing there? I'm planning a hike from Staircase to Port Angeles it doesn't go through quota areas and its just me, so I don't anticipate having much trouble getting a permit. Have you hiked along this path much? As far as special gea...

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Catherine Creek area is nice for snowshoeing - not too steep, plenty of views of the snowy Gorge.

I'm not sure why you say only one picnic table is needed to allow collection of a fee. The regulation uses the plural, saying “…the Secretary may charge a standard amenity recreation fee… but only at… An area… that contains…Picnic tables.” Other required amenities are not plural "A permanent toilet ...

Dog Mt. only has picnic table, not picnic tables.

I have a spreadsheet of trails from the Gorge and nearby areas. Below are the top 10 trails in terms of average grade.

Backwards in the sense that we should encourage people that want to hike to hike and not aim for some demographic profile of what we want the hiking community to be. ... it doesn't matter. Straw man arguments are fun, but to my knowledge, no one has advocated conscripting the populace to become hik...

I think diversity in a bunch of categories that are irrelevant in the hiking community is a backwards goal. A much better goal would be perfect homogeneity in the hiking community in the only thing that matters - everyone wants to hike hikes (tempered with the goal of avoiding overcrowding). It may...

I think diversity in a bunch of categories that are irrelevant in the hiking community is a backwards goal. Backwards from... what? Hiking's prominent place in the book "Stuff White People Like?" A much better goal would be perfect homogeneity in the hiking community in the only thing that matters ...