Oregon Hikers

It is incredibly sad. My money is on a diseased cougar, but I'm certainly no expert. I was surprised it was on such a close-in hike. Hopefully they'll be able to track the cougar down

https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascou ... _ho_1.html

Says here they believe she was the victim of a cougar attack. This would be the first recorded attack in the wild in OR.

A buddy and I went snowshoeing/camping up to June lake last weekend. We twice went up to the lake and both times we could smell sulfur quite distinctly. Has anyone experienced that up there before?

Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I may put it off until the spring. This weekend I'll be going to Mt Margaret area instead

So that first bear looks like a grizzly... was that up around Ranier? Only time ive ever seen bears in the backcountry was on Rainier. Seen about 6 or 7 over the past few years. This was about a month ago at Spray Park... https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8797/28492318704_8c8e4fc77b_k.jpg And this guy w...

Is it too much to bite off to do the Loowit Trail in 2 days?

I did the Timberline Trail over Labor Day weekend clockwise. I took a screenshot of my strava route. No GPS markers, but you get the idea of where it goes.