Oregon Hikers

Now the Portland Tribune reports that the permit system will not apply to the entire waterfall corridor this year. Because there wasn't sufficient funding. The parking lot within I-84 will still require a timed-entry permit. https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/odot-ends-waterfall-corridor-permit-sy...

My first thought was that a search and rescue group might be marking a search operation. But they are a lot more respectful than that. And I would expect to see flagging on a grid, not linear. EDIT: Oregon Hash House says they run on 2nd and 4th Saturdays as well as the full moon. https://oregonhhh....

I often have an FRS with me when I hike. But I don't monitor it when I am not hiking.

What if you did a figure 8 in the gorge, one week in Washington, one week in Oregon? You could keep your resupply at Cascade Locks Ale House like the PCTers do. Heck, starting from Cascade Locks with that kind of timeframe could someone hike the eastern portion of the Chinook Trail one week, and the...

retired jerry wrote: ↑

February 18th, 2023, 10:04 am

I don't generally touch those toilets with any skin surfaces anyway, so if someone removed the toilet I'd just squat over it, sort of like historical Japanese toilets

That would be a very wide squat

If you drop your phone down the hole, don't go after it.

What do you propose? I'm glad you asked, Jesse. Though I prefer taking action to making proposals. I maintain a forest road that was at risk of being closed, with whoever cares to join me. We work under a volunteer agreement with the Forest Service. We are planning another joint workday with the Ch...

I could be wrong, but my understanding was that Weyerhauser issued recreational permits for free until sometime after the various government entities started charging for their permits. Perusing their website , I see that there are a number of properties that they still allow people to access for fr...

Thanks, that is really cool!

That is cool. It looks like one of you has a go-pro on your helmet? It would be fun to see that video.

Though, on further viewing, you might be able to see Larch above Little Baldy.