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by bobcat
March 27th, 2024, 1:01 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Reehers Camp trails 03-26-24
Replies: 0
Views: 87

Reehers Camp trails 03-26-24

The original plan had been to head up the Gales Creek Trail from Reehers Camp, but we found out that trail was closed between Round Top and Bell Camp roads due to a logging operation, so we hiked the trails below Round Top Road. We took the Gales Creek Trail along the Nehalem River, which crossed at...
by bobcat
March 25th, 2024, 8:30 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Cedar Mill Creek Loop Trail
Replies: 1
Views: 258

Re: Cedar Mill Creek Loop Trail

Thanks. I'll put a note in the Field Guide.

Coincidentally, I revisited that entire excursion in December. The Peterkort section is definitely a highlight, at least looking south from the trail.
by bobcat
March 24th, 2024, 8:32 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Gooseneck Loop (Cottonwood Canyon) 3-20-24
Replies: 3
Views: 481

Re: Gooseneck Loop (Cottonwood Canyon) 3-20-24

Yes, it's not really a boundary fence but I think a cattle fence, now no longer repaired, that separated a former grazing concession in the canyon from farmland above. Looking down from Peak 1443, you can see a gate in the fence. You could follow the jeep track on the other side as far as a farm roa...
by bobcat
March 24th, 2024, 8:25 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Catherine Creek and trails above Sunflower Hill, 3/16/24
Replies: 1
Views: 325

Re: Catherine Creek and trails above Sunflower Hill, 3/16/24

Thanks for the report and info on the upper Sunflower extension. Looks like it was a lovely day out there!
by bobcat
March 23rd, 2024, 8:21 am
Forum: Trail Rx
Topic: Eel Lake South at Tugman State Park closed
Replies: 5
Views: 329

Re: Eel Lake South at Tugman State Park closed

Thanks, coaster, for keeping us current on the situation for that trail. I've put a note in the Field Guide. When/if the situation is fixed, let us know. State Parks operates in "clusters," usually with one trails ranger for a group of parks. Looks like you found out who that is, which should speed ...
by bobcat
March 22nd, 2024, 9:48 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Gooseneck Loop (Cottonwood Canyon) 3-20-24
Replies: 3
Views: 481

Gooseneck Loop (Cottonwood Canyon) 3-20-24

Before the weather turned again, I motored out to the John Day River and did this loop in Cottonwood Canyon State Park. I began at the first parking area, and took the short trail up to Sage Knob and then headed up the ridge to Peak 1443. The steppe wildflowers were beginning to bloom, and a cool we...
by bobcat
March 17th, 2024, 9:15 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Guatemala - February 2024
Replies: 5
Views: 701

Re: Guatemala - February 2024

See any resplendent quetzals? Third photo from the bottom. I think we saw four males and two females on that hike. I got scabies and a bot fly, which is kind of too disgusting to even describe. I've seen what the bots do to howler monkeys (although the maggots feasting on their flesh rarely kill th...
by bobcat
March 14th, 2024, 2:40 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Guatemala - February 2024
Replies: 5
Views: 701

Guatemala - February 2024

I spent most of February in Guatemala visiting a good cross-section of the country and keeping ambulatory as much as possible. After a few days on my own, including a short foray into Honduras, I met up with a friend in Guatemala City, where we rented a car and drove north. The big trek of the trip ...
by bobcat
March 7th, 2024, 5:52 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Dry Creek Falls in Columbia River Gorge Area (Alternate Route via Forest Road instead of PCT)
Replies: 2
Views: 811

Re: Dry Creek Falls in Columbia River Gorge Area (Alternate Route via Forest Road instead of PCT)

That section of Dry Creek through the defile below the PCT is pretty and relatively untraveled. It's a nice loop, especially this time of year, out the PCT and then return down the old road to Cascade Locks.
by bobcat
March 7th, 2024, 5:50 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Suzanne Arlie Park 03-03-2024
Replies: 2
Views: 623

Re: Suzanne Arlie Park 03-03-2024

Thanks for the interesting report on this extension to the Ridgeline Trail system. I'll have to check it out when I'm down there.

FYI, your link to the master plan just sends us to the Ridgeline brochure again.