Oregon Hikers

Yes, looks like I landed at your spot on my first foray off the road. The property outline on Google Maps is slightly misleading. According to the tax lot map, the road leads to a triangle of property with river frontage, so you can't actually get to the Clark-Skamania county line without trespassin...

I clobbered my bad knee and needed something less grueling to get it back in fettle. Jbar290 had called my attention to the Washougal River “State Park” , so I decided to visit. Balcony Drive, off Vernon Road, is labeled a private road, but clearly a few people do visit, and there’s a paved pullout ...

Thanks for the heads up on this one. I actually checked it out. Will post trip report.

Excellent report. It's really thawing out there. I wouldn't have expected to get so far up without some difficulty.

Keep checking snow levels. You should be able to hike the river trail between the ranger station and Belknap Springs. However, upstream there will be more snow although you may able able to do short in and outs to the waterfalls.

Are you referring to the Veterans Creek hike: https://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guid ... Scott_Hike ?

We revised this over a year ago to reflect those changes and no longer include Altamont.

A friend and I engineered a 12 1/2 mile loop in Forest Park from the Tolinda Trailhead which went like this: Tolinda - Waterline - Wildwood - Hardest - Firelane 7 (briefly) - Trillium - Wildwood - Ridge - Leif Erikson Drive - Springville Road - Germantown Road - Tolinda Trailhead. The trails were sl...

Thanks. I can put an update in the Field Guide, but it's not clear to me if the whole system is closed or just the off-boardwalk section. Just want to check on that.

That's an interesting perspective on Green Mountain. Not sure what trails connect connect around from the north, though.

I was "snowed in" in SW Portland. The city closed the main street in and out of my hilly neighborhood, so I resorted to skis straight out of my house for a couple of days.

I would suggest a couple of modifications to the plan which would open things up a little: 1) tolerate lollipop loops 2) On the resupply day, allow a drive (one or two hours) to get to another trailhead. You can do a couple lollipop loops out of the Lostine - East Lostine for one trip, West Lostine ...