Oregon Hikers

welcome

if you watch for trip reports here, and look at the field guide (click on "field guide" above) there is a lot of good info

I think all your equipment will work just fine. Possibly you would need a better raincoat. Some of us have a problem with buying more gear though.

good info, thanks I've heard of break-ins at King's Mt trailhead so I assumed Elk Creek would be similar, but it's off hwy 6 more so maybe not. A few years ago the gate to Elk Creek campground was close, so I parked outside the gate which is visible from hwy 6, so I was a bit paranoid about break-in...

Good idea, I should add Elk Creek. I assume you're talking about between Portland and Tillamook. I haven't done that in a while. Are there car break-ins there in your experience? Is the gate open to the campground? I see just peachy and bobcat have added some stuff - that's what's great about the fi...

In the field guide: There are several shuttle services for hikers and rafters/kayakers: White Water Cowboys Morrisons Rogue Wilderness Adventures BLT's Rogue River Shuttles https://www.whitewatercowboys.com/rogue-river-shuttles https://wildrogue.com/rogue-river-shuttles/#:~:text=Morrisons%20Rogue%20...

I have inreach and pay $12 per month, that doesn't seem too unreasonably high I only use it to send a message once a day. I get 10 messages per month and almost never exceed that, then 50 cents per message Other plans are pretty expensive if you want to send waypoints as you're hiking and so forth Y...

hmmm... I seem to have stumbled into a controversial topic for you or maybe not you but that community

Yeah, Inreach works pretty good

I think there's even a way for two inreach users to communicate with each other

if you had an emergency in the wilderness where you can't get cell phone, would these radio frequencies allow you to reach someone so they could notify the authorities so they could rescue you?

"sorry for my water bottle in the shot"

that's all right, you're forgiven, it's supposed to be a beer bottle I believe

I've seen zillions of those stink bugs recently in the city, and in Seattle

some clever person created a thread for snow level 2022 and beyond

viewtopic.php?f=7&p=225467#p225467

I was at the Rogue River a couple months ago and the road from Galice to the Graves Creek Trailhead was blocked.

I drove from Wolf Creek to the trailhead which was fine.