Oregon Hikers

My daughter and I went on a Monday in mid-September last year. We were staying in Sunriver so did not overnight on the trail. We got a 7am start at the trailhead and took 5 hours to get up and 3 1/2 down. Weather was pretty gnarly with sideways freezing rain and clouds up until the summit. If you ar...

Thanks Chip. That makes it clear.

I was wondering where you were also. I think I have a Google Earth picture of the upper part of your venture... does this look about right? I am impressed!

Some more photos...
Hood River Valley Other small stream in Eden Park

We planned to hike the Vista Ridge, Eden Park, Timberline Trail loop. The water flow levels of Ladd Creek however prevented us from doing the loop. Hood from Eden Park.JPG We experienced some rain showers on the drive to the trailhead, so we thought it might be a wet hike. By the time we got to the ...

Conboy Lake Wildlife Refuge is located east of Trout Lake. Peter Conboy filed a land claim in 1872 Lake Basin.JPG It is a mix of wetlands, grassy prairies, streams, and oak, pine, and aspen forest. We walked the 3.8 mile loop to the trail’s end at Willard Springs. Near the trailhead is an old homest...

From Conboy Lake National Wildlife refuge.... It amazes me how many of these Chip finds. I think he has a mylar attraction.

I agree with Don. I know on talus slope rock i.e Cooper’s Spur especially, it is easier to find the route from above. On dirt a little more difficult, but still better than from below.

I was going to attempt the Casey Creek Trail this past Monday. I got to the Casey Creek Trail sign at about 8:30am and was raring to go up. I lost the track in the first half mile and then again soon after that. At this point I gave up. So my boots only worked the first 3/4 mile. I would like to try...

Didn’t read the title very well. Deleting post....