Oregon Hikers

Feed it some of your high-octane beers and maybe it will fall over on it's own.

I was planning on a section hike from OR/CA border to Crater Lake in early September. Assuming fire danger does not make this plan unworkable, the downed trees are going to make 20 mile days even harder...

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Carrying around a chainsaw in an easy access sling on the trail might get you a considerable amount of side-eye and a very wide berth when passing people....

Nice work, Mike. Not a bad idea right now for training hikes. How well does that saw carry in a backpack?

Green Canyon to the Hunchback junction has been a mess for years. It's even worse from that junction if you are trying to do the Salmon River loop. The amount of treefall and the length of time that it's been there is amazing, in a bad way.

Followed FG path: https://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide/Tanner_Creek_to_Eagle_Creek_Loop_Hike Took my daughter and her friend for a Memorial Day hike. The trail was completely empty and with the undergrowth getting so much sun, a good portion of the 400 trail was overgrown. From the power lines, ...

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Never mind, FS indicates that 434 is not maintained and hard to follow. Probably non-existent after the fire.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mthood/ ... ecid=53290

Any thoughts on an Eagle Creek loop via 440 -> 434 (Eagle-Benson) -> PCT -> 405B -> 405 (Ruckel Creek) -> 400?