Oregon Hikers

Bull of the woods wilderness is still snow free. Nothing to 5000' as of 11/23.

You could start at the roaring river campground and hike into the serene lake/rock lakes area. That would bring you close to your target mileage. Maybe a side trip down to perrywinkle falls on roaring river? Several other possibilities for bumping up the distance. Mt. Mitchell is a cool destination ...

No water on the ridge, I always fill up at silver King lake. I haven't been on the couple miles of bagby South to the twin lakes trail so not sure about there. I tried fishing in the upper lake once but never caught anything. I think there are fish though so might just be timing and finding the righ...

Bummer! Thanks for the update.

xrp wrote: ↑

April 16th, 2019, 6:59 pm

How far in?

At least to the viewpoint around 4 miles in. 2500' elevation.

Salmon river trail is now clear. It looked like some fresh snow on the ridge tops above around 4000'.

Tried to go to the northern elk lake Creek trailhead today and 63 is clear of snow but blocked by a large tree across the road just before road 6350 turnoff. Dickey Creek should be accessible now.

The "other" eagle creek in Estacada has a few nice spots by the creek and I think it should be snow free by then with all the warm rains? No big views or waterfalls just some nice old growth and a wild flowing creek. The big trees do help to keep you dry. Same for Elk Lake creek in bull of the woods...

As of 3/24, Wildcat mountain road still has deep compact snow a few miles before the gravel pit trailhead. It was around 18-24" when I turned back. I was surprised to find quite a bit of snow on Salmon River road as well. It's clear to the old trail parking area but is deep to the main trailhead wit...

I drove most of the way down to Gumjuwac saddle from high prairie last summer. That's a fun one with some awesome views and good day hike options as long as you don't mind driving on cliffsides. We also looped around the entire badger creek wilderness which doesn't necessarily require 4x4 but there ...