Oregon Hikers

Killingsworth.

... "If you enter the park by vehicle before 7 am or after 3 pm, you do not need a reservation." (If you're coming from Portland, this means getting on the road by 4 am. Personally, I'd recommend spending the night on Skate Creek Road .) Heck, I don't think I've ever entered MRNP later than 7am. Ho...

From your GPS track above, I gather you didn't go up the ridge until it gets close to Horsetail Creek Trail 425. Where/why did you leave the ridge and drop to Oneonta? How did that go? It doesn't look like you followed a natural feature like a spur ridge or creek, so perhaps you just aimlessly took ...

pct snow.jpg This kind of snow bank was the bane of my existence when I moved here. I was itching to get out hiking my first spring, but was always annoyed by the difficulties of snow-only-on-the-trail hiking. It's a paradox that makes a lot of sense when you know something about snow deposition an...

When I see how brilliantly our government bureaucrats manage natural resources and recreational sites, it fills me with optimism that they're fully prepared to address the immense challenges our country will face in coming decades.

Maybe our Burnside Bob?
But I don't know if he's a teacher.
And let's face it, there are a lot of Bobs out there.

Congrats! I'm certain I've never been there, nor has anybody else. ;) Seriously though, cool debut post. That's not an easy hike, especially this time of year. Sounds like you were able to stay right of Sandy on the ascent, which has been tricky for me in past years...but that creek does meander a b...

retired jerry wrote: ↑

January 4th, 2024, 7:30 pm

that is terrible people break into cars

It happens because we tolerate it.
If we didn't tolerate it, it would stop happening.

I keep forgetting to do this. Maybe after it dries out, which should be any month now.

Got half way up Kings Mt once and realized I left me wallet in plain view on the car seat, that was a fun heart pounding race back to the TH :lol: I once left my wallet on my dashboard. Black wallet, black dashboard, pre-dawn start, easy to overlook. The break-in cost THOUSANDS of dollars to fix, m...