Oregon Hikers

... a beautiful sunny snowshoe trip on Friday, we went to a mostly cloudy Catherine Creek on Saturday. We took the road to the left from the parking area, went up to the powerlines, ...

Having grown up in an area where winter was the peak wildflower season (February), I don't really make that connection. In the mountains wildflowers peak in mid-summer. Where I live now they usually peak in the spring, but it's all a question of geography. Grass widows are a local flower but they ar...

Darn, no grass widows yet. I was getting used to seeing the first ones in January. Does that mean that they will be better in March? It's all cascade concrete out here in the eastern gorge once not in the driving lanes. Expecting spring to start in January every year isn't ecologically sustainable.

Last year the grass widows started in January and were slapped down by the mid-February ice storm. I thought that was going to be the end of them for 2021, but they came back nicely at the end of the month.

Darn, no grass widows yet. I was getting used to seeing the first ones in January. Does that mean that they will be better in March?

It's all cascade concrete out here in the eastern gorge once not in the driving lanes.

We went to Catherine Creek today for hopes of snow and sun. We got both and very little wind and temperatures in the mid 30's at about ...

... miler at Deschutes Upper Trail, then an aborted three-plus miles at Catherine Creek. Aborted because I made the mistake of taking the Arch Loop trail down from the high ...

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April 14th, 2021, 8:42 pm

Is your yellow flower yellow monkeyflower?

Yes, looks like a good match. Thanks for the pointer.

Is your yellow flower yellow monkeyflower?

Yes, I think they have always intended to build a trail on Tracy Hill. Note the map below, wouldn't that be CA3? Most of these trails have actual names now. No, I'm talking about the old 4WD road that leads up from the top of CA3 (I don't remember what they've named it) towards the NFS boundary, th...