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by Charley
December 19th, 2023, 3:16 pm
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: Making the most of any season
Replies: 9
Views: 4737

Re: Making the most of any season

This is a related phenomenon: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/interactive-map-coldest-day-year-across-united-states#:~:text=Most%20prominently%2C%20the%20portion%20of,its%20seasonal%20minimum%20in%20January. This reminds me of how amazed I was to have moved so far north (...
by Charley
December 19th, 2023, 3:11 pm
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: Making the most of any season
Replies: 9
Views: 4737

Making the most of any season

My hike yesterday https://www.oregonhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=31153 got me thinking about how uncrowded our trails currently are, in spite of the calm, balmy weather and lack of snow on trails. It's a shame that people aren't out hiking as much as they do in the warmer months. There are p...
by Charley
December 19th, 2023, 2:45 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Hunchback Mountain Trail, Dec 18, 2023
Replies: 2
Views: 4075

Hunchback Mountain Trail, Dec 18, 2023

I'm a skier during the winter, and El Nino has been kicking our butts recently. I've managed once half-day each of backcountry Nordic skiing (in the middle of a rare cold snowstorm), alpine touring (on ICE above Timberline Lodge) and at Meadows (soft groomers). Given the limited or dangerously icy c...
by Charley
December 19th, 2023, 2:21 pm
Forum: Off-trail Trip Reports & Lost Trails
Topic: Fall explorations in the Gifford, Lost Creek, Dry Creek and unknown bonus
Replies: 6
Views: 18344

Re: Fall explorations in the Gifford, Lost Creek, Dry Creek and unknown bonus

That's so cool! How are you accessing this LiDAR info? I've noticed that, on Cal Topo (which I use constantly), some areas are frustratingly low-resolution. For instance, I hiked up the Bonanza area, I was fascinated by the very high, very steep clearcut along the MHNF boundary: Screen Shot 2023-12-...
by Charley
December 6th, 2023, 11:13 am
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: Short cut across Hamilton Creek
Replies: 7
Views: 17482

Re: Short cut across Hamilton Creek

adamschneider wrote:
December 5th, 2023, 9:00 pm
Aimless wrote:
December 5th, 2023, 7:47 pm
What with the abundant warm rain and multiple days of warm temperatures I'm waiting to see what has happened to the snow levels this week
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-Local skiers
by Charley
November 20th, 2023, 12:24 pm
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: Timberline Trail Backpacking Itinerary and Questions
Replies: 27
Views: 70172

Re: Timberline Trail Backpacking Itinerary and Questions

teachpdx wrote:
November 20th, 2023, 8:37 am
Timberline Lodge is easily accessible from PDX via public transit.
Totally! It's a cheap and pretty low-stress way to get up there.

Here's a trip report from 9 (!) years ago. I am getting so old.
by Charley
November 18th, 2023, 3:57 pm
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: Timberline Trail Backpacking Itinerary and Questions
Replies: 27
Views: 70172

Re: Timberline Trail Backpacking Itinerary and Questions

Good plan! Two things to think about: You may not have heard that glacier creek crossings are easier in the morning: the water flows are lower in the morning, before daytime heat really starts melting water. So if there is a crossing that looks particularly deep and fast, it can be helpful to camp o...
by Charley
November 14th, 2023, 9:44 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Paradise Park Trail, Nov 10, 2023
Replies: 4
Views: 6951

Re: Paradise Park Trail, Nov 10, 2023

Gaiters:
My partner brought hers and so she got to be justifiably smug about it all. :lol:
by Charley
November 12th, 2023, 5:13 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Paradise Park Trail, Nov 10, 2023
Replies: 4
Views: 6951

Re: Paradise Park Trail, Nov 10, 2023

dayhiker wrote:
November 12th, 2023, 8:12 am
Odd your last two photos are upside down when I click on them?
Yeah- those are from my iPhone and it seems like when I export some photos for the website, the images don't maintain the rotation that shown on my phone or in my photo program.
by Charley
November 11th, 2023, 9:03 pm
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: Ugly clear cuts with view of Mount Hood - where are they.
Replies: 19
Views: 46376

Re: Ugly clear cuts with view of Mount Hood - where are they

I'd be interested to know if the clear-cutting helps increase / decrease the fire danger say in 10+ years post clearcut phase? My thought process says that the mono culture that's replanted probably doesn't help... Just happened to read this all these years later. After the fires in the logged over...