Oregon Hikers

... has been coming our way lately, I went out to hike it for myelf. The East Applegate Ridge Trail ... Snowy Grayback Mountain and Big Sugarloaf Peak to the ... of elevation gain (that 1,200 feet plus some little ups here and there) on a well-constructed, ...

... River ( post ), I (or, more accurately, my now bulging gut) needed a hike. But where? Someplace reasonably close, yet high enough for clearer ... (some of which, sadly, are busy burning away nearby hikes - like Grayback Mountain and Stuart Falls - that we'd enjoyed only a few months ...

There is a fire burning around Grayback Mountain.

VanMarmot and Cheryl, thanks for the discussion on all the options here. I probably would have gone with Bond. Good to know she isn't infallible.

Later, I did it with a local old-timer who showed me a much easier and more fun way to the top (trip report). Take the Boundary Trail north to Windy Gap, then go west through the trees for a short ways to the ridge, which is rocky and open with great views. Follow the open ridge south to the summit...

... another route altogether? Next time we're in the area it would be nice to give it a go, but we don't want to waste time on a bad route. We climbed Grayback once following the directions in Bernstein's 2001 Hiking Oregon's Southern Cascades and Siskiyous guide - just past Cold Spring to where the ...

... the Forest Service caused us grief. :roll: So off we headed towards Grayback Mountain. It is the highest peak in Josephine County, although there ... to this article ... The cabin was built in 1944 for surveyors who'd hike up the mountain to measure snow depth and moisture, helping to give ...

booooo...

maybe April and May will be better

retired jerry wrote:then I'm rooting for s stretch of hot weather

Looks cool and rainy for the foreseeable future so that probably won't happen.

Mountain snow above 3,000 even returns later this week.

then I'm rooting for s stretch of hot weather