Newish transplant from Upstate NY
Posted: August 23rd, 2018, 3:38 pm
Hello!
I'm Mike and my wife and I relocated to Portland from Upstate NY last October. We both enjoy hiking, snowshoeing, and backpacking, and the past year has not left us disappointed in any of those departments. We used to spend much of our time in the Adirondack High Peak region and we love that much of Oregon/Washington is just as (if not more) spectacular and much closer! We've been trying to get out and do something most weekends and between heading north to Mount St. Helens, east to Mt. Hood, south to the Three Sisters Wilderness or west to the coast our to-do list seems to be growing much faster than it's shrinking
Some favorite backpacking treks I've taken are 10 days in the New Mexican Rockies, many 2-4 day trips in the Adirondacks, and 4 days hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Locally, we backpacked the Broken Top Loop Trail about a month ago and we are hoping to complete the Timberline Trail over Labor Day (assuming the smoke situation is such that it will be feasible/enjoyable). A wish list backpacking hike would definitely be a track or two on the South Island of New Zealand. We got married there in 2012 and spent a couple weeks campervan camping and hiking on our honeymoon, but we didn't get a chance to get in any backpacking. I'd go back in a heartbeat.
Anyway, I've been lurking for a while so I thought it was high time to say hello.
Cheers!
Mike
I'm Mike and my wife and I relocated to Portland from Upstate NY last October. We both enjoy hiking, snowshoeing, and backpacking, and the past year has not left us disappointed in any of those departments. We used to spend much of our time in the Adirondack High Peak region and we love that much of Oregon/Washington is just as (if not more) spectacular and much closer! We've been trying to get out and do something most weekends and between heading north to Mount St. Helens, east to Mt. Hood, south to the Three Sisters Wilderness or west to the coast our to-do list seems to be growing much faster than it's shrinking
Some favorite backpacking treks I've taken are 10 days in the New Mexican Rockies, many 2-4 day trips in the Adirondacks, and 4 days hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Locally, we backpacked the Broken Top Loop Trail about a month ago and we are hoping to complete the Timberline Trail over Labor Day (assuming the smoke situation is such that it will be feasible/enjoyable). A wish list backpacking hike would definitely be a track or two on the South Island of New Zealand. We got married there in 2012 and spent a couple weeks campervan camping and hiking on our honeymoon, but we didn't get a chance to get in any backpacking. I'd go back in a heartbeat.
Anyway, I've been lurking for a while so I thought it was high time to say hello.
Cheers!
Mike