New to this forum but not the PNW
Posted: January 6th, 2022, 10:47 pm
Hi! I’m Hadley. I’m from Eugene, but have lived in Portland since 07. Im a seasonal trail worker of 6 years (most recently for NPS at Mt Rainier NP), and love day hiking, backpacking, & thru-hiking.
In recent years during my off-seasons in Portland, as PDX & the surrounding natural areas have become more densely populated/exploited/developed/closed/trashed/burned, I’ve been finding myself looking for routes farther off the beaten path and away from …ya know, the new people, or the party people, or the rich-tech-job-Patagonia-enthusiast people, or even the fresh-from-LA-or-Seattle-or-Denver-lifestyle-blogger people. I’ve found myself increasingly preferring this site to other online trail resources because of it’s breadth of off-the-beaten-path information from a huge community of thoughtful & actually local enthusiasts. So just wanted to say hello, and say that I appreciate all y’all folks that have kept this community going for years, especially the folks thatve lived in Oregon for a long time. Also appreciate the Trailkeepers - as I transition away from my seasonal professional trail work life, I’ll be looking for opportunities in the trail work world locally. Nice to meet y’all!
-Hadley
PS my weird special project lately has been trying to figure out non-salmonberry hiking routes from PDX to the coast - lmk if any of y’all are interested in such an endeavor!
In recent years during my off-seasons in Portland, as PDX & the surrounding natural areas have become more densely populated/exploited/developed/closed/trashed/burned, I’ve been finding myself looking for routes farther off the beaten path and away from …ya know, the new people, or the party people, or the rich-tech-job-Patagonia-enthusiast people, or even the fresh-from-LA-or-Seattle-or-Denver-lifestyle-blogger people. I’ve found myself increasingly preferring this site to other online trail resources because of it’s breadth of off-the-beaten-path information from a huge community of thoughtful & actually local enthusiasts. So just wanted to say hello, and say that I appreciate all y’all folks that have kept this community going for years, especially the folks thatve lived in Oregon for a long time. Also appreciate the Trailkeepers - as I transition away from my seasonal professional trail work life, I’ll be looking for opportunities in the trail work world locally. Nice to meet y’all!
-Hadley
PS my weird special project lately has been trying to figure out non-salmonberry hiking routes from PDX to the coast - lmk if any of y’all are interested in such an endeavor!