I moved up to the Portland area a few years ago and decided to return to hiking as a pandemic sanity-keeper. I've been working on the hikes from William Sullivan's 100 Hikes in NW Oregon and SW Washington since summer of 2021 and it's going pretty well! Ask me about my spreadsheet about this haha - I'm going for completion, but I realize this is a years-long project. Of the first 100 hikes in the book (which generally have multiple hikes per location, so actually closer to 191) I have done 45 - about 23%
I used to hike when I was a kid but it definitely dropped off my radar until I got to college when it resurfaced. I think I'm a pretty average hiker but am up for a challenge.
Over the last couple of years these have been some of my favorite hikes:
- Ramona Falls
- Mirror Lake / Tom Dick and Harry Mountain
- Cairn Basin
- Hamilton Mountain
- Larch Mountain
- Dog Mountain
- Hardy Ridge
- Mount Defiance
Anyhow, thanks for having me! I have enjoyed using the forums for research and the Field Guide when looking for info about hikes I want to do