Oregon Hikers

Anyone at all? Jefferson Park..................?

I'm sure i'll be the last contributor to this thread...

Mt. Adams melted out at the PCT / Round the Mountain intersection on the north-west side. I didn't travel much further south than Killen Creek (the actual creek, not the trail). But I encountered no snow what-so-ever so i'd imagine it's probably all melted out by now.

AlpenGlowHiker wrote: ↑

July 19th, 2020, 8:33 pm

I'm sure i'll be the last contributor to this thread...

Mt. Adams...

Adams finally got some snow. NOAA has been predicting heavy Adams snow for a couple weeks, but all we've seen is a dusting a few days ago (new since my last visit of 9/21). It won't affect trail hikers; I think it was around 7000' where I ran into it today. My suspicion is that visitors to the summit won't need to worry about it; I would guess less than a foot, and probably a good broken trail already.

edit: drm posted a great pic of the new Adams snow here: viewtopic.php?p=215825#p215825

Cooper Spur on Monday (9/28). Does this qualify as a 'Chip hike'?

bushwhacker wrote: ↑

September 30th, 2020, 4:48 am

Cooper Spur on Monday (9/28). Does this qualify as a 'Chip hike'?

No, not until there's so much snow it's hazardous
Seriously though, I discovered why they call it tie-in rock when I found out how wind-sculpted the snow can get towards the end of that route.
Thanks for the report. Strangely, I hadn't considered that Hood might have some new snow as well. At this moment, Meadows cam shows it's mostly melted, just some sheltered remnants up high.

Oct 15, PCT on northwest side of Adams:
Trail is easy to follow even above 6000'
Easy to walk in, no postholing.
More snow than I expected after seeing cams at the Hood ski resorts.

St Helens has a nice crisp snow level, which appears to be well above the trails. See pic below.

Looking at Hood right now, Cooper and Barrett are bare! Also, St Helens is bare. Summer has returned. On Adams yesterday, PCT near Riley Creek is spotty, never more than a couple inches.

Chip Down wrote: ↑

October 29th, 2020, 7:16 am

Looking at Hood right now, Cooper and Barrett are bare! Also, St Helens is bare. Summer has returned. On Adams yesterday, PCT near Riley Creek is spotty, never more than a couple inches.

Hmmm, That must have been your car I spotted at the Riley TH yesterday. I drove past at 6:20 and again on the way out and the car was still there at 4:40. I hiked starting at Killen TH. Too warm in the afternoon, trail was really muddy.

dn

Don, our paths crossed again! You should have left a note on my windshield. Somebody else was on Riley; I left the first prints, there were others when i started down the trail a little before sunset.

Mt St Helens today from junction of Ape Canyon Trail and Loowit trail.