Oregon Hikers

Hiking up the PCT NB from Panther Creek, I hit solid snow at 3100' about 5.5 miles in.

Augspurger Mountain north trailhead is clear (2600'). Snow starts around 2800'.

Gorton Creek Trail, Wednesday, April 14th: Completely clear to 3,000', a few patches to 3,050 and solid snow after that. Deadwood cutoff has snow in the top couple hundred feet to the ridge.

Deadwood Ridge, 3,050':

Table Mtn as of 4/6/21

Snow in the forest above the boulder field. Westway free of snow except at the top part.

Cook-Augspurger 4/11/21

Snow begins after the telecom towers. Snow fairly minimal until the last half mile or so to Augspurger summit.

mountainkat wrote: ↑

April 15th, 2021, 10:09 pm

Table Mtn as of 4/6/21

Snow in the forest above the boulder field. Westway free of snow except at the top part.

Such a strange snow year. I was up there in January and there were only a few shallow patches.

February is the first month of winter. And the last month. We've actually had a lot of late-starting winters in recent years.

Surprise Lakes snotel, nearest to Indian Heaven, is showing 10 feet of snow. Losing 1-2 inches per day during this heat wave. Snowpack has been above average in southern WA, but I think this extended warm spell will take us down to average.

Once you get south of Mt Hood, I think Oregon snowpack is below average, and southern Oregon is very low.

drm wrote: ↑

April 16th, 2021, 9:28 am

February is the first month of winter. And the last month. We've actually had a lot of late-starting winters in recent years.

At least at low elevation the heaviest snow and coldest air used to happen in December. All my photos of frozen waterfalls along the HCRH seem to be from December anyway, over different years. But things have changed as you say!

Grassy Knoll is bare at trailhead, and at top, but you'll find snow along the way. I didn't use the trail, so I can't say where it gets snowy.

Visited Tomlike and Mud Lake on 4/16, up from Herman Creek. Snow starts after Cedar Swamp, and is continuous above maybe 3400'. Mud Lake was starting to melt out, but there was deep snow on the banks. Tomlike ridge had plenty of snow, but exposed spots on the ridge and West side were bare.


Snow was pretty firm, I was sinking in anywhere from not at all to mid-calf. Spikes and gaiters kept my feet happy all day.