2013: Back on the Trail, Again!

[kepPNW]

Looking back at 2013, I marvel at all the fun I had out in the woods, and the good friends I've made! I know I've posted effusively on this board, so I won't waste a bunch of words. Just wanted to go back and take a look at where I'd been, and leave an index for me to quickly find trail reports. Yes, I wrote most, but not all, of them! It ended up an astounding (to me) 647 miles, and about 169,000' of climbing, on 45 incredible hikes. Not a bad one among them.


Jan 13: Cape Horn, solo, 7.5 miles, 1750' EG. Trip report.



Jan 19: Silver Star South Ridge, solo snowshoe (first time ever!), 7.4 miles, 3000' EG. Trip Report.



Feb 2: Hamilton Mountain and beyond, solo, 11.6 miles, 3500' EG. Trip Report.



Feb 9: Coldwater Ridge into a whiteout, with Peder, 9.9 miles, 2750' EG. Trip Report.



Feb 15: Mount St. Helens summit (Worm Flows), with Peder and Ben, 10.5 miles, 5750' EG. Trip Report




Feb 24: Elevator Shaft and much more, solo, 12.2 miles, 4000' EG. Trip Report.



Mar 8: Saint Helens Lake, with Peder, 14 miles, 3500' EG. Trip Report.



Mar 22: Swale Canyon, solo, 19 miles, 1000' EG. Trip Report.



Mar 30: Double Dog Dare and Wind Mtn, with Tim/EP/Mayhem/DN/Sean/Peder/Crusak/TomRoy/et al! 18 miles, 7250' EG. Trip Report.



Apr 13: Klickitat River and Stacker Butte, with Peder and Tim, 19 miles, 2000' EG. Trip Report.



Apr 20: Eagle Creek, with Tim and his friend, 22 miles, 2000' EG Trip Report.



Apr 21: Labyrinth to Catherine Creek to Coyote Wall , with Jim (Crusak), 13 miles, 3750' EG. Trip Report.



Apr 27: Kings Mountain and Elk Creek, with Crusak/EP/Mayhem, 13 miles, 3750' EG. Trip Report.



May 2: Table Mountain and Aldrich Butte, solo, 10.5 miles, 4000' EG. Trip Report.



May 4: Silver Star South and Pyramid Rock Wraparound, with EP and Tim, 10 miles, 4500' EG. Trip Report.
Worth it, just for Tim's video alone!



May 11: Hamilton-Hardy-Hamilton loop-de-loop, solo, 22.5 miles, 5000' EG. Trip Report.



May 18: Wilson River Thru, with Jim/Brad/Mayhem, 24 miles (in the rain!), 3750' EG. Trip Report.



May 31: Dog-Augspurger, with Brad/Buddy/Timmy, 16.5 miles, 5750' EG. Trip Report.



Jun 6: Ruckel Ridge Loop, with Jim, 13.5 miles, 4500' EG. Trip Report.



Jun 15: Hunchback Mountain loop, solo, 19.5 miles, 4750' EG. Trip Report.



Jun 22: Coldwater & Saint Helens Lakes loop, with Peder and Floyd, 18.5 miles, 4250' EG. Trip Report.



Jun 29: Ramona Falls and Yocum Ridge, solo, 21.5 miles, 4300' EG. Trip Report.



Jul 6: South Sister Summit Sunrise Solitude, with Peder, 12.5 miles, 5250' EG. Trip Report.



Jul 13: McNeil Point and more, with Jim, 15 miles, 4500' EG. Trip Report.



Jul 20: Three Fingered Jack loop, with Jim, 23 miles, 4000' EG. Trip Report.



Jul 26: Mount Adams summit, with Peder, 13.5 miles, 7000' EG. Trip Report.



Jul 27: Wahclella Falls, with family.



Aug 8: Elk Meadows-Gnarl Ridge-Mount Hood Meadows, solo, 20 miles, 4500' EG. Trip Report.



Aug 9: Goat Lake loop, with Jim, 18.5 miles, 4250' EG. Trip Report.

• (Two month break?!?)

Oct 4: Butte Camp Dome loop, with Allison/Kam/Steve, 12.5 miles, 2500' EG. Trip Report.



Oct 6: Tom, Dick, and Harry loop, solo, 8 miles, 2000' EG.



Oct 13: Mount St. Helens summit (Monitor Ridge), with EP/Bosterson/Elsie, 9 miles, 4500' EG. Trip Report.



Oct 20: Lookout Mtn and Flag Point, with Kam/Brianne, 12.5 miles, 3000' EG. Trip Report.



Oct 26: Mt Margaret and Coldwater Peak, with Jim, 21.5 miles, 5000' EG. Trip Report.



Nov 1: Mississippi Head, with Allison/Bill/Oscar, 12.5 miles, 4250' EG. Trip Report.



Nov 10: Hamilton Mountain, solo, 9 miles, 2750' EG.



Nov 11: Green Point Mtn via Nick Eaton Way, with Jim, 20.5 miles, 5750' EG. Trip Report.



Nov 23: Larch Mountain, solo, 16 miles, 4250' EG. Trip Report.



Nov 29: Eagle Creek, solo, 17 miles, 1750' EG. Trip Report.



Dec 5: Silver Star (Grouse Vista loop), with Allison/(Bruce), 9 miles, 2500' EG. Trip Report.



Dec 7: Icy Multnomah-Wahkeena loop, solo, 7.5 miles, 2000' EG.



Dec 13: Bells Mountain Trail, solo, 16 miles, 3250' EG. Trip Report.



Dec 15: Indian Point loop, with Allison/Kam/Oscar/Max/Oliver, 8.5 miles, 3000' EG.



Dec 19: Tom, Dick, and Harry loop, with Allison/Bill/Oscar, 8 miles, 2000' EG. Trip Report.



Dec 26: Starvation-Defiance loop, with Allison, 12.5 miles, 5250' EG. Trip Report.



Dec 31: Ramona Falls, with Kam/Allison/Max/Oliver, 9 miles, 1250' EG. Trip Report.


So, there ya have it. What a year in the woods!!! See ya out there, this year?

• "2012: Back on the Trail, Again!"

[payslee]

What marvelous people and places filled your year! I always enjoy your TRs and pictures, although I think my favorite on from this batch is your tree-hugging selfie.

-payslee

[Bosterson]

Very nice collection, Karl. It's like scrolling through a greatest hits of this area!

For 2014, I think I'm going to challenge you to get a little farther afield - Eagle Cap? Alpine Lakes? You don't need to pay for permits for the Enchantments if you dayhike it!

[Zia]

You have had an incredible past year filled with wonderful memories and great pictures. I always enjoy reading your trip reports.

[Peder]

Thank you for good company on a number of hikes! My best outing in 2013 was undoubtedly our Rock Arch Snowshoe in March.

• (Two month break?!?)

Well, others are doing longer breaks... My thoughts go out to Mayhen and I must admit that I have not done a real hike since August.

[UTurn]

I truly enjoy reading your trip reports and now I also have a reference of hikes to choose from for the future. Thank you for posting this!

[retired jerry]

Hmmm... always this huge smile on your face

[kepPNW]

Collective thanks so much for the kind thoughts!

What marvelous people and places filled your year! I always enjoy your TRs and pictures, although I think my favorite on from this batch is your tree-hugging selfie.

I'm truly grateful, yep. I guess I have friends across the spectrum. That photo was taken especially for all my right-leaning friends.

Very nice collection, Karl. It's like scrolling through a greatest hits of this area!

For 2014, I think I'm going to challenge you to get a little farther afield - Eagle Cap? Alpine Lakes? You don't need to pay for permits for the Enchantments if you dayhike it!

I would love to do that Enchantments dayhike! Gotta figure out the logistics. Would probably need to coax someone into just enjoying Leavenworth for a day, eh? I want to get back to Glacier Peak Wilderness this year, too!

You have had an incredible past year filled with wonderful memories and great pictures. I always enjoy reading your trip reports.

Hard to stop smiling, even having "been there," yeah.

Thank you for good company on a number of hikes! My best outing in 2013 was undoubtedly our Rock Arch Snowshoe in March.

Y'know, try as we/I might, that one's been almost impossible to top! I still run a rotation of images from that hike as the wallpaper on my home machine. Every one of them brings back very good memories.

• 
  Peder climbing to the sun, and everlasting fame, as the 2014 PH Calendar Coverboy!

I think our run up South Sister was truly epic, too! Different, especially given (heh...) it was in the dark, under a new moon, guided in large part by Polaris. Those memories will never, ever fade, either.

• 
  Almost surely, the highest people in Oregon. No words necessary.

You were a great companion last year, Peder! I look forward to what sort of mischief and adventure we can get into this year!

I truly enjoy reading your trip reports and now I also have a reference of hikes to choose from for the future. Thank you for posting this!

I'm glad that others find these useful, too! Good deal.

Hmmm... always this huge smile on your face

Not unlike you?

[BigBear]

What a great way of remembering the year - one pic for each trip. You had some great shots in that collection.

[potato]

45 hikes and not a single one with me, what the hell Karl?
Glad you were able to get out for such a fantastic year of hiking.