All hikers look forward to the window between August 1st and mid-September with great anticipation. After months of waiting, the snow […]
Archive for ‘Oregon Cascades Hikes’
Visit to Three Fingered Jack
The summit of 7,841-foot Three Fingered Jack lies five miles north of Santiam Pass. The Pacific Crest Trail crosses the western […]
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Top of Black Butte
Hot weekend day at the Black Butte Ranch. What better way to spend the afternoon than climbing to the summit […]
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Huckleberry Delight
The weekend after Independence Day was sunny and warm, a good excuse to journey to the mountains. An opportunity to hike along […]
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A dark and dreary day in the wilderness
After parking at the 3,600-foot Douglas Trailhead on the west side of the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, a white Suburban parked behind me […]
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Exploring the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
An early May morning found me at the 2,000-foot Eagle Creek Trailhead about 30 miles southeast of Portland as the crow flies. […]
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Beautiful Blue Spring Azure
Faith has been broken, tears must be cried Let’s do some living, after we die Wild horses couldn’t drag me […]
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Three Waterfalls on a Delightful Spring Day
Sunshine! I almost forgot how wonderful it is. A time for a shirt-sleeve hike to see three waterfalls east of […]
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October 2011 Big Zigzag Canyon Overlook Hike
The Hike Near the end of October two of my fellow Trustees and I joined members of the MAC Walking […]
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October 2011 Burnt Lake and E. Zigzag Mountain Hike
The Hike Waterfalls, autumn leaves, one of the prettiest lakes in the Mt. Hood area and a mountain to climb – […]