NorCal & Oregon

After hanging around Cascade Locks for a while, picking up my bounce box, and catching up with a few other hikers; including Pie Guy, Lunatic, Random, Cook, Mango & Wow, I headed to Portland. One of the guys from Trail Days, Eli, was kind enough to share his place with me, even taking me to Read more

I started the day today high in the clouds with a fairly strong wind. Packing up quickly, I headed 10 min up the trail for breakfast at a sheltered campsite. After breakfast, I began the very steep descent down to Eagle Creek on the blue-blaze alternate trail to Cascade Locks. This trail takes us past Read more

After yesterday’s steep climb to camp, I had a very flat day today. I spent most of the day walking along ridges and sidling around small peaks, with just a couple of moderate descents and ascents. The trail took me over Lolo Pass, around Hiyu Mountain and Sentinel Peak to Salvation Spring. I stopped at Read more

We left the Timberline Lodge behind us today. Like Jefferson, the trail wrapped around Mt Hood all day today. There weren’t any clear views, but the fog all around the mountain was very dramatic. The trail had an alternate route past Ramona Falls which were flowing well from recent rainfall. After visiting the falls, I Read more

We spent the day enjoying Timberline Lodge today. Any time we can wake up casually and leave our tents set up is such a relaxing start to the day. From our campsites above the lodge, we each had excellent views across Oregon. The first thing we wanted to do was visit the breakfast buffet which Read more

We made our way around Mt Jefferson today. The trail circled around the mountain all day, dropping into Milk Creek along the way. Just before reaching Jefferson Park, we met two trail angels, Fancy Ramen and Knorrmaster, who were hanging out and giving away snacks right in the middle of the trail. One of them Read more

We hiked into Mt Jefferson Wilderness today and had a great view of Three Fingered Jack as we traversed under its scree slopes shortly after leaving camp. The tail passed around Porcupine Peak and over Minto Pass before dropping past Rockpile Mountain to the lake. We climbed up onto a ridge overlooking Mt Jefferson just Read more

I joined up with Mango, Cook and Wow today and we all got a ride out to Santiam Pass from Bend. Our ride left at 3:30 pm, which gave us plenty of time for last minute organization. When we got out to the trail head, it was 4:30 pm but we still managed 4.3 miles, Read more

I spent the last few days in Bend at a really cool hostel called Bunk+Brew. Walking in here straight off the trail is a dream, they have really cool people working there, good vibes, great showers and an awesome courtyard out the back with food trucks and a bar. I hung out in Bend and Read more

I completed the alternate route to Shelter Cove today. There was no smoke on the trail until I reached Odell Lake, in the afternoon it rolled in quite thick. I spent the afternoon hanging out at Shelter Cove, and was lucky enough to get a ride to Bend with Devilfish, the same trail angel who Read more