Guides and Trips
Trips
On Saturday I was able to make a 2nd attempt at summiting Mt. Washington. I had made an attempt last fall but turned around to head down with my buddy Matt from back east. This time I went with Evan and his friend Matt from Seattle. We made plans for the climb just two days before hand with Saturday giving us the best weather window. When Evan and I climbed TFJ...
Emily and I went on a fantastic bike ride today up Olallie Mountain just east of Mckenzie Bridge on route 126. We stopped at REI in Eugene on the way there to pick up some bike shorts which we both desperately needed. It was kind of a long drive to get there for only a 9 mile ride but thankfully after a grueling 5 mile, 2,000 foot ascent up the road...
Having got out of Corvallis somewhat early around 8am we made it to the trailhead around 10:30 and started up the paved road. Emily was super happy to be trying her new bike out on a great trail outside of Corvallis. The official route we took was 338 to Hide & Seek. The trail was literally brand new and amazingly maintained. Trail crews had taken the time to build up tabletops, banked...
This weekend Emily and I returned to what has become our annual favorite hike in the Pacific Northwest, Goat Rocks. But, this year we brought along our housemates Kevin and Alexa for their first alpine camping trip, and first real excursion into a remote wilderness in the Northwest. They were pretty amped to go for a long time and even made a trip to REI to make sure they had sleeping...
Just a fun day biking with Anna, John, Tiff & Chris while Emily tried out a full suspension rig she may buy. Tiring but fun!
Today Evan joined me on my 2nd attempt at Three Fingered Jack in a year. This time I was going to get the summit because Evan is a pro at ropes and rock climbing. I knew that with him it would be easy and safe. What I didn’t know was how freakin’ in shape he is and how fast he moves! ha! Fortunately, I was able to keep up with him...
I got up around 6:30am and switched the heater on which woke Chris up outside. We both started getting or gear ready and making some breakfast. I made Emily oatmal and had a couple bowls of Campell’s chicken soup myself. As usual it took Emily and little while to rise from the car. After a relaxed effort of gearing up we hit the trail at about 10 of 8am skinning down the...
On Sunday Emily and I climbed Mt. Thielsen near Crater Lake. We drove up on Saturday night with the Prius and camped overnight in the Thielsen trailhead off 138 under nearly a full moon and a sky filled with stars. Once again sleeping in the Prius was a dream and waking up to the heater for changing into our gear was the best. As usual it took Emily a little bit to...
then up to Cape Mountain for the 2 mile hike up to the summit where there are historical markers from an old fire lookout there in the 30’s. There was an old wheel left over from the garage that was there along with other signs showing photos of what it used to look like up there. Much had grown back on the summit in the 70 years since. We were afforded some...
We started the afternoon off by checking out Sutton Creek Dunes just north of Florence. Our guidebook said to check out the area at the Holman Vista viewing deck first where we got a cool panorama of some smaller dunes near the beach. We then headed off on the 4.1 mile loop trail following the creek and then out to Alder Dune and back. It was a pleasant hike through...
Today I picked up my dad's car early and drove to NH for a very long climb up Owl's Head mountain in the Pemigewasset Wilderness of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Owl's Head is a very remote mountain that is about 8.8 miles from the trailhead at the Hancock Campground off the Kangamangus Highway (route 112). When I got to the trailhead at noon I noticed people with mountain...
Today I decided to head up north with my dads car to climb MacNaughton. I had mentioned this mountain in my previous posts and my intentions to climb it before moving. Although it is not on any of the 4,000 foot peaks list in the Northeast or NY I wanted to climb it before leaving. All the peak lists were made 20 to 80 years ago before accurate surveying technology was...
We got up early from Bowman, ND and headed the wrong way towards White Butte right off the bat!... 20 minutes later we discovered we were in the wrong area and had to turn around which set us back an hour. Thankfully White Butte was a piece of cake hike only about 2 miles long. Emily and I made it to the top and back to the car in less than an...
In the first quarter mile of our hike up Mt. Washburn we both agreed that it was way more beautiful then Avalanche Peak yesterday and the best hike Emily had been on yet. We had heard that it would be a great place to see grizzly bears but again we got unlucky and didn't see any. The hike took us through open forest on an old road and through beautiful meadows, winding...
We had planned to ski Paulina Peak but the road was closed so instead we headed up Tumalo for Emily to test out her new backcountry ski setup for the first time.
