still fuckin with climb cuz climb pays: the ILX hiking thread

ohmygosh!
it is too long a drive for a regular weekend hike... but maybe we should meet there some dayand then go to the trail of tears mini golf after!

miniature wild ponies
that is so dreamy

headed here in fifteen minutes:

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/88/68388-004-16B9EFFB.jpg

http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/tennessee/images/s/lookout-mountain.jpg

BF and i might do mt rogers tomorrow

http://www.virginia.org/images/Wildlife/MtRogersPonies.jpg

flocka wild ponies

cowgirl it, roxy!

i am going to cuddle them

aimless: ew

i am going to cuddle them

otm

we went to bull run mountain yesterday. it was really not much climb at all and now i am sad because i had to drive an hour just to get to that... i think higher hills are at least 2hrs away? gotta do more research. also it was such a tease because now i want a real hike but i have to do laundry today!

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/IMG_1771_pshop4x6.jpg

went "hiking" yesterday around sundown, the light kind failed on this photo, but its a cool place for a walk with little kids. saw many deer.

mini-flatirons?

same formation afaik, just 30 miles straight south.

someone brilliantly made half of this a state park, the other half - a luxury home golf community. >:[

actually tbf, it is a municipal course!

http://cache.marriott.com/propertyimages/d/denca/phototour/denca_phototour01.jpg?Log=1

CO is off the hook man

its no edina

but what is, really

we went for a 6 mi hike up through mt tamalpais yesterday - fucking weather tho - it was supposed to be 63-71 degrees so we packed layers, but there was so much low-lying fog that when we got up there it was about 100 degrees, maybe even hotter, and at least half the hike was exposed switchbacks. kind of amazing looking down on this incredible sea of cloud, but dang i really thought i was gonna throw up at one point, it was so hot.

any recs for hiking trails around seattle/portland/PNW in general would be appreciated, since we're finally heading up that way next may.

What sort of hikes appeal to you? The biggest problem with a May date is that the best high elevation hikes will def be under snow. At that time of year, the best hikes in the Portland area are in the Columbia R. gorge, with the superlatives going to Eagle Creek (just ~4 miles east of the Bonneville Dam on I-80).

It's fairly easy going, no big elevation gains, with many superb waterfalls, stunning scenery in general, and in May would have some fine wildflower displays. Do be aware that, because the trailhead is quite near a freeway, it has problems with car prowling, so don't leave anything valuable in the car.

An other classic hike would be Multnomah Falls, continuing toward Larch Mt. Or Oneonta Gorge. Or Angel's Rest. There's a ton of nice hikes to choose among.

P.S. As your trip time nears, check out the latest chatter at www.portlandhikers.org. It also has many trail descriptions and recommendations to browse through, complete with directions to the trailhead.

mini flatirons makes me think of http://www.my-hair-tools.com/images/wet-dry-chi.jpg

thank you, aimless!

whiney conquers bear mountain tbh

http://i55.tinypic.com/20pzqdl.jpg

great!!

steep 900 foot climb up some rocks iirc. I was all

X(

there was snow in the smokies this weekend. this was a hike to spence field that i was a little underdressed for. the air was actually warm enough, it was in the 50s, but our feet got very wet and cold. it was gorgeous, tho.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/hike4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/hike3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/hike2.jpg

haha, on the opposite end of the spectrum, we hiked through a prescribed burn. my hiking buddy is a photog so the pictures are fancy:

http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/4497128/img/4497128.jpg

http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/4497129/img/4497129.jpg

cool. hope you didn't have to breathe too much smoke.

whoa those are SO COOL

I had an amazing hike at Jockey's Ridge in Nags Head, NC today. My skin got totally dehydrated because the wind was nuts but I took a dog with me and he had more fun than he has ever had in his life.

Here are some pictures:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs063.snc6/167395_10150354684075076_846520075_16656956_5993343_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs043.snc6/167306_10150354682235076_846520075_16656895_844786_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs783.ash1/167306_10150354682220076_846520075_16656892_630077_n.jpg

the sky is so blue

is the first pic a huge dune or just a hill covered in sand (lol who cares i guess)

there are wind-blown dunes of over 300m high in the kalahari iirc

They are all dunes! It is the tallest sand dune system in the Eastern United States and looks like Star Wars.

You can read about it here: http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/jori/main.php

cooooool
and u can email them to!

You can email any national or state park, iirc.

lol

i just saw the pic of tipsy in shorts in the snow from a month ago. lord, give that boy some pants!

http://i.imgur.com/iMbOF.jpg

if sand dunes sing then they can write emails i guess

they sing?

also, the castle sticking out of the ground is one of the coolest parts of jockey ridge. it is part of an old golf course that got covered by sand dunes blowin' around. All you can see now is the very top of the castle but there is a whole ton of other stuff underneath the dune there. Did you go there nakhchivan?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_sand

105db!

have never been there nij, i was just looking at photos

that singing sand thing sounds crazy! i love it.

Helpful trailhead signage:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5394164155_9e4f34814c_b.jpg

wow, that is amazing.

I esp like the "throw children" advice. I shall have to start bringing some along with me.

that is great!

haha, nice sign.

i am going to the highlands (scottish ones) tomorrow for a few days. i'll mainly be drinking, but going to go for a 4 or 5 hour long walk on Saturday and see some of that good ol' picturesque nature. will take crab mobile phone pictures if anything looks super-cool.

crap, though crab mobile phone sounds good.