You going to be near the Presidential Range, by chance?
― Blue Waffle Disease (Aimless), Saturday, 16 March 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
bigtime
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Saturday, 16 March 2013 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
I hiked two days ago, from the Columbia River up to the top of Benson Plateau. 12 miles round trip with 3600+ ft of elevation gain and loss. Strange to say my legs were not sore the next day, but yes, I was a bit tired. It was my most challenging hike so far this year.
― Aimless, Thursday, 16 May 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
Nice! I never wake up early enough to do hikes that long, I max out at 10 mi.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 16 May 2013 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
Wank (German pronunciation: [ˈvaŋk]) is a mountain in southern Germany, situated in the Loisach valley close to the Austrian border in the southwestern Ester Mountains range near Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
^ tomorrow!
― caek, Friday, 17 May 2013 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
I like the next sentence that mentions a grassy summit and spectacular views. Have a great time. I hope it the skies are clear, but not too warm.
― Aimless, Friday, 17 May 2013 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
tomorrow:
http://forecast.io/#/f/47.4929,11.0868/1368828000
― caek, Friday, 17 May 2013 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
clear, mid to high 60s. perfect.
going to get squiffy at the top and ride the wankbahn to the bottom rather than hike down
― caek, Friday, 17 May 2013 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
we're up all night to get squiffy
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Friday, 17 May 2013 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
this week I hiked more days than not, had my 1st encounter w/a rattlesnake (thank god this species in particular rattles as soon as it senses you, cause I would've walked right on top of it), and climbed to the highest point in the area. feel like I'm an official Arizonan now.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 26 May 2013 07:22 (eleven years ago) link
Panorama from Capulin Volcano a couple weeks back. Was definitely feeling the 8000 feet.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8278/8701691257_23aa3d5a09.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 26 May 2013 10:52 (eleven years ago) link
At the start of August I spent my usual two weeks camping and hiking in the Wallowa mountains of NE Oregon. I spent one night camped in this hanging valley.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3718/9580488102_70257184fb_z.jpg
The elephant heads were blooming.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5492/9577701197_9d877270ac_z.jpg
This was my wash basin.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7283/9580488642_886e2321c0_z.jpg
I walked over a high pass and visited this lake just a couple of hours before a major thunderstorm started. I got back over the pass and to my camp just as the first peal of thunder broke.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7320/9580504716_0577af383b_z.jpg
The weather was pretty gorgeous for this hike. I was feelin' it.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2856/9580495372_0969bf1a99_z.jpg
The gentians were opening up at Upper Laverty Lake on my last day out.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3723/9580512530_cb9175d503_z.jpg
― Aimless, Saturday, 24 August 2013 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
Last week I went out again, this time for four nights with my wife in the Central Oregon Cascades, in the Three Sisters Wilderness. We just got back yesterday. On the way in we hiked through the Wikiup Plain, a pumice desert.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/9580592188_e37e6897fc_z.jpg
On the afternoon of the second day a wildfire started just 1/2 mile from where we were camped. We saw the fire spotter plane circle it, then about an hour later smoke jumpers were parachuting into the meadow where we were camped. The smoke made for nice sunsets, but we could have done without the excitement.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7378/9580591922_ef4c6de53e_z.jpg
We moved to a new site, further from the fire. Water was scarce in the area, but our site had a small spring near it. 100 yards from this photo the water disappeared again. It wasn't much, but it was enough.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7448/9580591388_499452b965_z.jpg
I wish I had a good shot of the view from that campsite, though. A huge volcano framed by massive old mountain hemlocks. Sorry, you'll just have to imagine it.
― Aimless, Saturday, 24 August 2013 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
damn
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Saturday, 24 August 2013 04:53 (eleven years ago) link
i like your wash basin
― caek, Saturday, 24 August 2013 05:08 (eleven years ago) link
Johnny Fever or any other southeastern ILXors, have you been to Dismals Canyon in NW Alabama? Super fun!
http://www.dismalscanyon.com/
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link
Needed to rinse my brain of some bad fam news yesterday so woke at 6 and did a loop including Mt Whiteface and mt Passaconaway in NH. Really cool but I was in a cloud the whole time so zero views. Amazing how much ground you can cover solo!
― tobo73, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 12:21 (ten years ago) link
i did Whiteface in the winter once and started too late so i ended up descending in the dark on an icy trail - probably the most dangerous hike i've done, whoops.
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 12:49 (ten years ago) link
also i've started using aimless's photos from this thread as my PC desktop backgrounds, so thanks for those aimless
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 12:51 (ten years ago) link
i am going to the whites this weekend, p pumped, nice to see a fellow NH person here
― gbx, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
I climbed the hills of Hollywood and Echo Park, w/ aid of this guy's book
http://secretstairs-la.com/walks.html
Don't laff, I seem to have lost 8 pounds (that will be back on by the end of the month).
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
Just in NH a few days, sadly. Making the most of it tho. Chocorua today, maybe something in Presidentials on Fri.
― tobo73, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
think I'm doing a truncated pemi loop this weekend with a friend
― gbx, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
Tomorrow I will take a whirlwind overnight camping trip, during which I shall set out a couple of food caches for a 16-day backpack I'll be taking soon, on a 130 mile section of the Pacific Crest Trail in southern Washington State. WA got a fair bit of snow last winter, so I'll probably be hiking on snow for some of those miles. Too late to adjust the timing of my hike, so I will just adjust myself instead.
(yer welcome ciderpress. sharing my pics is fun & I'm glad you enjoy them)
― frog latin (Aimless), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link
Did Chocorua today. Cloudy but the rain ended just as we were setting out. Couldn't believe we only saw 6 ppl all day long. Usually that my is so busy. Lots of fun!
― tobo73, Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:28 (ten years ago) link
evans notch/rt113 over by the maine border is my main hangout in the whites; north&south baldface, caribou, speckled are all really nice peaks without much as much hiking traffic as the big name ones to the west
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 July 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
Would love to check those out someday. Tmrw is my last in the Whites this year and I am bringing 3 (very hearty) 12-year-olds to hit Mt Washington. We set out at 7. Weather looks perfect. Pumped!
― tobo73, Friday, 18 July 2014 03:12 (ten years ago) link
man bondcliff is frikkin great
― gbx, Monday, 21 July 2014 13:15 (ten years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/995031_10100299944505606_1136226368780042347_n.jpg?oh=f71e342d4839654bff98740e81819724&oe=5446B99A&__gda__=1413606163_bca2979e3c564c32a48aef66afa7e209
― gbx, Monday, 21 July 2014 13:20 (ten years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t1.0-9/1907413_10100299854416146_6171360858426575833_n.jpg
― gbx, Monday, 21 July 2014 13:21 (ten years ago) link
i have yet to make it out to bondcliff but everyone i know who's been out there has said it's the best spot in the whites hands down
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 July 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
it's pretty great. 360 views, low traffic (though still busy-ish, given that we were there in the highest of high seasons)
― gbx, Monday, 21 July 2014 13:57 (ten years ago) link
Completely. Can you get in there and back out in a day? I've only done it as part of an overnight.
― tobo73, Monday, 21 July 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link
we did it as part of an overnight, but it'd be doable i think
we did back-to-back days of 13-14mi, and i think that going there and back would be 16ish? big day, but within the realm of possibility
― gbx, Monday, 21 July 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
How I spent my summer vacation. This past summer I hiked 140 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail. It rained the first two days. A lot. On the third day out I found a big tree.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3939/14926110653_26171ed2b6_z.jpg
A few days later I saw a nice sunset over Mt Adams.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3954/15547130222_a8a401cb5f_z.jpg
When I reached Goat Rocks Wilderness, there were wildflowers to look at.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3933/15522587296_3b166d2914_z.jpg
Also, there were some nice rocks to see there.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3950/15360275077_329a7381eb_z.jpg
I slept in a tent every night. I woke up early. Sometimes it was too early.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3948/15360274637_888ca30151_z.jpg
When I finished hiking after 16 days on the trail, I felt pretty good.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5604/15546282345_c64f562d1e_z.jpg
― Aimless, Thursday, 16 October 2014 01:24 (nine years ago) link
very cool!
― tobo73, Thursday, 16 October 2014 11:41 (nine years ago) link
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
― gbx, Thursday, 16 October 2014 12:38 (nine years ago) link
beautiful! what a nice way to spend a couple of weeks
― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 16 October 2014 12:42 (nine years ago) link
Today I hiked 12 miles with about 3000 feet of elevation gain and loss up through a lovely forest, near Mt Hood. I hiked to the summit of East Zigzag Mt, which is especially cool because it is named "Zigzag". I'd post a pic, but Flickr has decided I no longer exist and I haven't yet bothered to find a free alternative I can use to link my pics to ilx.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Sunday, 26 June 2016 03:44 (eight years ago) link
Imgur.com maybe? Would love to see one, your pics are great! I haven't done any hiking really around Mt. Hood, how long of a drive was it to Zigzag? I gather you're in the Portland area? Your dispatches from the Wallowas upthread are fantastic, a quick peek at a map says those are a ways away though, haven't had time to get much further than the Gorge lately, on account of a very small human in my care...
What is your go-to spot in the Gorge? I just discovered the Coyote Wall area last year, and I haven't gone anywhere else since (besides Elowah Falls but that's kind of like my church)
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Sunday, 26 June 2016 07:15 (eight years ago) link
My go-to spot in the Columbia Gorge has been discovered by the masses and no longer is the peaceful backwater it was just a decade ago. The trailhead at Herman Creek provides access to several trails:
On the right sort of day in October, hiking up past Multnomah Falls toward Larch Mountain is great (once you leave behind the crowds at the top of the falls). Multnomah Creek above the falls is quite lovely and has several more waterfalls worth seeing.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Sunday, 26 June 2016 17:57 (eight years ago) link
Guess I can't be mad about more people going hiking, though the solitude vibe is a big one for me. Elowah used to feel like my little secret, and the last time I made it out there the row of cars lining the road was straight outta Eagle Creek.
That's another point for Coyote Wall though, tons of trails, very few hikers if any, and plenty of tiny lizards and deer and I even saw a lynx once! Or it saw me anyway, kind of spooky!
Haven't ever ventured further than the top of Multnomah, I will remember that for October thanks!
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Sunday, 26 June 2016 20:14 (eight years ago) link
A great resource for local Portland area hikers is Oregonhikers.org.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Sunday, 26 June 2016 20:47 (eight years ago) link
best ilx thread title ever
― pleas to Nietzsche (WilliamC), Sunday, 26 June 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link
i'm going hiking tomorrow
― assawoman bay (harbl), Monday, 4 July 2016 01:49 (eight years ago) link
hope you bring a jacket
― kind of lolth but mostly strahd (los blue jeans), Monday, 4 July 2016 02:01 (eight years ago) link
Hiked out of the Grand Canyon after a rafting trip last week. Bright Angel trail. Not exactly the road less travelled but it was pretty wild. Starting in total quiet at sunrise and finishing in the middle of a huge mob at the rim.
The rafting portion is HIGHLY recommended if you ever get the chance
― tobo73, Monday, 4 July 2016 02:34 (eight years ago) link
was in ny not md so no jacket needed. this hurt so bad. i can't even walk now. i hated it. https://drive.google.com/open?id=10TWvX9CF6ACuE7fo4FFdVw6i_Kw&usp=sharing https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1241647123
― assawoman bay (harbl), Monday, 4 July 2016 21:43 (eight years ago) link
just got back from a great hiking trip in Oregon
here i am atop Triple Falls in the Columbia River gorge
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w197/mamabrain/20160529_182245_HDR.jpg
― woman in the dunes, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 02:47 (eight years ago) link