After a good night’s sleep in the Hotel Prairie City, we headed up the Strawberry Mountain trailhead. Our original plan was to tag the summit then go off trail and explore the ridge with Indian Spring Butte and Rabbit Ears…but…
Fleeing from the rainy forecast, Deb and I found ourselves out in the John Day area. Today we tagged the summit of Canyon Mountain. From the trailhead we took the trail for about 5 miles (top of the Dean Creek…
It’s been a few years since I’ve climbed 3FJ….wasn’t even thinking about it, when Deb said what about 3FJ? Took me about 3 seconds to answer, OK! Perfect conditions…dry and sunny. Left the trailhead at 5:15am (heard a Mazamas team…
When I saw Chris had mentioned Bonanza Peak over the Labor Day weekend….I thought Yikes!, sounds like a suffer-fest to me…but after a tiny bit of research, it didn’t sound THAT bad. No other takers so it was just Chris…