Ciudad Esmeralda Canyon… Our second of four canyons. Very scenic, including a very unique narrows section. 100’ plus tall walls with lush green vegetation. The drainage had a good flow. Another fun day out in the creek…
Gata Media Canyon… The first of four canyons on this trip to Costa Rica. This canyon was a good warm-up canyon. Pretty straight forward drops. And like the others, very scenic. A lot of the canyons here, unlike in the…
Heckletooth Mountain via Aubrey Mtn… Originally planned to hike up to Aubrey Mountain, but ended up extending our hike to Heckeltooth mountain. Aubrey Mtn is a treed summit with no views and sort of a thrash to get to, then…
Buffalo Peak – Battle Peak – Point 3558 A three-peak trip. Mainly wanted to explore Buffalo Peak, as we spotted it from the ridge on the other side of the canyon several days before. We parked at this spot mainly…
Huckleberry Mountain Lookout Loop… I parked just 17 minutes from home. Not even enough time to finish my coffee, or warm the truck up. I parked at about 3790’ because of the icy snow, but found out later it was…
Gold Lake Trail Snowshoe… Parked at the Waldo Lake Sno-Park, just off Hwy 58. Waldo Road is closed this time of year to let the snow mobile’s play for the winter. We walked the road for 2 miles before dropping…
Vivian Lake from Salt Creek Falls… Sunday was the better weather day, so we decided to hike up to Vivian Lake from the Salt Creek Falls trailhead. The parking lot was slush and, of course, raining… Salt Creek Falls was…
Paulina East Lake Loop… We thought we’d head to Paulina before the seasonal closing of the gate. We started our hike at the Cinder Hill Trailhead, and decided to go counter clockwise. After a bit over 4 miles we went…
Maiden Peak… It was nice to do a hike that hasn’t been affected by wild fires. The hike, to the summit and back, is all on trail. The trail appears to be a very popular trail, although I only saw…
Mount David Douglas… From several high points in the area, Mount David Douglas looked interesting, so I found a good spot to park, for a cross-country route to the east summit (6255’) and then the west summit (6035’). Not much…
Fuji Mountain… Fuji Mountain from the upper trailhead. After exploring Mount David Douglas, I drove up to the Mt Fuji upper trailhead and did the short jaunt up to the summit. This summit offers incredible views of the surrounding area,…
Dead Mountain… This hike is in our backyard, although the trailhead is down in the town of Oakridge, just 8 miles away. The trail has become a popular mountain bike trail, where many bikers hire a shuttle to take them…
Whychus Rock (Squaw Rock)… It’s been a few years since we’ve been up here. Always an enjoyable mini adventure. One can see this pinnacle from as far north as just coming up from Warm Springs, and as far south as…
Central and SE Oregon Road Trip… This was a father son road trip, covering 1,120 miles, eight nights, through central and SE Oregon. To make it a bit more adventurous, we took the van. We started the trip in Oakridge,…
Waldo Mountain Lookout… Deb’s sister, Cheryl Hill, mentioned that she needed to get to the Waldo Mountain lookout for a lookout project she is working on. Unfortunately, the standard Waldo Mountain trailhead is still closed due to the current fire…
Mount McLaughlin… Last time at the summit of this peak was Oct 2007, good to be back. Living in Oakridge, we are a little closer to the trailhead, although still a 2.5 hour drive each way. Good day for a…
Temple Peaks… Another wonderful trip into the Wind River Range, Wyoming. This time we planned to summit Temple Peak (12.972’) and East Temple Peak (12,590’). We took the Midnight Raven because driving to and from Wyoming is half the adventure…but…
Mount Beachie/Battle Ax Loop… Always a good one, when we are in the area. Had a nice weekend at our cabin in Detroit. While there we drove up to Elk Lake and did the Beachie Battle Ax Loop hike, which…
Sawtooth Mountain Loop… Deb picked this one, and what a great pick! Even though the mosquitos were in full force and the smoke was thick, this was a fun scramble peak. The 360 deg far-away views were hidden by the…
Thimble Creek Canyoneer… It has been over a year since canyoneering a wet drainage, so we were a bit rusty. It was a perfect day for it though. I first did the upper and lower section back in Sept of…