Author: Daniel Van Rossen

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Wahkeena Falls to Devils Rest Hike

This was to be the last sunny day for a while so I wanted to get out for a hike while it was nice. So I went for Wahkeena up to Devils Rest and some checking out some of the new trails. I had seen post about Wahkeena having a major landslide and that the trail was open again so I want to see what had gone on. I found the slide was major but they had done an outstanding job of getting the trail open again. The hike offered a lot of scenic beauty and some challenges you often fine. All made for a good day out.

By the numbers: 11 miles, 2800 ft. total elv. gain with 7 1/2 hours on the trail

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King Mt. Hike

King Mt. in the Tillamook State Forest is not very scenic but because of it’s steepness is often used for conditioning hike. There is a lot of up with just a few flat spot thrown in. I took a little use side trail down for part of the decent and only found out toward the end that I was on the Coronary Ridge trail. By the number – 7 miles, 3000 ft. total elevation gain and on the trail for 5 hours.

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A walk along Vancouver Waterfront

Lori, Jeanette, Sylvia and I did a walk along Vancouver Waterfront. Same route that we had often done before but the fog on the river gave it a different look. The walk was about 5 miles. Along the walk we stopped in at the Waterfront Taphouse for lunch.

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Hardy Ridge Hike

I returned to Hardy Ridge to get some exercise on a dry mild day. I started out in the fog but ended in sunshine. I had three different GPS device going and all gave different readings. It average out to about 8 miles, 2000 ft. elevation gain and on the trail for about 4 1/2 hours.