Treks and Adventures
This was an easy social hike with the Cascade Prime Timers along the Herman Creek. We hiked the Herman Creek Trail in the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness to Nick Eaton Falls and back. We were on the trail for 3 hours and did 5 miles with 900 ft. elevation gain.
It was a long drive for a short hike. The attraction, four waterfalls in a 2 mile hike. I was out with Lori, Jeanette, and Marilyn for this expiratory hike. After the hike we went to Calapooia Brewing for lunch.
Lori, Jeanette, Marylyn and I had a short (2.2 mile) but very scenic hike in The Gorge at Tom McCall Preserve. We lucked out on the weather and managed to slip our hike in just before the rain came in. Afterwards we went went to Backwoods Brewing for lunch.
Back to Beacon Rock State Park for a hike up to Hardy Ridge. I loop back by way of the Equestrian trail this time. By the Numbers: 10 mile, 2200 ft. elevation gain and 5 1/2 hours on the trail.
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
