Treks and Adventures
A solo Gorge hike to Angles Rest and then on to Devils Rest and back. This turned into a very chilly hike with cold temperatures some very strong wind gust. It was fun to find the new trails they have put in and I would like to go back and explore those more when the weather is better.
By the number: 9.5 miles, about 3000 ft. total elevation gain, 4 1/2 hours on the trail
Lori, Jeanette, Sylvia and I did a 4 mile hike at Whipple Creek Regional Park in Washington and then went to the Sportsman’s Pub House Ridgefield.
It seams like on Northwest trails every time you hike it it is a new experience. This time I did the Hardy Ridge Loop Trail clockwise with snow being the new point of interest. I started find snow at the 1600 elev. level and 1900 elev. it was solid. It was only two to four inches down lower but by the time I got to the ridge crest it was six to eight inches. The snow was slushy so a lot of slipping and sliding. I found only few tracks of folks getting up to ridge and no track running the ridge. I did about 8 1/4 miles with around 1880 ft gain.
A Chehalem Ridge Hike with lunch at Backwoods afterward. About 6 miles with 500 ft. Gain
Connecting several backcountry trails at Beacon Rock State Park to make a loop. Surprises: snowlevel lower then I thought they would be, finding my gear was not up to how cold it was with 20 plus mile and hour winds, the longest patch of blow down on a trail I have ever made my way through and how much fun it was to get through it.
The number: 10 1/4 miles, 1965 total elevation gain, Time on trail 5hr 20min.
