A hike on the Burnt Lake trail up to E. ZigZag Mt. There are excellent views of Mt. Hood from the summit area. I hiked about 12 miles with 2500 ft. elev. gain and out for 7 Hours.
Burnt Lake – E. ZigZag Mt. Hike
Hardy Ridge Hike
Once again doing the Hardy Ridge Loop Hike at Beacon Rock State Park. This time packing more camera gear to tryout. Hike was 10 mile, 2350 ft. elevation gain in about 7 hours. I want to what the state of the flowers were and worked between three different cameras to see how they did.
Boulder Ridge Hike
I was out this time for a longer and higher hike then I had done for a while. This hike started at Wildwood Recreation Site. I signed in and made my over the the start of the trail witch is a long walk in the woods. The first couple of hundred feet can be the hardest part of the the having to get over the wet slippery rocks. After that I started on a series of steep switch backs to get up to the start of the ridge. From here it is a steady moderate climb up to meet that Plaza Trail. I took that trail up to a great view point of Mt. Hood, the summit of Huckleberry Mt. and to Bonanza Tr. This was my turn around point to make my way back. I did about 14.5 mile with 3450 ft. elevation gain in 7 1/2 hours.
Oak Ridge Trail Hike
I did a hike with the Prime Timers up the Oak Ridge Trail and then along Surveyor Ridge Trail to a view and lunch spot. We had 26 folks on the hike with old friends and new ones I met. We did about 9 miles with 2350 ft. gain in about 5 hrs.
Hardy Ridge Hike
I got my new Washington Discovery Pass so I decided to put it to use with a hike up to Hardy Ridge at Beacon Rock State Park. The forecast was for a nice clear sunny day and I needed to get some exercise so more reason for hike. I went up the East side trail and went to Phlox Point. Returned the same route. This may have been the first time this year to have clear views of Gorge and Mountains. I was surprised when I pulled into the parking lot at the Equestrian Trailhead and found the lot almost full. Turned out at WTA was having a workday and had a good turnout of volunteers. Just a few people on the hiking trails.
By the number: 10 miles, 2341 TEG, Time on trail – 4:51 moving, 1:15 stop and 2.1 moving average.
