Treks and Adventures
An exploratory walk of Willamette Park and the Greenway Trail. I had a little time before meeting family for dinner to scout out a new urban walk. It has lots of parking (paid) and with the Greenway Trail you can go for miles through Portland.
Filling in one of the last trails on Zigzag Mt. ridge I did a hike of going up Horseshoe Ridge Trail, transversing on Zigzag Trail and connectors and going down on Cast Creek Trail. The hike was 15.5 miles with 3700 ft. total elevation gain and on the trail for 9.5 hours. At the start I had do a wading crossing of Lost Creek.
A short test hike with Lori, Jeanette and Merlyn at Oxbow Regional Park. The hike was 4 1/2 mile with almost 600 ft. elevation gain while on the trail for 2 1/2 hours. Afterwards we went to Ye Old Pub for lunch.
A hike up to McNeil Point starting at the Ramona Falls Parking lot. The purpose on this hike was both to get workout and I needed photos of the Sandy Glacier to see how much it had retreated. I have not done this route in many years so I was interested in what I might find. It was a lot longer and harder then I remembered.
The hike was hard but one of the most social hikes I have done. I talked to over 20 people and met a couple of new friends that I hiked the Bald Mt. to the climber route with on the way up. I also had the most embarrassing river crossing with a bear huge crawl on a log over the Sandy River.
By the numbers: about 20 miles with 4200 ft. total elevation gain and on trail for around 12 hours.
A nice 5 mile hike out to the tip of Cape Falcon on the Oregon coast with Lori and Jeanette. Afterwards we stopped in to Camp 18 for a late lunch.
