ghsmith76
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Post by ghsmith76 on Mar 25, 2019 16:42:56 GMT -8
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zeke
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Post by zeke on Mar 25, 2019 17:44:57 GMT -8
ghsmith76 There is a glaring misprint or failure to edit in your description of Timberline Trail. You write about starting at the lodge, going counter-clockwise and entering Zig Zag canyon. That would be Clockwise. Counter would be crossing the Smith River first, on the way to Copper. Other than that, I think you chose some doozeys. Wise man. I have to ask, if you were picking from the NW, why did you leave off the 96 mile trek around Rainier (Wonderland Trail)?
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Post by cweston on Mar 28, 2019 4:25:46 GMT -8
The only one of these that I have done is Spider Gap/Buck Creek. (Well, I've never actually done that exact loop, but I've hiked nearly all of it on different routes.) It is absolutely fantastic. The Upper Lyman basin is one of my favorite places ever. As you come down from Spider Gap, you get the glacial devastation of the upper basin, but then it gives way to some of the most spectacular parkland ever under jaw-dropping views of Bonanza.
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toejam
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Post by toejam on Mar 29, 2019 20:15:58 GMT -8
I was fortunate to hike the Goat Rocks, Spider Gap, and Timberline loops all in one epic vacation in 2007. Good stuff!
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ghsmith76
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Post by ghsmith76 on Apr 9, 2020 20:21:46 GMT -8
Thanks for the error check. I have to ask, if you were picking from the NW, why did you leave off the 96 mile trek around Rainier (Wonderland Trail)? I guess I didn't consider the Wonderland Trail because it is a National Park which requires permitting. |
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Post by dayhiker on May 24, 2020 10:43:04 GMT -8
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ghsmith76
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Post by ghsmith76 on Jul 19, 2020 8:59:27 GMT -8
I think 3 sisters requires permits now, We have been very fortunate to have backpacked as much in the Pacific Northwest as we have without permitting. But those days are ending. |
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Post by skeeter on Sept 1, 2020 6:16:44 GMT -8
The implementation of the new permit/reservation system for trailheads in Oregon's central Cascades has indeed been postponed until 2021. This is one of the reasons why I'm going to section hike the PCT (Section E) from Hwy 58 near Willamette Pass to Hwy 242 near McKenzie Pass during the first week of October.
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