Another fantastic hike! And again, a change in plans at the very last minute! Originally I was planning on going to Eagle Creek which happens to be one of the most popular hikes in the Columbia Gorge. In that hike you can find a waterfall that looks like a cup pouring water. I’ve seen some pictures of it and it seems to be incredible. Anyhow, plans changed for a couple of reasons, One because I didn’t know very well the group that was going there and second because a friend called me to do a more interesting hike. I was very lucky to change as I learned that same day that Eagle Creek was closed. It seems a rock, the size of a truck was about to fall on the trail! At the end I met with a couple of friends (we were only 4 on this trip) and we went to the Mazama Trail on Mount Hood. The Mazama Trail has its name from a hiking/conservationist group that maintains that trail. This trail takes you up Mount Hood on the North side until it meet with a trail that goes around the whole mountain (ask me if I have that hike on my list). From the beginning of the hike we started walking on fresh snow. I’ve got to tell you that late snow from winter and new snow from the fall are two complete different things. This hike was accompanied all the time with the beautiful views of Mount Hood. Taking pictures was not an easy task, having the sun right in front of us made it a challenge. As you’ll see in the pictures, we crossed a couple of semi-frozen creeks and a small lake/pond also frozen. A very strange thing was to encounter a section of the trail, covered by trees, without any snow. The pictures are in the order I took them, so you’ll see what I mean with strange. The other views we got, looking north, included Mount Adams (the closest volcano on the Washington side), Mount Raineer further west (to the left) and Mount St Helens all the way to the back and west (You can recognize St Helens by it’s flat top, that’s the remain after the 1980 eruption). This trail had one curious note. You’ll see one picture with what seem to be footprints. Being round, big and close together, I though they were bear tracks. Two of my friends agreed with me on that assumption, the third was more inclined on thinking that it was just a biped animal looking for a tree…Last note (for me), it’s better to use waterproof boots on snow!
Mazama Trail, November 3rd
Another fantastic hike! And again, a change in plans at the very last minute! Originally I was planning on going to Eagle Creek which happens to be one of the most popular hikes in the Columbia Gorge. In that hike you can find a waterfall that looks like a cup pouring water. I’ve seen some pictures of it and it seems to be incredible. Anyhow, plans changed for a couple of reasons, One because I didn’t know very well the group that was going there and second because a friend called me to do a more interesting hike. I was very lucky to change as I learned that same day that Eagle Creek was closed. It seems a rock, the size of a truck was about to fall on the trail! At the end I met with a couple of friends (we were only 4 on this trip) and we went to the Mazama Trail on Mount Hood. The Mazama Trail has its name from a hiking/conservationist group that maintains that trail. This trail takes you up Mount Hood on the North side until it meet with a trail that goes around the whole mountain (ask me if I have that hike on my list). From the beginning of the hike we started walking on fresh snow. I’ve got to tell you that late snow from winter and new snow from the fall are two complete different things. This hike was accompanied all the time with the beautiful views of Mount Hood. Taking pictures was not an easy task, having the sun right in front of us made it a challenge. As you’ll see in the pictures, we crossed a couple of semi-frozen creeks and a small lake/pond also frozen. A very strange thing was to encounter a section of the trail, covered by trees, without any snow. The pictures are in the order I took them, so you’ll see what I mean with strange. The other views we got, looking north, included Mount Adams (the closest volcano on the Washington side), Mount Raineer further west (to the left) and Mount St Helens all the way to the back and west (You can recognize St Helens by it’s flat top, that’s the remain after the 1980 eruption). This trail had one curious note. You’ll see one picture with what seem to be footprints. Being round, big and close together, I though they were bear tracks. Two of my friends agreed with me on that assumption, the third was more inclined on thinking that it was just a biped animal looking for a tree…Last note (for me), it’s better to use waterproof boots on snow!
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