Oregon Hikers

Was up main eagle this weekend. Pretty much melted out there but still high creek waters.

Would like to see more specific information regarding exactly which trailheads would have limits for day hiking. What a shame it has come to this :( The forest manager said this would first likely affect the popular trailheads on highways 22, 242 and 42. I'm guessing Whitewater, Obsidian (already p...

Yeah too much. I could tolerate forking over $5 for obsidian but I'll be hiking the bit extra from now on!

This is a high snow year--both lakes will likely not be accessible without snow travel until mid-June at the earliest, I'll bet.

You might find some takers here, but I'd also post on Backpackinglight.com - might have better luck there!

Still one week to designate Owyhee Canyonlands. Let's do this thing.

Tumalo Mountain (from Ductchman) is nice but crowded on weekends. Probably the best easily accessible views.

A lot of people also snowshoe along Tumalo Creek. There's also a snowshoe trail to Todd Lake from Dutchman. Avoid the Swampy sno park trails.

I snow this is a little late, but here's the thread!

According to the Bulletin yesterday, the FS is in fact seriously looking at this.

http://www.bendbulletin.com/outdoors/46 ... rer=fpblob

Like the sierra permits - $6 to reserve, or free to walk up. I think you're right about Green Lakes being an overnight only permit, but then again they already are using the "stake" system. Obsidian and Pamelia are both day-use permits right now so it wouldn't be unheard of to make day use permits a...