Oregon Hikers

Lurch wrote: ↑

March 22nd, 2024, 9:11 am

Here was on the E face of Franklin last weekend
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Ooooof.

We covered a lot of trail last weekend. It's been warm since then so I'm guessing there's been a lot of melt, although the North Fork Snotel (behind Nesmith) is still showing 51"

Here was on the E face of Franklin last weekend

Thanks for the report, I'd been curious about the state of that washout for a while now!

I took a trip up Larch Mountain yesterday to check out conditions. Happy to report, conditions overall were excellent! Specifically, ...

I'm guessing no update yet about the washout up Larch Mtn Trail that you'd previously reported, squid?

... I knew there was work scheduled yesterday to clear trees from the Larch Mountain trail, and I wondered if they might do something to patch up that washout a little, ...

... No. The web page for trail 420? No. Any updates on the pages for the Larch Mountain trail or Vista Point trail, which both have slides that have taken out a section of ...

... and wound up completing the loop in the opposite direction, with a sit-and-slide for the final yards of the switchbacks. But on my way down Larch I came across a bunch of kids in tennis shoes, who somehow made it through that. I honestly have NO idea how, other than forming a human chain ...

... which was totally clear except the stairs, and then a little ways up Larch. I guess I got as far as Dutchman Falls area before hitting a solid, ... to Multnomah looked mostly OK from a distance, but navigating the mountain of snow at the east end could be a problem, if you're planning to ...

Hiked up Pepper Mountain for the first time, after looking for a short, close hike to do in the rain. We ... TM.jpg Pepper Summit.jpg Pepper Memorial.jpg Before heading home we checked out Larch Mtn Road. It was fine up to our Brower Rd turnoff. Further up there were a lot of ...