Month: October 2023
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20231003 Cispus to Panther Creek, GPNF
Time for another Big Ass Hike, version 2023. This adventure takes me from the the Cispus River to Panther Creek, all in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, climbing into the Mt. Adams Wilderness, then following the Pacific Crest Trail southbound thru the Indian Heaven Wilderness, exiting above the Wind River Road at Panther Creek Campground,…
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20230916 Lost Hat Lake, GPNF
I’ve long wanted to get up into this high country above Packwood, along the very top of the Coal Creek Mountain. I tried once before, but got turned back by snow. And the entire area has been closed d/t the wildfire last summer, until just this past week. So, up I go! I start out…