…. 5 months later!
excellent. hello world.
ok, first update. saddle mountain. beautiful trail on the way to the coast. on a cloudless day, you can see st. helens, rainier, adams and hood. annnd you can see the coast line and where the columbia hits the pacific. perfect hike when your day off coincides with a cloudless summer day.
specs. 1600 ft elevation. 5.2 mile loop. thanks, portland hikers field guide. you make my life great.
you start off in the woods, do a nice hike with mild elevation gain. then you break out of the woods along a ridge and then come across saddle mountain. this is where most of the incline hits. the whole slope is exposed to sun, it’s gorgeous. they’ve got chain link fencing to hold rocks in place and to keep traction on the trail, otherwise i imagine it could get fairly muddy and slippery. for what you put in, hike-wise, you get a lot of rewarding views.
saddle mountain. perfect summer hike. the dots of fuzz on top = people
on the way up. the valley around the tillamook forest
still going up
st. helens, rainier, adams...
... and hood!
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