| Welcome to SP! - Sign-In | Register | ||
| | |
| MbPost.com -- It's SP for Mountain Biking! | ||
|
|
|
| mkpatrick | South Side  Date Climbed: May 21, 2009 | |
| Great day to be outside, check out sturgeon rock if your up there | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2009 6:20 am | ||
| BCJ | Gorgeous day Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2009 | |
| Went for an anniversary hike with my wife. Perfect day with clear skies, meadows thick with wildflowers and hordes of butterflies (not a single mosquito). | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2009 10:35 pm | ||
| Lunadog | Snowday Date Climbed: May 9, 2009 | |
| With my Dad. We went off trail early due to crusty snow but the beargrass was mostly over my head (not hard to do when you are 2 feet tall). I heard there was a goat living on Pyramid Rock so I was ready to kick some goat butt but we didn't see one. Went up some cool snow near the top and I got to hang around on the summit for a while. Saw some cool dogs on the way back. My Dad brought the wrong hiking guide so we had to guess at the roads driving in. We guessed wrong but did get to drive past a prison in the woods. My advice is not to get off trail in this area. You never know who you'll meet out there. ;- ) This is a cool hike though, I give it four paws (and a tail). | |
| Posted May 11, 2009 12:14 pm | ||
| BSPclimber | On bikes Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2008 | |
| My son and I hike a biked up. Rode around for a while on the trails to the north and east of the summit. Was a nice fast downhill to the north, Ed's trail to the NE was fun for a bit, then got too dangerous with cliffs where a fall would have been the end. So we went up to the summit for the real fun. Still patches of considerable snow past 3700 feet and maybe 5 trees across the trail. We rode down in 30 minutes despite having to walk past the blowdown, riding through the snow bits and having to stop for a minute when my son went over the bars halfway down the steep part near the bottom(he wasn't hurt, wish I was 16 again!). The top is fairly rough, I'll give most of it a BK4(see Klenke's rating system), the middle section is smoother and much faster, probably BK 2-3. The bottom is fairly steep and very rough, I agree with the 5.3 rating Klenke gave it. It was a blast, and I am happy to note that we rode the entire trail with the exception of having to walk around the blowdown. Note: Good brakes are a must, and I highly recommend a nice plush full suspension bike. I have a Gary Fisher HiFi Plus with 5" of travel front a rear with hydraulic discs, and was very thankful I did. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2008 7:49 pm | ||
| iceager | Latest snow ever. Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2008 | |
| I've been hiking here for fifteen years and before this year the snow was gone by the end of June, usually by May. This year I was on top of 3-4 FEET of snow at 4200' in the forest on the west side. There was snow patches below the summit on the east side (which is bare of trees); this after 100 degree heat in Portland. WOW! And the flowers (with the exception of almost no Beargrass) were unbelievable. I saw no one on a monday except for a couple just starting out when I finished. | ||
| Posted Jul 19, 2008 8:57 pm | ||
| SubalpineSam | Is it June or February?? Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2008 | |
| Wow! What a place, and right in our back yard!!! Weather was perfect today with great visibility once the morning funk burned off. 2/3 of the trail was still under snow. At one point a guy with a tent used an 8-foot tent pole to probe the snow and never reached the bottom. The next few weeks might get kind of hairy up here, as the snow is starting to melt in earnest from the bottom, and hikers are likely to start into some serious postholing. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2008 12:13 am | ||
| YEM | South Side | |
| A great area right next to Portland. I don't like the "roads" cut into the mountains, but you can't have it all. Fall and winter are especially good times to visit. Come on a day when the weather allows for good views. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2007 3:01 am | ||
| Annie | Goat Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2006 | |
| First hike with Brian. Natasha also was with us. Saw the goat, lots of snow. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2007 6:53 pm | ||
| NickyP | Great Day for a Hike Date Climbed: May 28, 2007 | |
| Went strait to a crowded trailhead after work around 2:30. Took Ed's trail up and came down the main trail. Saw a group parasailing off the ridge while I was up there too. I would say the best view of the area is on this summit. | |
| Posted May 28, 2007 10:11 pm | ||
| BSPclimber | South Ridge Date Climbed: May 18, 2007 | |
| My son and I started at 5:30 PM. Summited at 7, started back down at 7:15, back to the car by 8:20. Weather was so-so at the start, clouds came in on the way up, got a couple of sun breaks at the summit, then more clouds and a bit of rain on the way down. Snow in all of the shady areas from 3600 feet up, considerable amounts near the summit (3-6 feet). Enjoyable hike/scramble, we will be back later to do this descent on bike. | |
| Posted May 19, 2007 2:44 pm | ||
| lostman | A little snow in the air Date Climbed: Apr 15, 2007 | |
| The trail is in good shape but with snow in the trees. It was a dramatic days of alternating snowy clouds and bright sunshine. The clearest skies did not quite coincide with the best views, but still a great day. | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2007 7:08 pm | ||
| M and N Denyer | Nice hike Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2006 | |
| Nice hike on a sunny day with Brian Jenkins and Anette. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2006 8:23 pm | ||
| SouthRaker | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2006 | |
| First trip I've ever done with a dog in my party. I did this hike with a long time friend, first time hiking partner and his dog, a young great dane (HUGE dog) who behaved very well for his first hike. We took the south ridge and didn't run across anyone untill the last half mile which was littered with people. The views from the top were some of the best views of the cascade volcanos I've ever seen. Some good scrambling was found on a rock (pyramid rock?) a couple of miles into the trail on the right. Good rock, and lots of options! Next time I gotta try surugeon rock via the sturgeon stairway. Great hike, highly recommended. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2006 2:39 am | ||
| adamschneider | Wildflowers (and a little snow) on the north ridge Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006 | |
| Went up today with a couple of friends; we went in from the north off County 12, which is a really horrible drive. The first segment of gravel road is smooth but with enormous potholes; the remainder is rough and rocky. As for the hike itself: we forked off to the left at Ed's Trail, rejoined the main road/trail at the five-way junction with the Tarbell Trail and the fun-looking Bluff Mountain Trail, and continued on to the main summit. We returned down the main trail. (By the way, some joker had turned a sign at that 5-way junction 90 degrees counter-clockwise; we fixed it, but it's not pounded in, so it could move again. And speaking of weird signs, there's one right after the trailhead that has bizarre distances on it; apparently it was installed in the wrong place.) There were still a few patches of snow above 3000 feet, including one we had to traverse near the rock arch; but on the whole, everything was very GREEN from the valleys right up to the peaks. Lots and lots of beargrass, golden pea, paintbrush, and avalanche lilies; a fair number of lupines, irises, and salmonberries; and countless other wildflowers. The views of the surrounding hills and rock formations were amazing; unfortunately, the big volcanoes stayed hidden under a scattered cloud deck, but on a clear day the views of the local Big Four would be stunning, I'm sure. (We could see the bottom edge of the snow on Adams, St. Helens, and Hood, so we could tell how close they were.) It was about 55-60 degrees F with calm winds, except at the very top of the mountain where the wind made it a little chilly. Overall, a fanastic day trip. | ||
| Posted Jun 18, 2006 3:30 am | ||
| Aeldrin | Date climbed: June 2000 | |
| The day I went up this mountain, there was a ton of fog that completely obscured the view. There might have been 10' of visibility. "Old baldy" was a crow that greeted us at the top and followed us (hoping for a meal?) for quite a while as we descended. | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2006 2:16 am | ||
| mradventure | Silver Star Snowshoeing Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2006 | |
| Set off early afternoon Saturday with some sun breaks. Arrived at a point to the south nearly even with Pyramid Rock soon after hearing there may be a mountain goat living there. Started down, didn't see anything. Just as I was rounding the corner, there it stands atop the lower rocks of Pyramid Rock. (Another summitposter discovered the goat in February) I left there to summit in whiteout. I felt a bit scared not being able to see the cornices near the summit until I was on top of them, but I have been up there many times to know where the safe areas are. It was a bit windy at the top, not too cold, and a great workout. | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2006 4:05 pm | ||
| Koohnavard | Date Climbed: July 1993 | |
| I lived in Battle Ground and spent a lot of time biking and hiking the trails that surround this mountain. | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2006 12:30 pm | ||
| MtnTroll | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: May 1995 (many later) | |
| One of my favorite hikes close to Portland. | ||
| Posted Jan 6, 2006 1:27 pm | ||
| smiley j | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: January 1998 | |
| Hiked up here with a few friends. Our trucks barely made it up to the trailhead with all the snow. We post-holed to the summit, hugging the ridgecrest because of the lack of a trail, and the clouds blowing over the top reducing the visibility. It's beautiful up there in Winter, but with the windchill, we didn't stick around to enjoy the view for very long. Lots of fun though! Ran into a porcupine on the trail too. | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2005 5:06 pm | ||
| rfbolton | Route Climbed: North ridge Date Climbed: July 21, 2002 | |
| This climb was connected with my first on-purpose county highpoint - the nearby "Sturgeon Fin" which is the highpoint of my home county. Wonder of wonders, my wife did this one with me, and even enjoyed the scramble up onto Sturgeon Rock. If only she would go with me more often! | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2005 1:49 am | ||
|
