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| Levi | Tough!  Date Climbed: May 29, 2009 | |
| Did not expect such a work out. Beautiful day and was about eighty degrees. One of the best viewpoints of the gorge i have seen so far! The walk back was a long one and experienced a few blisters on the trip. | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2009 8:57 pm | ||
| outdoorgirl | South Trail/ Heartbreak Ridge Trail Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2008 | |
| A muddy, but peaceful walk through the woods, passing over the creeks, even saw the sun a little. Took the South Trail from the Bonneville Trailhead. Once on the Heartbreak Ridge Trail, ran into snow. Above the cliffs, some holes were waist deep! Not a day for pictures, but definitely want to come back in the summer time. In our excitement to get back to the car. we accidentally took the trail down to Bonneville Hot Springs. I am sure the dog and I looked like homeless people, soaked and covered in mud, walking back up HWY 14 to the car! | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2008 7:49 pm | ||
| YEM | Both Table Mt. trails from the PCT | |
| One of the best Gorge viewpoints. Lots of opportunities for exploring the summit plateau. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2007 2:12 am | ||
| bmwboarder7 | Jumping Switchbacks | |
| It was one of my first hikes with much elevation change. The trail was quite steep, with many switchbacks. On the way down we ran (we were younger...) and were using trees to turn us down the switchbacks. Quite a fun day hike. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2007 12:17 am | ||
| Mr. Clam | Main trail Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2007 | |
| A fun hike, It was snowing pretty hard on the summit. | |
| Posted May 28, 2007 10:06 pm | ||
| BSPclimber | Variation of South trail Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2007 | |
| Went with me BCEP class, we parked at the hot springs and took a brushy trail that connects with the jeep road, then the PCT. The last mile or so to the top was quite fun. Descended to the north and looped around to the west, I don't recommend it, there was quite a bit of blowdown and brush and is a couple of miles longer. Probably 10 miles RT. Overall a great hike, would be better descending the way we came, but still fun. | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2007 1:14 pm | ||
| vcrewpc06 | Route Climbed: Main Trail Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2005 | |
| I climbed Table Mtn. with my venture crew in preparation for a backpacking trip. Hot day, arduous climb. The views were well worth it. | |
| Posted Mar 26, 2007 4:14 am | ||
| Aeldrin | Route Climbed: South Trail | |
| Climbed up the mountain as a conditioning hike with the Mazamas. There was a lot of snow on top, and a great day to be up there! | |
| Posted Dec 21, 2006 2:21 pm | ||
| SouthRaker | Route Climbed: Main Trail via Bonneville Trailhead Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006 | |
| I decided to take this route over the hot springs route to get a little more exercise. I was succesful... the last couple of miles really wore me out, but I've felt worse. I ran into many, many groups between the trailhead and the first lake, but only a couple after that. Not too bad for a Saturday. Lots of slugs on the trail too, (ewwwww!) and I think I steped on a couple while jogging for a couple of miles on the way back. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2006 1:53 am | ||
| LCannon | Route Attempted: South Side Date: Various | |
| I've attempted climbing this mountain 4 times now. The first one my sister Julie and I started at the start of the Pacific Crest Trail where is takes off from the Bridge of the Gods. It proved a very long, long hike and we finally gave up and made our way back taking a 9 hour hike without success. The next time my girls and I tried it from the parking lot trailhead near the Bonneville Dam. We mad it to Gillette Lake and turned around. It was 90+ degrees outside and the girls were too tired. I hiked this again with my girls starting at the Bonneville Hot Springs Lodge, the trail follows the powerlines and then cuts into forest further on meeting up with the Pacific Crest Trail. We made it this day to a lovely meadow and ate lunch and then returned. My next attempt was with my sister Julie, starting again at the powerlines, we made it up to the part where the rocky slope starts but upon taking a look at how much farther the summit was, and our watches, we didn't think we'd have enough time to do it and get back since it was early spring and daylight would end before we could get back. My goal is to finally make it to the summit this year! I hope I can do it as I'm not getting any younger! | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2006 1:59 am | ||
| smiley j | Route Climbed: South Climb Trail Date Climbed: April 1997 | |
| This one was a steep one. There was a tad bit of snow on the summit. Gorgeous view! This may have been more strenuous than St Helens, I still haven't decided! | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2006 10:48 am | ||
| jdstrong | Route Climbed: West Ridge via Hot Spring Road Date Climbed: 8/7/2004, 7/10/2005 | |
| This is one of my favorites in the george. I went solo last year and had views of the entire Gorge and surrounding Mountains. This year I took three other people and was clouded in. Still an excellent day hike in almost any weather. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2005 12:42 am | ||
| sauron93 | Route Climbed: PCT/ South Trail Date Climbed: May 8, 2005 | |
| We started at the Bonneville dam trailhead, caried overnight gear and camped at 2900 feet on the Southwest ridge. The sky was overcast in the evening with Mt Hood ocasionally peaking thru. After a steady rain all night we summitted in the morning with amazing views of the gorge shrouded in rings of fog. | ||
| Posted May 10, 2005 1:44 am | ||
| Don Nelsen | Route Climbed: southside route. Date Climbed: June 9th, 1985 | |
| A great article was published in the Oregonian in May, '85, written by Don and Roberta Lowe, of guidebook fame, describing this climb and including a great photo of it. Had to go up there at my first opportunity and give it a try. Didn't know then about the much shorter powerline trail so got the full 14 miles+ this time. Took my 10 year old and really wore him out, to the aggravation of his mom. Great views, a real pucker looking down the cliffs, climbed it about 10 times since and it never loses it's appeal. | |
| Posted Oct 25, 2004 8:48 pm | ||
| jamminjman | Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: 9/20/04 | |
| Parked about 1 mile past Bonneville Hot Springs Resort where the road ends and gravel road begins. About 8 miles Round trip from here. Not much of a view from the top as it was socked in with clouds and kinda windy. Nice trip though, didn't see another person the whole time. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2004 12:15 am | ||
| gacland | Route Climbed: Pacific Crest Trail Date Climbed: May 1, 2004 | |
| Cut out some miles by parking by the lake under the power lines and walking up the road to the trail crossing. The trail going up the grassy field to the top was closed due to erosion and sensitve plant life, so we had to take the ridge trail to the top. Showed me how out of shape I really am. The bugs sucked. | ||
| Posted May 4, 2004 6:00 pm | ||
| dkantola | Route Climbed: Cross-country on the South Side Date Climbed: January 11, 2004 | |
| Starting under the powerlines, the snow was deep and covered with ice from the trailhead to the summit. It was windy with only occassional views on top. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2004 6:09 pm | ||
| jhalz | Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: April 5, 2003 | |
| Great conditioning hike. Very mellow along the PCT, trail to ridge was hard to follow due to unusual amounts of snow. Not much of a view on top with driving snow all around. | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2003 7:07 am | ||
| cmc56789 | Route Climbed: South Trail Date Climbed: May 11th, 2003 | |
| Left the bonneville trailhead with mostly sunny skies. as soon as i left the pacific crest trail and it got steep the rain came, which made things a little slippery. needless to say there wasn't much of a view from the top, but the cliffs were still impressive looking. I took the trail down on the north side of the mountain to make a loop. shortly after rejoining the pacific crest trail the rain stopped. | |
| Posted May 12, 2003 12:00 am | ||
| rpc | Route Climbed: Variation on the South Trail Date Climbed: April 2001 | |
| My wife and I did this with a group of Mazamas. Don't remember the exact details, but we started not at the the "proper" trail head but rather near some power lines. This cut the hiking distance (though not the elevation) considerably. Great steep scramble near the top with excellent views of rock faces. | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2003 9:49 am | ||
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