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| mountainhare | Via Bicycle  Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2011 | |
| I took my bicycle and (mostly) rode from Jackman Park to the summit gate, then walked from there. The jewels of this mountain are the gorges... those were unreal sights. | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2013 6:56 pm | ||
| joseyinnet | Quick drive Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2012 | |
| Headed through Frenchglen, so figured I might as well do the hour and a half detour up to the top. Pretty cold at the top and couldn't see much due to the smoke, but a nice mountain nonetheless. | |
| Posted Oct 9, 2012 12:16 am | ||
| Paul McClellan | More Construction Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2012 | |
| A short walk from the Wildhorse Lake TH parking. I saw 11 large propane tanks installed, and more foundation construction underway. Would be interested to learn what is operating up there. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2012 12:38 am | ||
| Nick Turtura | Drive up Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2011 | |
| Why not. Kids in the car 6hrs there 6hrs back 6min on top. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2012 11:55 pm | ||
| Troy B | Sunset on Steens Mtn Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2010 | |
| Watched the sunset and the moon rise from the summit. The end of a very long but amazing day. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2010 12:04 pm | ||
| Drunkcaballo | Summer 2006 Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006 | |
| Date is Approximate. Rode my mountain bike until I hit a snowfield to the summit and got off and went from there. | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2008 12:05 am | ||
| greglief | Easy summit to bag! Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2007 | |
| Absolutely beautiful, especially Whitehorse Lake! | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2008 12:00 pm | ||
| cmc56789 | Harney Highpoint Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Drove most of the way with Jen and Dosha for this one while staying at Malheur Field Station to escape the Fourth of July madness back in the big city. Great views from the ridgetop viewpoints. It was nice to see some familiar SP names in the log at the top. We were treated to the sight of three coyote pups on the return towards Frenchglen | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2008 3:24 am | ||
| cjwhat | Dirt road route Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2007 | |
| Hiked the 1/2 mile dirt road in a party of four. Route in good condition. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2007 10:12 am | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Drive Up! Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007 | |
| This is a great area. This is the second time to the summit for me. My wife accompanied me this time. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2007 9:59 pm | ||
| calebEOC | Up the easy way Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006 | |
| My dad and uncle were headed down to Fields where they grew up for a daytrip, so I tagged along and managed to talk them into swinging up on the ridgeline so I could finally get a load of the view from the top of the Steens. It was really smoky out from all the range fires going on (big hollow road into Fields was a blackended wasteland). Despite the smoke, the viewpoints were really cool, I am definitely coming back here on my own terms to do some hiking and climbing. My dad did the half mile walk up to the summit with me, always like to have him join me for these sorts of adventures. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2006 8:34 pm | ||
| bmcnary1 | Route Climbed: half mile hike from road Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2006 | |
| Very interesting place with awesome view of the Alvord Desert. The glacial valleys are sweet. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2006 2:22 am | ||
| markmay | Overnight at Wild Horse Lake Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2004 | |
| Antleope and Wild Horses were beautiful. The the alpine/riparian habitat is very interesting ...amazing desolation to the east with some sulphry hotsprings and dried lake beds. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2006 2:07 am | ||
| Kate | Route Climbed: Roads Date Climbed: Aug 3, 1998 | |
| Ran it as a Steens Mtn camper... amazing view of the Alvord, and the gorges are spectacular. Definitely a lung burner, but worth every wheeze! | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2006 5:41 pm | ||
| Infected Mushroom | Route Climbed: Mtn loop road Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| Drove most of the way then hiked to the summit. Went on a four day backpacking adventure through one of the cool steens mtn gorges. Alvord desert is a good place to drive your car at unreasonable speeds. | |
| Posted Mar 31, 2006 4:35 am | ||
| wolf | Date Climbed: July 2001 | |
| Steens moutain looks like a giant ramp with the verticle side to the east. Continuing eastward is the Alvord desert which is a a hard pan playa and a neat place to explore. It is also Oregon's only true desert, recieving less than 7 inches of preip. per year. Steens is a nice place to hike around, there are some refreshing aspen groves and some areas that even sport mountain mahogony. Take plenty of water!!! The top affords a view down into Keiger george which is the textbook example of a glacier carved george. Accross the george is a double cirque which looks really out-of-place in the semi-arid grassslands. I have met some of the local landowners and they are usually OK for hikers to explore their land if you ask permission. | ||
| Posted Feb 26, 2004 12:29 pm | ||
| Bob Bolton | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 30, 2003 | |
| Dean said it all. | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2004 1:18 am | ||
| Mugger78 | Date Climbed: Summer 1995 | |
| I do not recall if we made it to the summit or not. This is an incredable place. We loved the views. | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2003 1:48 pm | ||
| Dean | Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2003 | |
| rfbolton and I drove down from Washington and stayed at Page Springs campground near Frenchglen on Friday night. We were interested in doing Steen's as it represents the highpoint of Harney County. We did the loop and wouldn't recommend the southern route. Frenchglen has a neat little hotel that serves a good breakfast. We saw lots of bow hunters out and about. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2003 7:09 pm | ||
| rpc | Route Climbed: Big Indian Gorge Date Climbed: June 29-30, 2002 | |
| Beautiful hike to the summit!!! My wife and I did this as on overnighter from South Steens Campground. It's a substantial approach distance (~12 TH to summit) via the SPECTACULAR Big Indian Gorge. Descended via the road (due to time constraint) nice views up at the top, but some nasty dust from tourists passing by in their rattling cars. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2002 10:21 am | ||
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