Oregon

If there is one thing I don’t like to do on trail, it is planning. Conversations about daily mileage, campsites and elevation bore the living crap out of me. They are necessary, but I just want ...

Oregon ended a lot faster than I anticipated. In the morning humidity, we went down the last miles (with a long blackberry break) to Bridge of the Gods, the bridge separating Oregon and Washington. On ...

Only one highlight today: Tunnel Falls, a waterfall with a hewn out tunnel behind it that the trail goes through. As a FarOut comment aptly put it: this is the stuff people think thru hikers see ...

The end is nigh! Of Oregon at least, that is. And on the PCT, that is signified by Timberline Lodge, the last notable stop before the border. A ski lodge and famously one of the locations where The ...

Weird omens plagued us! And by us I mean Lucky Charm, I wanted nothing to do with it. It started in the morning, when Lucky Charm, in mid pee, had to jump out of the way of a falling tree branch. ...

Getting back on trail came with an additional difficulty: the Lionshead closure meant that roads that were used in the past to get back on were now unusable. Instead, we had to find someone willing to ...

We had plans for Bend. Big plans. There would be bowling, axe throwing and strolls along the river. None of that happened and instead, we collectively lay in bed for most of the day. The one thing we ...

Almost time for town again, but first, a stop I’d been very much looking forward to. Perched next to the titular lake, was Big Lake Youth Camp. I’d been dying of curiosity to see what a ...

Another solitary day in Three Sisters. I can’t believe so many people chose to skip this section as it is so far the absolute highlight of Oregon. A kind of humble, inviting nature that is more ...