Events Calendar

All visitors and Trails Club members are encouraged to enjoy the great Northwest outdoors by selecting a hike, bike ride or other event from this calendar. Gentle Reminders provides explanation of hike difficulty and hike guideline. Detail description of common meeting is available at Meeting Places.

Index

Events

Week-1

October 1 (Wed) Morning hike - Class A

We hike 4 to 5 miles, usually in Forest Park, then lunch at a nearby cafe.
Meet: Wallace Park between NW 25th & 26th on Raleigh at 9:30 AM
Leader: Phil Crosby 503-636-1853
Come with the slower-paced walkers in the company of June Smelser and Barbara Warren-Sams. Contact June Smelser: 503-668-4060 or junesmelser@yahoo.com for additional information.

Oct 4 (Sat) Elk Cove from Vista Ridge - Class B

Dog friendly.
Explore the beautiful northwest side of Mt. Hood. On nice days the fall colors are wonderful in this area. The hike is 8.8 miles with 2000 feet elevation gain. Wilderness limits apply.
Drive is long but also scenic - round trip is 140 miles. Call leader if you plan to bring a dog (must be well behaved with other dogs and humans). If the snows come early or the weather is very bad, there will be an alternative hike.
Meet: Gateway at 8:00
Leader: Diana Forester (503) 288-8872 or diana_forester@msn.com

Oct 4-5 (Sat-Sun) 2nd Annual Lodge Host/Cook/Cook's Helper Appreciation Event

The event will be held at Tyee on October 4th & 5th. We will be serving dinner and breakfast to our special guests for free. The lodge fees are also waived. Plans include door prizes and a chance to talk about how to deal with the forms, problems and tossing around ideas on how to make hosting and cooking easier! The event will start at 2:00 on Saturday! Reservations close noon on Friday, October 3rd. This event is open to our Hosts, Cooks and Cook's Helpers.
Call Jane Olsen now at 503-287-0670 to register.

Week-2

October 8 (Wed) Morning hike - Class A

We hike 4 to 5 miles, usually in Forest Park, then lunch at a nearby cafe.
Meet: Wallace Park between NW 25th & 26th on Raleigh at 9:30 AM
Leader: Jane Story 503-724-5467
Come with the slower-paced walkers in the company of June Smelser and Barbara Warren-Sams. Contact June Smelser: 503-668-4060 or junesmelser@yahoo.com for additional information.

Oct. 9 (Thursday) Silver Star Mt Hike - class B

Loop from Grouse Creek Vista with a wide ranging viewpoint on the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge. elevation gain of 2400 feet. Distance can range from 6.6 miles to 9.7 miles depending on whether we go to the Indian Pits. Drive is 60 miles round trip.
Meeting: Church parking lot park and ride across from Safeway on NE Sandy Blvd and NE 71st Ave. 8:00 am.
Note that this is a Thursday hike. Call leader for meeting place on Washington side.
Leader: Bill Kingsbury (503) 281-4528 or wfcrowntown@gmail.com

Oct 10-13 (Fri-Mon) Enchanted Valley,Olympic National Park Backpack
This trip is cancelled due to leader health problems.

Friday drive time is approximately 3.5 hours to Quinault, hike in 5 miles or so and camp. Saturday hike to Enchanted Valley. Camp and explore area. Sunday explore in the morning, return most of the way and camp along Quinault River. Monday pack out and drive home. Distance 27 miles round trip. Modest elevation gain of 1100 feet but a lot of rollercoaster along the way. Highlights of the trip are bear, marmot, elk, and deer. Beautiful alpine mountain vistas. The destination is a meadow surrounded by towering peaks. There is an old chalet built in 1932, now closed and boarded up. No ice cream there!
Meet: Contact Leader
Leader: Jeff Lawton, jeff@pdx.com

Week-3

Oct. 11 (Saturday) Nesika Lodge Hike - B hike

This hike will meet the club requirements of a lodge visit for membership. Even if you don't need this, it is a lovely hike to a beautiful lodge high above the Columbia River in the Multnomah Basin. Club members will be at the lodge for a work party and hikers are invited for lunch and conversation. The hike is 8 miles and 1800 feet elevation. Drive is 48 miles round trip.
Meet: Gateway at 8:30 or outside of the Multnomah lodge restrooms at 9:15.
Leader: Jane Storey at (503) 724-5467

October 11-12 (Sat-Sun) Nesika Work Trip

A small but dedicated group made a number of improvements along the road at the September work trip. We made some improvements near the Multnomah Creek bridge, improved the ditches along the road and spread some gravel in critical areas. We need people to continue improvements along the road, improve the trails in the basin, and continue the women's dorm project. Most importantly we need to move the dry wood from the wood shed into the wood room for the coming winter, Linda Conrad will be our cook. She promises to show us pictures from her backpack trips this summer and invites you to bring yours.
Register with Linda at 360-837-3875.
Meet at our lower gate at the intersection of Brower Road and Palmer Mill Road at 9:00 AM Saturday

October 12-28 (Sun-Tue) Hiking Through History In Northern Spain!
Hike the famous Camina de Santiago trail with the Mazamas beginning at Bungos and finishing at the cathedral in Santiago. For thousands of years pilgrims have walked the Camina to reach the Santiago cathedral where St James is said to be buried. We hike the most scenic and interesting parts of the trail.
Contact: Helen Hanson (503) 254-9465 for information and application, come join us!

October 15 (Wed) Morning hike - Class A

We hike 4 to 5 miles, usually in Forest Park, then lunch at a nearby cafe.
Meet: Wallace Park between NW 25th & 26th on Raleigh at 9:30 AM
Leader: Lila Grossman 503-227-0684
Come with the slower-paced walkers in the company of June Smelser and Barbara Warren-Sams. Contact June Smelser: 503-668-4060 or junesmelser@yahoo.com for additional information.

October 16 (Thursday) Adventures & Travel Show

7:30 pm at Rose Villa. Steve and Wayne are cruising Petersburg and Moscow. When they return they will share their pictures. Be there for cake and door prizes. For information, contact Nancy Overpeck: overpeck@wa-net.com

Week-4

October 18 (Sat) Multorpor Mountain Loop - Class B

Let's follow Doug Lorain's "Afoot and Afield" directions to the summit of Multorpor Mountain and then continue around the base of the mountain on a loop hike. The trail is steep but adventurous hikers are rewarded with a classic view of Mount Hood. If it's rainy, maybe we'll change the hike to a trail where views don't matter. Hike 5.1 miles; elevation gain 1,700 feet.
Meet: 8:30 a.m. at Gateway Park & Ride
Leader: Susan Saul (360) 892-5643 or sunr1s3cr33k@gmail.com

October 18-19 (Sat-Sun) October Hike & Dine - Tyee Lodge

You are invited to join us for a fall feast, featuring foods of the harvest season and the company of your TCO friends.
Dinner will be limited to 40 guests, planned by Gerda Eck and Catherine Schiedler. We will also cook breakfast on Sunday morning for those spending the night.
Call or e-mail to register by Wednesday, October 15 at 8 pm (503-234-1839 or catherineschied@juno.com ).

Oct. 21 (Tuesday) King Mountain Hike - B hike

This short but steep hike takes you to a peak in the Tillamook Forest. Even if the weather turns rainy, we can enjoy the forest on our 5.4 mile - 2800 feet- hike and perhaps see some falll colors. Drive is 66 miles round trip. This is a difficult hike despite it's "B" designation due to the elevation.
Meet: 8:00 am Parking lot near Target Store 185th off of Sunset Hwy (highway 26)
Leader: JoAnn Evans (503)590-6160

October 22 (Wed) Morning hike - Class A

We hike 4 to 5 miles, usually in Forest Park, then lunch at a nearby cafe.
Meet: Wallace Park between NW 25th & 26th on Raleigh at 9:30 AM
Leader: Alan Kotz 503-636-7530
Come with the slower-paced walkers in the company of June Smelser and Barbara Warren-Sams. Contact June Smelser: 503-668-4060 or junesmelser@yahoo.com for additional information.

October 25-26 (Sat-Sun) Tyee Work Weekend

Snows will fall soon! We will be preparing Tyee for winter. Avalanche poles go up, window shutters installed, finish stacking firewood and kindling, burn slash pile. All lost and found items not claimed will be given away. Bring work clothes, gloves, and chain saw (if you have one). Time allowed for a fall hike.
Lodging and meals free to volunteers who pre-register! Lodge will close Sun. at 3PM. Need a cook and assistant.

I'm looking for some members who sew and could bring their table top machines up to Tyee for the next work weekend. I'd like to make some simple seat covers for the chairs in the living room. Can you help?
Besides that, I'm also looking for donations of old climbing rope, 100 ft. min. that we can use to rope the trail up to the lodge. Our old rope is missing several sections from wear and tear. Appreciate if you can help out.
Contact: Stephen Brown, (360) 687-6169, ryanbrowns4@spiritone.com
Contact: Stephen Brown

Week-5

October 26 (Sun) Tamanawas Falls Hike - Class A

100 foot falls reached by a trail along Cold Spring Creek on the east side of Mt. Hood. This short (4 miles) hike is a classic. Elevation gain is 500 feet.
If you plan to be at Tyee for the work party contact leader for a second meeting spot and time.
Drive from Portland is 136 miles round trip.
Meet: Gateway at 8:30
Leader: Richard Gaunt 971-404-1153

October 29 (Wed) Morning hike - Class A

We hike 4 to 5 miles, usually in Forest Park, then lunch at a nearby cafe.
Meet: Wallace Park between NW 25th & 26th on Raleigh at 9:30 AM
Leader: Audrey Perino 503-246-6462
Come with the slower-paced walkers in the company of June Smelser and Barbara Warren-Sams. Contact June Smelser: 503-668-4060 or junesmelser@yahoo.com for additional information.

Let’s Talk About

Gravity College (http://gravitycollege.com/) techs have spent the last year meticulously digitizing hundreds of thousands of miles shown on USGS quadrangle maps and will continue to do so for some time into the future. To date, the Gravity College database includes every National Park, National Forest, State Park, State Forest, Bureau of Land Management Area, Wildlife Refuge and Grassland in the continental USA. Gravity College offers free access to all its topos for all registered users. You can search and zoom by trail name, park name, mountain name, or state. Every trail shows distance, elevation profile and difficulty score and a 3D flythrough function lets you digitally hike the trail. You can print unlimited free topos and trail maps.

A Bit of Blazer History

July 20 & 21 Jefferson Park is one of nature's beauty spots. We will go in by way of Olal1ie Lake, which is in itself a beautiful trip. Register with Larry Upson, SELwood 0603.
July 28 & 29 Saddle Mt. near Astoria, will be led by Melvin Becker. We leave Saturday afternoon. Register with Marvin Woolfolk, WALnut 7946.
The Building Committee has selected the site for the new dormitory and has cleared the ground and started excavating. A reliable carpenter has been engaged and will start operations as soon as the lumber has been delivered on the premises. You are urged to co-operate by having your money ready to redeem your pledges when the committee calls for it. If you have not yet bought a Bond, or if you wish to increase your investment, the Issue is still open. The Bonds bear 4% interest, and mature in 5 years.

DID YOU KNOW THAT:
The spring at Nesika flows about 600 gallons of water every hour, year round, with a temperature of 45 degree? It never runs dry in summer nor freezes over in winter.

Trails Trodden

Twenty four members attended this year's Alpine Outing the first half of August. We camped by a shallow picturesque lake surrounded by the jagged peaks of the Sawtooth Mountains in central Washington state. The flowers were outstanding in the many meadows that were interspersed with forest and peaks. The food was outstanding with tender steaks, green salads, fresh fruit and other foods not usually associated with camping 8 miles from a trailhead. Hiking was mostly on the well maintained trails but the area also allows for easy cross country rambling.
The Outing is a wonderful example of the Trails Club volunteer spirit. There were numerous members who worked before the outing starting last fall with the planning and the critique of the 2007 outing. Volunteers planned menus, complied shopping lists, shopped, scouted out the location, hauled out the equipment from storage, packed the panniers, collected monies and kept lists.
While in camp, everyone spend time with the cooking, clean up and water hauling chores. Special thanks are due to Virginia Fuller and Callista Dunn who are the Goddesses of mealtime; Joyce Rassmussen who kept track of applications, money and answered members questions regarding joining the outing; Walt Garvin, Randy Dickinson, and Paul Later who did most of the hauling, lifting, weighing and packing of equipment and food; Bill Kingsbury and Diana Forester who lead the two weeks and did the scouting trip.

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