A selection of shots from a hike on a section of the Pacific Crest Trail
(PCT) from Olallie Lake OR to the Columbia River
Late July, 2008
All thumbnails lead to bigger pictures, well duh!
I started at Olallie Lake Resort
near Mt. Jefferson OR. The early part of the trail - to Mt. Hood - was
pretty unremarkable and I took few pictures. Here's a typical piece of
trail.
After a few days I reached Mt.
Hood and the scenery became much more spectacular. This is the PCT near
Timberline Lodge.
Looking back at Mount Jefferson
just south of where I started four days earlier.
Ghostly trees near Timberline
Lodge.
Roofline of Timberline Lodge with
a crow on a dead tree.
Much of the trail around Mt. Hood
was snow-covered and routefinding became difficult.
The mountain hemlock seems to be
pointing at the moon.
Flowers were everywhere there
wasn't snow.
I'd just crossed that bridge - not
in very good shape!
Mt. Hood from Paradise Park.
Waterfall near the source of the
Zigzag River.
Sunrise over Lost Lake Butte, from
the trail.
Oregon junco, I think - OK so not
too up on birds...
This little cloud makes Mt. Hood
look as though
it is erupting.
A day or so later I left the PCT
to take the popular Eagle Creek Trail down to the Columbia River (where I
met the PCT again). This is a typical stretch of the Eagle Creek Trail
with cliff above and below, trail cut out of the rock, and sometimes a
cable to hold.
"Twister" Falls, one of
dozens of waterfalls on the Eagle Creek Trail.
A piece of Tunnel Falls, showing
the tunnel where the trail goes under the falls.