by Paty | Jun 25, 2023 | Oregon PCT, Trail Journals, West Coast
As I returned from walking the Camino del Norte in Spain last October, I announced to my family that I was ready to thru-hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail (or PCT) in 2023. Several years had passed since my Appalachian Trail NOBO thru-hike back in 2019, and the PCT...
by Paty | Jun 9, 2023 | Day Hikes, Oregon High Points, West Coast
Oregon County HP: #4 Difficulty: ⭐️⭐️ (on a scale of 5) Summit Elevation: 4,101 feet Mountain Range: Oregon Coast Range Ancestral Lands: Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Alsea, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, and...
by Paty | Jun 1, 2023 | Day Hikes, Oregon High Points, West Coast
Oregon County HP: #3 Difficulty: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (on a scale of 5) Summit Elevation: 7,048 feet Mountain Range: Klamath Mountains Ancestral Lands: Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Takelma, Cow Creek Umpqua, Modoc, Tolowa Dee-ni, Confederated Tribes of...
by Paty | Dec 24, 2022 | HP blogs
Have you ever wondered how many county high points there are in each state? Delaware has the fewest, with only 3 counties to consider. Texas has a whopping 254 county high points! And Louisiana technically has zero – but only because the state doesn’t have...
by Paty | Dec 23, 2022 | HP blogs
The new year is soon to be upon us and that means one thing. It’s time to set some new highpointing goals for 2023! This past year was filled with some epic adventures around some of the bigger peaks out West, including: My first glaciated climb on Mt. Hood, thereby...
