Are you taking the Central Oregon Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge? Here you can see all the hikes logged in our 2019 challenge, with the most recent at the top. If you want to view logged hikes for just one of the peaks, click the mountain name. Click on a hike log to see all the details, more photos and leave comments for the challengers.
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Black Butte Wives Tale
The old Central Oregon wives tale; if you can still see the snow on Black Butte it’s too early to plant your garden. Today was…
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Black Butte
Beautiful day, was very glad to get in this hike before all the state parks close. Trail was a bit icy. Our group could’ve used…
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Finding the New Normal
We started around noon, enjoyed the usual Smith rock crowed, enjoyed losing the crowd even more as we started up Berma Road. Sweaters and coats…
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52 Shades of Gray Butte
My dog Jack and I started at Cole loop trail head near Skull Hollow campground. It was partly cloudy and a high temp. of 46…
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Winter Not Quite Done Yet
Hiked solo, windy and temps in low 40s, mostly cloudy with spots of sunshine, light snow at summit, saw 3 hikers and 2 mtb after…
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I’m Alive Still!
I started out today way more confident than I feel at the end of it, that’s for sure! Don’t get me wrong, I am STOKED…
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Gray Butte from the North
Getting to the Trail Head: From Bend head north on 97 to Terrebonne. Take a right on Smith Rock Way, head east to the junction…
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Beautiful Day at Gray Butte
It was a gorgeous day, high fifties and sunny. We came in from the north and the trail isn't that long just 4 miles round…
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