Tag: Gray Butte

I started around 9 am at smith rock state park. There were a lot of people in the smith rock section of this hike. Once…

Beautiful hike, super windy at the top, great view!

Beautiful day for a hike. Hiked up the road on the North side. It was really steep… Great views from the top!

We ascended the road up to the antennae. Then traversed the trail around back to the trailhead.

Cloudy day with intermittent rain showers mixed with sunshine, hail and wind.  The wildflowers were amazing and met another couple doing the 6 Peaks Challenge.…

Awesome hike to summit gray butte. Perfect weather, slightly windy and cool 60 degrees. Started a mile in from skull hollow CG. 9.5 miles total.…

Beautiful hike!

Perfect weather for the first hike of the challenge. Even though we had a couple (2, to be exact) navigational errors by yours truly, it…

Brilliant weather, great company with my friend Jo and a wonderful way to escape during COVID 19! Hike took us under 6 1/2 hrs and…

Beautiful weather beautiful views! We parked at Gray Butte trailhead and then did the loop starting with the super steep ascent to the top. It…

Excellent visibility today! We hiked up the steep road to the peak, then down the more gradual incline on the way back in a big…

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We really enjoyed the little things. Everything from the crowS soaring, wild flower blooming and gorgeous sun. Couldn’t have asked for a better day.

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…

Great hike.

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…

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…

13.4 mi, 3110 ft elevation gain, 5hr 32min

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…

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…

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…

60 degrees in February!  Beauty day with my Beauty wife!

What a beautiful Winter day for a hike! My husband, and 2 dogs enjoyed this straight forward, short trail to the peak on the morning…

I’ve done this hike on super clear days and the views can be amazing! This time, it was super cold and windy, but I really…

Windy day gave us some challenge but with patience and a bit of literal hand holding my 4y/o and I summited

After taking the route from Smith Rock to Gray Butte in late 2019, we decided to try the Skull Hollow route. We hit the trail…

9 miles before 9 am! And a beautiful sunrise. First time on this Butte & it was pretty great, cold, but the views were beautiful!