BMT Day 3, Meeting a Trail Visionary

Start Upper Pine Lake End Fish Lake Trail Head Miles hiked 18.42, Elevation Gained 3,346′, Elevation Loss 4,222′ The Punisher coming down from Pine Lake on our way to meet Ron at Cornucopia Lodge We got up before first light and packed up and started down...
BMT Day 2, Will This Climb Ever End?

BMT Day 2, Will This Climb Ever End?

All smiles now that I’m here in the high country and done climbing Start Eagle Fork Horse Camp End Upper Pine Lake Miles Hiked 19.01 Miles Hiked, Elevation gain 4,347’, Elevation Loss 3,261’ We awoke early, man it felt great to get so much sleep the night...
BMT Day 1, The Journey Begins

BMT Day 1, The Journey Begins

Start Wallowa Lake Trail Head End Eagle Fork Pack Trail Junction Miles Hiked 20.17, Elevation gain 5,322′, Elevation Loss 3,392′ The final prep of resupply packages at Wallowa lake State Park before the start of the Blue Mountain Trail The night before we...
Blue Mountain Trail

Blue Mountain Trail

The proposed route of the Blue Mountain Trail In September of 2020, I and 2 friends tackled a new route being developed in Oregon called the Blue Mountain Trail (BMT).  The trail is a 588-mile route that takes a serpentine course through the Blue Mountains of NE...