Feb 2, 2021 | Blue Mountain Trail
FeMike and ThePunisher enjoying some rim walking after warming up in the sun Memaloose to Square Mt Saddle 25.43 miles, Elevation gain 2,395′, Elevation Loss 4,058′ We awoke to strong winds, I guess I never really slept to much as most of the night I laid...
Jan 3, 2021 | Blue Mountain Trail
PO Saddle Campground to Memaloose 20.91 miles, 4,022’ Elevation Gain, 3,264’ Elevation Loss The water trough at PO Saddle Campground was a spring fed pipe When we got up and turned on my inreach I had 3 messages from Mike Higgins and my wife Suzy warning me to be...
Dec 10, 2020 | Blue Mountain Trail
Finding a our way through a meadow where the trail kept disappearing Start Fish Lake TH, End Cold spring Miles Hiked 14.72, Elevation Gain 1,608’, Elevation Loss 2,694’ Sometimes you just need a local person’s knowledge of an area to set you on the right course and...
Oct 12, 2020 | Blue Mountain Trail
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...
Oct 11, 2020 | 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...
