Expand Your Hike'rizons

This is our last winter cabin adventure before summer. About a two hour drive from Portland, the cabin is only reachable via a 1.5 mile ski or snowshoe in so we won't be bothered by noisy neighbors. It has electricity and a cedar sauna. We have a hard limit of 10 people and the cost for each person is $80 for the two nights. A spot is not reserved unless/until you have paid the $80.

As usual we will community cook and the exact details will be worked out in the group chat.

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This Next week Sunday I will do the Mt. Tabor stairs for a couple hours. Come, do what you can, at your speed, and go. No pressure to keep up. No pressure to stay past when you are done.

Sometimes we pick the location and tell you what it is, and sometimes we just pick a date and those who want to go decide where. This is one of those lets-decide-together trips.

Be prepared to:

• Leave after work on Friday
• Do 2.5k+ elevation
• Do 10-12 miles in one day

I intend to avoid walking on snow, and we may or may not leave after work on Friday, or early Saturday, depending on what we do.

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Lace up your hiking boots or trail runners and join us for a start of summer hiking-fitness check along the entirety of Portland's Wildwood Trail**.

Distance - 29.5 miles
Elevation gain - 3113 ft

John will move at a relatively brisk and continuous, pace - 3.00 - 3.50 mph. Breaks will be very limited, with likely only one longer 10-15 min stop to grab lunch and change socks. According to AllTrails, the average time for this hike is 11 hrs 42 minutes. We plan to hike it, including breaks, in 10 hrs or less.

Nathan will move more at 2.5MPH with more breaks.

Wildwood is a considerable challenge and generally kicks a**, but it's still in the city, so there are various points where you can cut it short and call an Uber back to your car. Having said that, we've done this hike a number of times, and we generally finish with nearly everyone who started.

You will need comfortable broken-in shoes, an extra pair if socks, snacks, water, and electrolytes. Please note, there is little water on trail, so plan to carry what you'll need. We will change socks about half way.

Also, have a map of exit points and someone to pick you up if needed. It is ok with me if you just want to go part way.

We will meet at the NW Newberry Road trailhead about 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start time, leave some cars there, and carpool over to the south trailhead near the zoo. We will be hiking south (zoo) to north (Newberry Road). After everyone finishes, we'll carpool back to the cars parked at the south end. Then we'll likely grab some well earned food and beverages together.

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