INDIAN RACETRACK HIKE: Falls Creek Horse Camp Trailhead

LINK FOR DIRECTIONS: http://www.portlandhikersfieldguide.org/wiki/Indian_racetrack_hike

Not too much to stay about this hike. We had a great time, but we zigged where we should have zagged and did a completely random trail that ended nowhere. Read your directions/map! This time of year the whole Indian Heaven area is loaded with mosquitoes, so beware of that as well.

Note: Park your car at the trailhead sign, then turnaround and cross the forest road and enter the trail that way. If you go straight into the forest from the trailhead, you end up with a nice jaunt in the woods, but I'm sure the other way is better!

Wildflower!



Cicada and former Cicada! 



The Girls!

Ramona Falls...kind of

http://www.portlandhikersfieldguide.org/wiki/Ramona_Falls_Hike

We walked in the general direction of Ramona Falls for a while, but were thwarted by the Sandy River crossing. The bridge was out for the season, as it was early December, but we thought we may be able to cross using on of the many log jams. We decided this was too dangerous when we saw that most of the logs had 4" of ice on them. Would have been fine with just two-legged hikers, but wasn't worth it for woodsmen of the 4-legged variety. We will definitely get back in the spring!


Tim and the hounds. Much of the first portion of the hike is along the glacier-scoured Sandy River. This damage occurred during the 2006 glacial outburst. Amazing how powerful nature can be.

Virg and Maggie in the debris field. See all the ice on that log?

Ramona is another hole in my hiking resume. As soon as the dogs can join, we'll head back up there, although it was nice being the only one on the trail!