Posted in Daily Constitutional, Hiking, Jacksonville, Oregon, Outdoors on June 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Today I went back to the Jacksonville Woodlands to do the Petard Ditch Loop, a 1 1/2 mile hike that starts at Rich Gulch, which I covered here. To get to the trailhead, either hike up to Rich Gulch as I described in that post, or drive further up Oregon Street to the streetside trailhead [...]
Posted in History, Jacksonville, Oregon, Outdoors on May 24, 2007 | No Comments »
While I was hiking in Rich Gulch, in the Jacksonville Woodlands in Southern Oregon, I walked a little ways above the former mining works to the area called Frenchman’s Gulch. It got that name due to the numbers of French families who made their way into the area in the 19th and very early 20th [...]
Posted in Daily Constitutional, Hiking, Jacksonville, Oregon, Outdoors on May 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Although it’s not a great photo, this place, the Jacksonville Woodlands, is my favorite place to hike. It’s a rink of privately-acquired (though publicly accessible) woods surrounding the historic town of Jacksonville, Oregon, where part of my family is from.
I wrote up my favorite hike there as a sample for a column I was planning [...]
Posted in Oregon, Outdoors on May 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Some time ago I came across a great article by Jeff Howbert on the Mazamas’ web site. (The Mazamas are a 113-year old Northwest mountain-climbing organization.)
Want to make a couple of quick bucks? Here’s a bar bet almost any Washington climber should jump at. The conversation would go something like this…After swapping lies for awhile, [...]
Posted in Outdoors on January 12, 2007 | No Comments »
According to Kurt Repanshek of National Park Traveler, Crater Lake National Park intends to double its entrance fee to $20.00.
Several years ago when I first started researching an article on Oregon’s only national park, one of the administrators told me that the park had a hellish maintenance backlog and had begun to cut ranger-led programs [...]
Posted in Outdoors on September 27, 2006 | No Comments »
Ashland, sunset, moblogging
Curt Hopkins
Posted in Outdoors on September 6, 2006 | No Comments »
yard, moblogging
Curt Hopkins
Posted in Hiking, Outdoors on September 6, 2006 | No Comments »
MtAshland, moblogging, hiking
Curt Hopkins
Posted in Hiking, Outdoors on September 6, 2006 | No Comments »
MtAshland, moblogging
Curt Hopkins
Posted in Outdoors on January 9, 2005 | No Comments »
A couple of years back I wrote to Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman David Wu to complain about plans to develop the most beautiful part of Mt. Hood, Cooper Spur. A company, Meadows North, LCC, an affiliate of Mt. Hood Meadows ski area, had plans to develop the area into yet another gargantuan Gortex hellhole.
Cooper [...]
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