[pct-l] Oregon Section Hikers

[Dennis Phelan]

I also live in Portland and my wife and I are planning on finishing the
southern half of the Oregon PCT this August.  We have done the northern
part already.  My wife uses a 15 degree bag, but she sleeps cold.  I used a
20 degree bag.  This year I have gone to a 35 degree bag, which is plenty
warm enough.   You can reach the Oregon border two ways; (1) drive to less
than 100 yards by taking some forest service roads out of Ashland for about
25 miles.  The problem is what to do with the vehicle once you get there.
(2) hike out of Siead valley in CA, but as mentioned it's a huge 4000 ft
climb out of there.  We are planning on taking the road option.  Use Google
earth to locate where the trail crosses into Oregon. Downloading half-mile
maps onto Google earth makes this easy and helps plan your water and
camping spots.  As mentioned by others all the permits are available at the
trail heads.  You will not need any snow gear, but you may have to deal
with snow in some places.  The only challenge we had to deal with was
finding the trail when covered with snow.  This will be a fun experience
for your family that will take about 30 days

Dennis
On Mar 20, 2012 5:24 PM, "R. Patton" <give_a_rip at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello oh wise and esteemed hikers,
>
> I realize we're a bit late to the party, but my 16 year old son, Soren,
> (just turned so today) and I (his mother Ripley) are planning to hike the
> Oregon section of the PTC this summer. We live in Portland, so our plan is
> to enter the trail at the CA/OR border in late July or first of August and
> hike home via the Eagle Creek option at the end.
>
> We have begun to train. have read Ray Jardine's book, have ordered our
> Eric the Black Atlas for OR (eagerly waiting for it to arrive), and have
> just begun to gear up.
>
> I am finding it hard to find info on what we may or may not need gear-wise
> just for the Oregon section in August. I am thinking we won't need snow
> gear (crampons, ice axe etc) or a bear canister, but wanted to check with
> those wiser than I.
>
> Anyone have a guestimate on average temps at night for selecting sleeping
> gear?
>
> Suggestions for roomy but light two-person shelter options (wherein the
> occupants aren't toocozy- he's sixteen and I'm his mom, remember this:)
>
> Also, where it the best place to enter at the CA/OR border- what
> trailhead? And where to get permits for that section alone? I have only
> seen CA fire permit info. Does OR require fire permits?
>
> Hope to see and meet some of you on the trail. Am I correct in thinking
> thru hikers will also be on that portion of trail at the time?
>
> Any other section hikers doing what we are, we'd love to hear from you and
> share info, etc.
>
> Been farming the forum for wisdom. Thanks to all
>
> Rip and Ren
>
>
>
> website: http://www.ripleypatton.com/
> blog: http://rippatton.livejournal.com
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