Nice!! Still
Have to do it by summers end. What made it brutal?

 

^well in short, you are basically doing dog mountain twice in one run, with slightly worse terrain. 5000 ft elevation gain in 6 miles up is no joke, but doable. its the 6 miles down that steep decline that just pounds away at your knees. my left knee looks like a grapefruit right now. 4 hours up, 3 hours down -- trail head to summit, summit to trailhead. doing it in the summer is fine, trying to do it in early or late winter and you are hip deep in snow near the summit.

 

Are there any hikers/climbers amongst us? I am looking for an experienced partner to summit Mount Adams with. Must have experience with crampons and ice axe. Please PM me if anyone is interested in going. I am looking to go towards the end of August. Thanks!

 

that sounds amazing!!! I have had no use with an ice axe but it sounds like fun!!!!!

 

Any good tire installer recommendations? Matt kindly suggested double j but I have brand new wheels coming in and want to make sure they won't be scratched. Double j is good but want to make sure!

 

I've always gone to Americas Tire, haven't had an issue, but I haven't had high end wheels either...

 

I got my tires installed at Nolan's Tires Factory on my brand new CE28ns and had no issues.

 

Any upcoming drives?

Crater Lake wouldn't be a bad idea...

 

I was thinking we need to do another drive, but something a bit more local.

I kinda wanted to do a quick stop in at the Tigard C+C (maybe September 20th? Gotta run that by the better half first) then run through some of my favorite roads around the westside of the valley, through Newberg and some stuff north of Forest Grove and Hillsboro.

Thoughts?

 

I'm desperate to try and get onto the McKenzie Pass before the end of the season. If I can make my schedule work out, I will post up my plans.