Comments on: Full of Surprises: Backpacking Mount Hood’s Timberline Trail https://thebigoutsideblog.com/full-of-surprises-backpacking-mount-hoods-timberline-trail/ America’s Best Backpacking and Outdoor Adventures Fri, 12 May 2023 17:09:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Michael Lanza https://thebigoutsideblog.com/full-of-surprises-backpacking-mount-hoods-timberline-trail/#comment-242691 Fri, 12 May 2023 17:09:10 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=13799#comment-242691 In reply to andersongwjr.

Hi Gary,

I do have plans to post a new story with tips on fording a creek, including appropriate footwear. Watch for that coming up. Thanks for asking.

Michael

]]> By: andersongwjr https://thebigoutsideblog.com/full-of-surprises-backpacking-mount-hoods-timberline-trail/#comment-242683 Fri, 12 May 2023 13:11:27 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=13799#comment-242683 In reply to Michael Lanza.

Michael,

Would you consider adding a review or recommendations for creek crossing footwear? I tend to get lost in the weight, open vs closed toe, and other issues and end up strapping an old pair of trail running shoes to my pack if I know I will top out my boots on crossings.

Thanks,
Gary

]]> By: Michael Lanza https://thebigoutsideblog.com/full-of-surprises-backpacking-mount-hoods-timberline-trail/#comment-240014 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:18:42 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=13799#comment-240014 In reply to rainforesthiker.

Hi Jeff,

Yes, you’ll hike the vast majority of the Timberline Trail on a dry or simply muddy footpath and change into sandals or other footwear for the handful of creek crossings. You are not at all walking almost constantly in water, as in Zion’s Narrows. Good luck with it.

]]> By: rainforesthiker https://thebigoutsideblog.com/full-of-surprises-backpacking-mount-hoods-timberline-trail/#comment-239996 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 22:09:52 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=13799#comment-239996 Did you wear normal hiking boots for the most part and then change into sandals at each water crossing? Are there so many water crossings that it would make sense to do the hike in water shoes (like the Virgin Narrows)?

]]> By: Anonymous https://thebigoutsideblog.com/full-of-surprises-backpacking-mount-hoods-timberline-trail/#comment-169267 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:06:08 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=13799#comment-169267 5

]]> By: Michael Lanza https://thebigoutsideblog.com/full-of-surprises-backpacking-mount-hoods-timberline-trail/#comment-159625 Thu, 13 Aug 2020 01:44:50 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=13799#comment-159625 In reply to Scott Gage.

Great to hear that, thanks for the report, Scott. It is a beautiful hike.

]]> By: Scott Gage https://thebigoutsideblog.com/full-of-surprises-backpacking-mount-hoods-timberline-trail/#comment-159618 Thu, 13 Aug 2020 01:14:00 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=13799#comment-159618 I went Aug. 1st – 4th with my dog and travelled clockwise. No issues on any of the crossings. Eliot even had a fat log across it. Beautiful backpacking trip but as long as you’re on trail 600 there are no rope sections either and the crossings are all very manageable when done smartly. Loved the solitude.

]]> By: MichaelALanza https://thebigoutsideblog.com/full-of-surprises-backpacking-mount-hoods-timberline-trail/#comment-103491 Fri, 07 Aug 2015 13:20:17 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=13799#comment-103491 In reply to Manjeet.

That sounds like a great plan, Manjeet.

]]> By: Manjeet https://thebigoutsideblog.com/full-of-surprises-backpacking-mount-hoods-timberline-trail/#comment-103490 Fri, 07 Aug 2015 12:59:50 +0000 https://thebigoutsideblog.com/?p=13799#comment-103490 Your article is make us update with climbing and trekking.

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