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Jake Robinson
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Selena and Alden invited me on their trip to go weather chasing in the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon. On day 1 we hiked from the Hurricane Creek TH to Eagle Cap, then descended into the Lakes Basin and camped at Horseshoe Lake. On day 2 we hiked up to Ice Lake, up Matterhorn, then ran the fun scramble ridge to Sacajawea before descending Thorp Creek back to the car. Overall it was a fun trip with great people, well worth all the driving. Thanks to Alden and Selena for doing the planning and having me along!
Day 1: Hurricane Creek to Eagle Cap to Horseshoe Lake
 Waterfall on the way in  Limestone (?) cliffs of Matterhorn  Hurricane Cr  Eagle Cap first view  Mirror Lk  On the way to Eagle Cap  Eagle Cap view N. Hurricane Cr left of center, Matterhorn right of Hurricane Cr, Hurwal Divide right of Matterhorn  Glacier Lk  Eagle Cap summit  Heading down Eagle Cap  Nice  Moccasin Lk, maybe?  Eagle Cap above Moccasin Lk  Horseshoe Lk morning  Morning creek crossing  Adam Cr  Ice Lk  Ice Lk on the way up Matterhorn  Matterhorn and glacial remnant  Matterhorn summit ridge  Eagle Cap way out there  Matterhorn summit  Ridge to Sacajawea  Deep cave on the way to Sacajawea  Looking back at Matterhorn  Ridge run  Thorp Cr  Nearing Sacajawea, looking back to Matterhorn  Sacajawea summit  Crazy geology going on here  Sacajawea knee-buster  Thorp Cr  Really nice Thorp Cr trail  Sacajawea last look  42 mi, 10k gain
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joker
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Oooh, nice trip! Thanks for sharing. I've thought of doing something similar, though with some more days. I've heard (from some locals we talked with on the way out from one of our Wallowa backpacks) that Hurricane Creek is a super nice walk - they described as their favorite access trail to get into the Wallowas. And looking over toward Matterhorn and Sacajawea from Iron Cap or nearby, it's hard not to want to go wander up there!
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Gimpilator
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Joined: 12 Oct 2006
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Location: Edmonds, WA |
Love that area. Nice way to link up those peaks.
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Michael Lewis
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Location: Lynnwood, WA (for now) |
You found the cave! Working on the Oregon T100 now? Most of them are in the Wallowas
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raising3hikers
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Location: Edmonds, Wa |
Looks like a really great area. Thanks for the trip report!
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olderthanIusedtobe
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Joined: 05 Sep 2011
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Location: Shoreline |
 Beautiful pictures.
| Jake Robinson wrote: | Mirror Lk |
I don't think that's Mirror Lake. Looks way too small and I seem to recall Mirror having some trees nearby.
edit--I'm nearly positive that's Upper Lake, near Mirror.
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Bosterson
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| Jake Robinson wrote: | Sacajawea summit |
Wow, is there a summit sign up there now? I've been up there many times, most recently last summer, and there's never been a sign. (The summit register disappeared somewhere between my trips in 2013 and 2017.)
Way to pack all that into 2 days! The Matterhorn > Sacajawea ridge is a blast, one of my favorite routes in the Wallowas. Your final picture looking back on Sacajawea shows the north ridge (paralleling Thorp Creek), which I did last summer as a day trip from Hurricane Creek - also a blast, and a huge undertaking. (I recall my GPS track showing it's like 2.5 mi long...) The Wallowas are the best part of Oregon!
| olderthanIusedtobe wrote: | Beautiful pictures.
| Jake Robinson wrote: | Mirror Lk |
edit--I'm nearly positive that's Upper Lake, near Mirror. |
Yep. 
Go! Take a gun! And a dog! Without a leash! Chop down a tree! Start a fire! Piss wherever you want! Build a cairn! A HUGE ONE!
BE A REBEL! YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE!
(-bootpathguy)
Go! Take a gun! And a dog! Without a leash! Chop down a tree! Start a fire! Piss wherever you want! Build a cairn! A HUGE ONE!
BE A REBEL! YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE!
(-bootpathguy)
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Jake Robinson
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| olderthanIusedtobe wrote: | | edit--I'm nearly positive that's Upper Lake, near Mirror. |
Looking at the map now...yep, definitely Upper. Figured I'd get at least one of these labels wrong. So much to learn out there!
| Bosterson wrote: | | Wow, is there a summit sign up there now? I've been up there many times, most recently last summer, and there's never been a sign. (The summit register disappeared somewhere between my trips in 2013 and 2017.) |
It's a cross, there's a label on it that says it was placed in 2017.
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Brushbuffalo
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Location: there earlier, here now, somewhere later... Bellingham in between |
Splendid trip to an area quite unique for the PNW.
| Jake Robinson wrote: | Limestone (?) cliffs of Matterhorn |
Yes, limestone.
Passing rocks and trees like they were standing still
Passing rocks and trees like they were standing still
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awilsondc
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ozzy
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Damn! What a sweet trip, didn't really know Oregon was like that lol! If I ever get down there this is the first place I'm headin! Thanks for the TR and cheers dood!
“I don’t know what’s gonna happen, but I wanna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames”-Mr Mojo Risin
“I don’t know what’s gonna happen, but I wanna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames”-Mr Mojo Risin
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cascadetraverser
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Nice trip Jake. Pretty cool corner of Oregon over there!
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Bluebird
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Sun Sep 22, 2019 4:00 pm |
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I loved this trip! So novel and fun to be somewhere that neither of us can name/have been to most of the peaks visible from a summit! Thank you for coming along!
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Chief Joseph
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Planning a trip to the Wallowas in mid-July and came across this amazing trip report and photos.
Was a bit skeptical about doing this particular area since it is typically high traffic, but after seeing these amazing pics, am second guessing that thought.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Waterman
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Waterman
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Are u going in July? Great dispersed car camping on the Lostine river road.
Wallowas is where I plan on going to escape the smoke from forest fires this summer.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
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