Scott Nechemias
May 16, 6pm at the Mountain Shop!
May 16 I'll be giving a presentation at The Mountain Shop in Portland! I'll be using the example of a 9 day no resupply trip I took in...
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Scott Nechemias
Feb 9, 20224 min read
An Alternate Ending to the West Highland Way
I did the West Highland Way in June 2018 with a group of friends who are experienced, but not necessarily light or adventurous...
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Scott Nechemias
Jan 9, 20227 min read
Mogollon Rim Trail Sections 1 and 2
It was a slow, continuous slide on a 35 degree angle towards the bottom of a mud pit nestled underneath an overhang of red rocks in...
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Scott Nechemias
Aug 6, 20217 min read
Eagles Nest Wilderness
It was mid July, I was standing a little above 12,000 feet in the Gore Range, staring at the descent from a pass my brain had already...
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Scott Nechemias
May 28, 20212 min read
Glacier Peak Wilderness Part 4: Upper Bannock to Buck Pass
Day 6 I woke refreshed and ready to continue southbound, legs and brain feeling fresher and more in synch than the previous day. The...
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Scott Nechemias
May 27, 20213 min read
Glacier Peak Wilderness Part 3: Ross Pass to Upper Bannock Lake
Morning of day 5 I became physically aware that I had hit a wall. I felt a little dull and fuzzy, and my legs felt like lead. The last...
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Scott Nechemias
May 24, 20213 min read
Glacier Peak Wilderness Part 2: Cloudy Pass to Ross Pass
Leaving Cloudy Pass in the morning of day 4 I could look forward to 6 miles of straightforward on trail travel. My mind and body...
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Scott Nechemias
May 23, 20214 min read
Glacier Peak Wilderness Part 1: Entiat Crest to Cloudy Pass
Weeklong backpacking trip through the glacier peak wilderness
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Scott Nechemias
May 11, 20212 min read
Columbia Plateau Route Thru Day 6: Spring Basin to Pine Creek
I'm not sure it was a productive exercise for my brain, but I while packing up in the morning I reckoned that I had eaten about 7 pounds...
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Scott Nechemias
May 3, 20213 min read
Columbia Plateau Route Thru Day 5: North Pole Ridge to Pine Creek
I woke up April 6th ready for a big change of pace. North Pole Ridge runs for about 13 miles over the John Day River Canyon, most of it...
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Scott Nechemias
Apr 20, 20212 min read
Columbia Plateau Route Thru Overview
The first week of April, 2021, I hiked from the Lower John Day Wilderness Study Area to Mitchell, Oregon. This southbound route through...
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Scott Nechemias
Apr 19, 20214 min read
Columbia Plateau Route Thru Day 4: Thirty Mile Wilderness to North Pole Ridge
The morning of day 4 brought equal amounts of soreness and excitement at settling into the rhythm of the backcountry. On the first day...
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Scott Nechemias
Apr 19, 20212 min read
Columbia Plateau Route Thru Day 3: Thirty Mile Wilderness Study Area
The third day of my route crossed from the Lower John Day WSA into the Thirty Mile WSA, and the character of the route changes as well....
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Scott Nechemias
Apr 19, 20213 min read
Columbia Plateau Route Thru Day 2: Lower John Day Wilderness Study Area
Day 2 started with an enormous hiccup. I was under the mistaken belief that the only way to get from my camp to Piano Box Canyon was to...
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Scott Nechemias
Apr 19, 20212 min read
Columbia Plateau Route Thru Day 1: Lower John Day Wilderness Study Area
In a straight north south line the LJD extends 15 miles, though of course traversing it cannot be done in anything approximating a...
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Scott Nechemias
Mar 7, 20212 min read
Queen for a Day - Clarno to North Pole Ridge
If you look at the above picture and think to yourself "I'd like to run those rapids in a flat bottomed steam wheel wood fired ferry boat...
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Scott Nechemias
Feb 21, 20212 min read
Thirty Mile Wilderness Study Area
Approximately thirty miles south of the Columbia River, Thirty Mile Creek intersects with the John Day River, carving out a broad canyon...
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Scott Nechemias
Feb 11, 20211 min read
The Columbia Plateau Route
The Columbia Plateau Route is a route in progress, I expect to thru the first section of the route from Cottonwood Canyon State Park to...
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Scott Nechemias
Feb 11, 20211 min read
PCT Plus
Does this look like someplace you'd like to hike? If you hike the PCT you'll miss it... by four off trail miles. What is PCT Plus? PCT...
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