{"id":2984,"date":"2019-06-04T18:52:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2019-06-04T18:52:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T18:52:11","slug":"pct-to-mt-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/pct-to-mt-hood\/","title":{"rendered":"PCT to Mt Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was up and out by 4:30 on Sunday to get to Bridge of the Gods and scope out the PCT as it climbs out of the Gorge and makes its way to Mt Hood. I think this area is prime for a longer link up with a short overnighter along the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_4093.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2985\" \/><figcaption>Dry Creek Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dry Creek Falls was running and I paused to take some pictures before continuing the run. The trail was mostly runnable with a few rocky scree traverses, all very power-hikable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_4095.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2986\" \/><figcaption>Hello little friend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At around 3 miles I came to the intersection of Herman Creek Cutoff trail and the PCT. From here the PCT climbs steadily. I hit my turnaround time a little after 8am and 6.5 miles and then turned and booked it back down and to the car at Bridge of the Gods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_4097.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2987\" \/><figcaption>Burns from the Eagle Creek fire. The understory is coming back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took one bottle of Cytomax and 1.5 liters of water in a hydration pack in the Ultimate Direction FKT vest. Super comfy vest and the kit I&#8217;ll mostly likely be able to carry a bivy and tarp in to fastpack through to Timberline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_4115.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2988\" \/><figcaption>Table Mountain&#8230; I think.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I drank the Cytomax and a few sips of water&#8230; I ate when I got back to the car and didn&#8217;t feel like stopping from Dry Creek to the car (all downhill) .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_4112.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2989\" \/><figcaption>Not the place to fall here. Very steep and a long way down. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These sections are also part of Christof Teucher&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/hatfield-challenge-series-50k-50mi-100k-100mi\/\">Hatfield<\/a> loops. Those are definitely on the punch list for this summer and fall. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was up and out by 4:30 on Sunday to get to Bridge of the Gods and scope out the PCT as it climbs out of the Gorge and makes its way to Mt Hood. I think this area is prime for a longer link up with a short overnighter along the way. Dry Creek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sartor-resartus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}