Backpacking – Page 2 – Occidentalist

Yamsay Mountain, 2022

Post author:Occidental
Post published:2022-07-21
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July is here, it was past time to take a backpack trip, so we hit the Fremont National Recreational Trail on it’s northern end and headed toward Yamsay Mountain. We’ve been on other sections of the trail back when we were wandering the Warners, but this was our first jaunt up Yamsay. Our cool spring weather is long past, and the uphill through the lodgepole was hot and dusty. But on the plus side, we were in the mountains with nobody around.

Our trip started at Antler Trailhead.

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Diamond View

Post author:Occidental
Post published:2021-10-06
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The weather looked like a classic fall weekend. I didn’t think we’d get another backpack trip in this year, but with the weather report the writing was on the wall. We’d head to the mountains for a hike. The video and story from the weekend follow. Give them a look, and we hope you enjoy following along!

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Escape to Goat Rocks

Post author:Occidental
Post published:2021-09-17
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As mentioned in the last post, it’s been a pretty smoky summer. Oregon and California have been on fire since June. Labor Day weekend took the smoke to a whole new level. Hazardous air quality with smoke so thick there were times we couldn’t see the shore while out fishing Odell.

Fishing anyone? Odell Lake, Memorial Day weekend.

Sunrise, with a bit of smoke, Odell Lake

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