A hike through the West Hills to Pittock Mansion, 8 November 2020

Camera: Minolta SRT-101. Lens: MC Rokkor-X PG f/1.4 50mm Film: Kodak Ultramax 400 The West Hills is a small mountain range (Tualatin Mountains, in itself a far-flung spur of the Coast Range) that separates Portland from the Tualatin Valley to the west. Some of the hills rise above 1,000 feet in elevation. And there's lots...

A West Hills Hike, 6 Nov 2017

Y'know, it's not always about the bike. I do like to walk and use public transit. When I founded this "league", oh, thirteen years ago, it was supposed to be both for cycling and walking. But y'know, bikes are cool and folks like to look at bicycle pictures. So that wins out nine times out...

West Hills Hike, 25 Oct 2016

And now for something completely different: A hike! Y'know, it's been a long time since I went on a foot adventure. And I really don't know why it's been a long time, but the time to rectify is now. I've been itching to get up into the Tualatin Mountains, aka the West Hills, the spine...

The Tuesday Ramble: West Hills Hiking, 2 April 2013

The Portland area is rich in points of interest. Too rich, if you ask me. There are so many great places to go to that it's hard to go to them all, all the time. Every time I end up on Powell Butte, or Rocky Butte, or biking Leif Erickson, or up to Kelley Point,...