Shea Andersen - Snowshoe Routes: Oregon

If you want to snowshoe in Oregon, this is your book.

The Cascadian

Mountaineers Books has a deserved reputation for solid, information-rich guidebooks, and Snowshoe Routes: Oregon is no exception Andersen also supplies an insightful touch and color that make it obvious from the details that hes flop-footed each of the routes.

Salem (OR) Statesman-Journal

Snowshoe Routes: Oregon is a clearly organized, concisely written, and informative guide to snowshoe routes covering the entirety of Oregon [It] is a useful source for experienced snowshoers, yet is spun entertainingly for individuals interested in all types of winter recreation.

Northwest Travel

SNOWSHOE ROUTES

Oregon

SHEA ANDERSEN

Published by The Mountaineers Books 1001 SW Klickitat Way, Suite 201 Seattle, WA 98134

2001 by Shea Andersen

All rights reserved

First printing 2001, second printing 2003, third printing 2005, fourth printing 2007, fifth printing 2008

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Published simultaneously in Great Britain by Cordee, 3a DeMontfort Street,

Leicester, England, LE1 7HD

Manufactured in the United States of America

Acquisitions Editor: Margaret Sullivan

Project Editor: Christine Ummel Hosler

Copy Editor: Karen Parkin

Series Cover and Book Design: The Mountaineers Books

Book Layout Artist: Dottie Martin

Cartographer: Jerry Painter

Photographer: Shea Andersen

Cover photograph: Broken Top in the Three Sisters Wilderness, as seen from Tumalo Mountain

Frontispiece: Mount Bachelor from Vista Butte

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Andersen, Shea, 1972

Snowshoe routes, Oregon / Shea Andersen. 1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-89886-833-5 (pbk.)

1. Snowshoes and snowshoeingOregonGuidebooks. 2. TrailsOregonGuidebooks. 3. OregonGuidebooks. I. Title.

GV853 .A53 2001

796.9209795dc21

2001001903

Printed on recycled paper

ISBN 10: 0-89886-833-5

ISBN 13: 978-0-89886-833-3

Contents

LEGEND
	Interstate highway
	U.S. highway
	State highway
	County or Forest Service road
	Paved road or good road
	Gravel or dirt road
	Trail
	Campground
	Start of route
	Bridge
	Mountain peak
	River or creek
	Lake or pond
	Falls
	North
	Building or site
	Shelter
	Chair lift
	Sno-park

Introduction

Want to know a big secret about snowshoeing? Its easy. Dont let anybody tell you otherwise. Snowshoes were first designed centuries ago as a utilitarian method for getting around in deep snow. They are still the simplest method of winter travel. As the saying goes, if you can walk, you can snowshoe. No special equipment, other than the shoes themselves, is required. Although your experience will improve as you practice a few techniquessome of which this book will teach youthere just isnt a lot to learn about the use of snowshoes. Anybody who is ready for winter weather is ready for a snowshoe outing. Once youve got the proper weatherproof outdoor clothing, and some basic backcountry know-how, all you need are the snowshoes themselves.

The backcountry doesnt shut down during winter. In fact, winter has the effect of reinventing the wilderness. Favorite summertime trails are reborn with winters snowy arrival. Hikers on snowshoes can revisit a trail they explored the previous summer and find that everything has changed. Snowy robes now drape familiar trees. Lakes freeze over into silent disks of ice. Splashing streams bubble quietly under ice sculptures. The bugsand crowdsdisappear. In their place are new opportunities and new challenges.

There are as many types of snowshoeing outings as there are people who try it. For those who arent interested in skiing, or who just want to get away from it all on a crystalline winter day, snowshoeing is the easiest and most time-efficient method for escaping civilization. Just put them on your feet and start walking. The activity lends itself to idle afternoon wanders across a snowy golf course or up a frozen river. For avid hikers who despair over the onset of winter, snowshoeing is their ticket back out into the open country. Those who set their sights higher can take snowshoes up toward the summits of the Cascade Mountains. Snowboarders who welcome the challenge of backcountry riding can trek to those slopes on top of a pair of snowshoes. And for those who are looking for a real change of pace, snowshoeing makes the backpacking season go year-round. Winter campers may endure long, frozen nights, but theyre likely to discover peace and solitude that are unavailable during the other seasons.