Tag: scrambling required

• 2022 Almost-Blogworthy Hikes

  

  These are my favorite 2022 hikes that weren’t worthy of an individual blog post. Sage Hen Nature Trail This short loop near Sage Hen Creek Campground travels through lush forest to a scenic ravine where the creek cascades down through several small waterfalls before it settles in Sage Hen Reservoir. There are benches along the…

  greghart15

  December 12, 2022

  Full Day Trip, Half-Day Trip

  creek, entry or use fee, family-friendly, fishing, forest, hidden gem, historic site, lake, lookout tower, meadow, mountain, multi-use trail, off-trail, pet-friendly, point of interest, river, rock formation, scrambling required, swimming, waterfall, wildfire site, wildflowers, wildlife viewing

• Sage Creek

  

  My first hike of spring 2022 is in the books! Up to this point, the posts I’ve written were hiked in either 2020 or 2021, making this my first “live” update of the blog. The weather in Boise has been warming up and conditions are perfect in the Owyhees, so my girlfriend and I headed…

  greghart15

  March 23, 2022

  Half-Day Trip

  canyon, creek, family-friendly, off-trail, pet-friendly, rock formation, sagebrush steppe, scrambling required, wildflowers, wildlife viewing

• Three Fingers Rock

  

  Three Fingers Rock sits just a few miles over the state border in Oregon, one of the most prominent features of the northern Owyhee Range, whose geology forms the western boundary of the Treasure Valley. Named for it’s three distinct skyward-jutting “knuckles”, the rock is a relatively easy hike and scramble that rewards explorers with…

  greghart15

  March 4, 2022

  Half-Day Trip

  canyon, family-friendly, off-trail, rock formation, sagebrush steppe, scrambling required, wildflowers, wildlife viewing