Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} 100 Hikes in the Central Cascades by William L. Sullivan Cascades. Several years ago we set a goal for ourselves to hike all 500 featured hikes in William L. Sullivan’s “100 Hikes…” series of guidebooks (post). In 2020 we finished the first of his five guidebooks covering the Central Oregon Cascades. The achievement became bittersweet just 10 days after finishing the final featured hike at Erma Bell Lakes (post) when a freak windstorm caused the Lionshead and Beachie fires to explode burning a number of the trails that we had hiked on our journey to complete this goal. On the one hand we were fortunate enough to see these areas before they burned but it also means being more aware of what was lost, at least for the time being. The 2020 fires were not the first to burn trails that we’d hiked in the area, sometimes after and sometimes before. Fire is part of a forest’s cycle but their time frames take much longer than ours. For this post we want to recap our journey to complete the 100 featured hikes while sharing a little of what the area looked like as we experienced it but first a little context. The area that Sullivan covers in the Central Cascades book, as well as his books for the other four areas, isn’t exactly easy to define. The vast majority of hikes could be fit into a rectangle starting with the upper left hand corner in Salem and extending east to Highway 97 then south to the junction of highways 97 & 58, then west until intersecting with a line due south from Salem. (The imaginary line follows I5 south until Cottage Grove where the freeway jogs SW.) That is over simplification though as that description overlaps at times with hikes described in the NW & Eastern books and excludes two featured hikes west of I5 and two east of Highway 97. The first snip below generally shows the described rectangle with the hiker symbols representing trailheads where we have started hikes (not limited to the featured hikes being discussed here). The second snip excludes any hikes that are included in one of the other areas that Sullivan covers. The area is home to a variety of landscapes and ecosystems and contains at least parts of nine designated Wilderness Areas: Opal Creek, Bull of the Woods, Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, , Menagerie, Middle Santiam, Waldo Lake, and Diamond Peak. The area has been hit by a number of large fires since 2000. The map below covers the same approximate area as the second map above. The colored areas represent fires with yellow being 2000-2005, light orange 2006-10, dark orange 2011-14, and red 15-19. Not included in the map above are the Green Ridge, Beachie or Lionshead Fires from 2020. The Green Ridge fire did not burn over any of the featured hikes (it did burn part of the Green Ridge Trail) but the Beachie and Lionshead Fires impacted a number of hikes in the Mt. Jefferson, Bull of the Woods and and surrounding areas. The map below includes the Riverside Fire (large fire to the north), Beachie and Lionshead (center left and right which combined after Labor Day) and the Green Ridge Fire (SE). We were lucky enough to complete many of the hikes prior to them being burned but we also hiked a number post fire and have seen the recovery in process. I’ve done my best to note below if a featured hike has experienced fire since 2000 with the year and name of the fire. After all of that here are the 100 featured hikes from the 2012 4th edition of “100 Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades”: #1 – Ankeny Wildlife Refuge-Hiked 4/6/2014. #2 – Silver Fall-Hiked 2006, 7/30/2010 & 3/29/2018 Middle . #3 – -Hiked 5/23/2011 Burned-2020 Beachie Fire Shellburg Falls. #4 – Little North Santiam-Hiked 4/5/2012 Burned-2020 Beachie Fire. #5 – Henline Falls & Henline Mountain 7/27/2009 & 6/14/2020 Burned-2020 Beachie Fire Henline Falls. #6 – Opal Creek 7/4/2010, 7/4/2012, 6/21/2014 & 7/24/2019 Burned-2020 Beachie Fire Jawbone Flats. #7 – Dome Rock and Tumble Lake 7/18/2010 Burned-2020 Beachie Fire Tumble Lake from Dome Rock. #8 – Battle Ax and Twin Lakes 9/20/2014 Mt. Jefferson from Battle Ax. #9 – Stahlman Point 5/6/2013 Burned 2020 Beachie Fire View from Stahlman Point. #11 – Three Pyramids 7/18/2020 Meadow below the Three Pyramids. #12 – Crescent Mt. 7/6/2014 Beargrass on Crescent Mountain. #13 – Browder Ridge 9/9/2012 & 7/4/2018 Mt. Jefferson from Browder Ridge. #14 – Echo Basin and Fish Lake 6/19/2020 Boardwalk in Echo Basin. #15 – Iron Mt. 7/25/2010 & 7/4/2014 Iron Mountain from the trail. #18 – 6/12/2016 Soda Creek Falls. #20 – McDowell Creek Park 2/16/2014 Majestic Falls. #21 – South Breitenbush Gorge 5/11/2013 Burned 2020 Lionshead Fire Roaring Creek. #22 – Jefferson Park 9/23/2011, 10/13/2014, & 8/8/2015 Burned partly in 2017 Whitewater and rest in 2020 Lionshead Fire Mt. Jefferson. #24 – Marion Lake 10/3/2014 & 9/10/2016 Burned 2002 Mt. Marion, 2003 B&B Complex, 2006 Puzzle, 2015 208SRZ Marion Three Fingered Jack from Marion Lake. #25 – Duffy Lake 7/28/2010 Burned 2002 Mt. Marion, 2003 B&B Complex Mowich Lake and Duffy Butte from Red Butte. #26 – Three Fingered Jack 10/13/2012 Burned 2003 B&B Complex. #27 – Canyon Creek Meadows 7/28/2013 Burned 2003 B&B Complex Three Fingered Jack. #28 – Carl Lake 9/1/2018 Burned 2003, B&B Complex, 2006 Puzzle. #29 – Metolius River 7/23/2012 . #30 – Black Butte 10/13/2013 & 5/28/2018 Burned 2009 Black Butte II. #31 – Alder Springs 8/3/2011 Deschutes River. #34 – Smith Rock 7/14/2006, 7/13/2011 & 6/5/2015 Monkey Face. #35 – Shevlin Park 8/5/2011 Hixson Crossing Covered Bridge. #37 – Dillon & 8/1/2013 Benham Falls. #38 – Lava Cast Forest and Lava River Cave 5/28/2017. #40 – LaPine State Park 9/16/2015 Deschutes River. #41 – Poxy Falls and Linton Lake 5/3/2014() & 6/25/2017(Linton Lake) Burned () 2017 Separation Fire Proxy Falls. #42 – Obsidian Trail 10/14/2012 Burned (tiny portion of trail) 2017 Separation Fire Obsidian Falls. #43 – Four-in-one-Cone 10/14/2012 & 8/14/2019 View from Four-in-One-Cone. #44 – Benson Lake 10/14/2012 & 8/30/2014 Burned (small section of longer loop trail) 2010 Scott Mt. Fire. #46 – Little Belknap Crater 9/14/2015 Mt. Washington, Three Fingered Jack, and Mt. Jefferson from Little Belknap Crater. #47 – Matthieu Lakes 7/29/2013 Burned 2017 Milli Fire North Sister from South Matthieu Lake. #48 – 10/1/2016 Burned 2017 Milli Fire Former lookout site on Black Crater. #49 – Chambers Lakes 8/26/2014 Burned 2012 Pole Creek Fire South Sister from Camp Lake. #50 – Park Meadow 8/27/2014 Burned 2012 Pole Creek Fire Middle and North Sister from Golden Lake. #51 – Tam McArthur Rim 8/31/2013 and Broken Hand from Tam McArthur Ridge. #52 – Tumalo Mt. 9/27/2014 Trees near the summit of Tumalo Mountain. #53 – Todd Lake and Broken Top 8/23/2014 Broken Top from No Name Lake. #54 – Sparks Lake 10/1/2014 South Sister from Sparks Lake. #55 – Green Lakes via Fall Creek 9/15/2015 The third Green Lake. #56 – Moraine Lake and South Sister 9/1/2013 Looking north from the South Sister. #57 – Sisters Mirror Lake 9/19/2015 South Sister from Sisters Mirror Lake. #58 – Horse Lake 8/4/2011 Horse Lake. #59 – Doris & Cliff Lakes 9/29/2014 Doris Lake. #61 – Sahalie & 9/9/2012 Sahalie Falls. #63 – Rainbow Falls and Separation Lake 5/3/2014 Separation Lake. #64 – Horsepasture Mt. 7/7/2018 South Sister and Mt. Bachelor form Horsepasture Mountain. #65 – Olallie Mt. 9/1/2019 Burned 2017 Olallie Lookout Fire (Lookout burned down winter 2019/20). #66 – Lowder Mt. 9/1/2019 View from Lowder Mountain. #67 – Tidbits Mt. 6/29/2019 View from Tidbits Mountain. #68 – Castle Rock 6/3/2017 Monkeyflower and plectritis on Castle Rock. #69 – French Pete Creek 5/16/2015 Burned 2017 Rebel and 2018 Terwilliger Fires. #70 – Erma Bell Lakes 8/29/2020 Middle Erma Bell Lake. #71 – Spencer Butte 2/9/2020 Fog over Eugene. #72 – Mt. Pisgah 10/5/2019 Summit marker on Mt. Pisgah. #74 – Fall Creek 3/31/2013 Burned 2003 Clark and 2017 Jones Fires. #75 – Mt. June 6/2/2013 Sawtooth Trail. #77 – Patterson Mt. 5/5/2018 Lone Wolf Meadow. #78 – Tire Mt. 6/8/2014 Wildflowers along the Tire Mt. Trail. #79 – North Fork and Buffalo Rock 5/10/2020 Buffalo Rock from the North Fork Willamette River. #81 – Blair Lake and Wall Creek 6/11/2015 Beargrass meadow along the Blair Lake Trail. #82 – Chuckle Springs 5/24/2020 Burned 2009 Tumblebug Complex Indigo Springs (These springs have not burned.) #83 – Spirt, Moon, and Pinard Falls 6/17/2020 . #84 – Brice Creek 5/5/2014 Upper Trestle Creek Falls. #86 – Eddeeleo Lakes 8/25/2018 Lower Eddeeleo Lake. #87 – Waldo Mt. 9/7/2013 View from the Waldo Mountain Lookout. #92 – Rosary Lakes and Maiden Peak 9/3/2016 Pulpit Rock from Middle Rosary Lake. #94 – Midnight & Yoran Lakes 10/18/2014 Yoran Lake. #95 – Diamond View Lake 8/22/2020 Diamond Peak from Diamond View Lake. #96 – Fawn Lake 9/22/2018 Huckleberry Bushes along Saddle Lake. #97 – Divide Lake 8/24/2020 Notch Lake. #98 – Blue and Corrigan Lakes 8/23/2020 Diamond Peak from Corrigan Lake. #99 – Marie Lake and Diamond Peak 8/23/2020 Diamond Peak. #100 – Timpanogas Lake 9/17/2016 Sawtooth Mountain from Timpanogas Lake. In addition to the 100 featured hikes we’ve manged to add other hikes from Sullivan’s addtional hikes located in the back of his book. In doing so we have also completed all 100 featured hikes in the 3rd edition and are just 2 hikes short of completing the 5th edition as well. There were 14 hikes from the 3rd edition that were not featured hikes in the 4th edtion while the 5th edition contains 12 new featured hikes from the 4th edition (Three of these had been featured hikes in the 3rd edition.) Even with all of the hikes we’ve done, and the areas lost to fire in 2020 there are a number of trails in the Central Cascades we have yet to explore. We will continue to work those into our plans as we strive to explore as many different places as possible while we can. Take a hike, with these books. Winter is the time to plan next summer's hiking trips. For the past 40 years, after Don and Roberta Lowe released "100 Oregon Hiking Trails" in 1969, guidebook authors have been making it easy to pick up a book and head for the hills. Dozens of titles are out there, with many new ones released each year. Here are a dozen of the best for Oregon and southwest Washington, plus guides on photography and birding that will make the miles fly. 100 Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades. William L. Sullivan Navillus Press, $16.95, 256 pages. Sullivan's books are the best. He walks every mile, melds spot-on route description with natural history, and his maps and photos help hikers visualize terrain. Each of his five Oregon guides (Central Cascades, Eastern, Southern, Northwest and Coast) has a second, less-detailed list of 100 more hikes. His books are self-published (Navillus is his name spelled backward), which allows him to update them frequently. Get to know the experts. William L. Sullivan, Oregon guidebook guru, Eugene. Hike from hell: , outside The Dalles; six rattlesnakes and 30 ticks. Find an error in his guidebook, get a copy free. Current project: Third edition, “100 Hikes in Southern Oregon” On the docket: Literary thriller about what happened to D.B. Cooper. Western trails author, Portland. Oregon’s Wallowas, unnamed lake at head of East Elk Creek. Trail miles: 43 car camping, 40 backpacking this year. Times shot at: Once (“more than enough”) Current project: Rhonda and George Ostertag. National guidebook authors, Keizer. Upper McKenzie River. Best secret: Joe Goddard Nature Trail, Oakridge. Last time got lost: In a shopping mall. Trails vs. computer time: Newberry Crater (he’s a geologist) Netarts Spit and Bayocean Peninsula, Tillamook County. Never (“the map was wrong”) Hike from hell: Mosquito hatch, . One Night Wilderness: Portland. Douglas Lorain Wilderness Press, $15.95, 234 pages. Part two in Lorain's comprehensive coverage of trails close to Portland, this backpacking guide complements his previous "Afoot and Afield Portland/Vancouver," which describes every trail. He is thorough, he uses imagination on his backpack routes and his maps keep you on trail. He also has backpack guides to Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Best Short Hikes in Northwest Oregon. Rhonda and George Ostertag Mountaineers Books, $14.95, 288 pages. A trail-comparison grid lets readers zero in on what trail best suits them. The book, too, has an expansive but welcome definition of northwest Oregon, reaching well south of Willamette Pass. The productive Ostertags have many other Oregon guidebooks, as well as books for California, Pennsylvania, New England, New York. 75 Scrambles in Oregon. Barbara I. Bond Mountaineers Books, $17.95, 256 pages. This book takes up where trail guides leave off. Scrambling is off-trail hiking, usually to a summit, without using technical climbing gear. The rollicking journey around Oregon will get you to places you may not have dreamed of visiting otherwise. Bond also published this year "Take a Hike Portland" by Moon Outdoors. Portland Hill Walks. Laura O. Foster Timber Press, $19.95, 280 pages. This is a walking guide, not a hiking book, because a coffee shop is never far away. But anyone who loves Portland should own either this book or Foster's newer "Portland City Walks." "Hill Walks" is a personal favorite because hilly terrain brings diversity to a neighborhood. Her historical context is deeply researched and augmented by old-time photos. Day Hiking Oregon Coast. Bonnie Henderson Mountaineers Books, $17.95, 240 pages. A well-established writer (including "Best Hikes With Kids: Oregon"), Henderson hits a home run with her Oregon coast tribute in the Mountaineers' day hiking series. Sidebars on coastal flora and fauna help you learn about the ecosystem as you navigate with her ratings-at-a- glance, detailed maps and explicit directions. Best Hikes With Dogs Oregon. Ellen Morris Bishop Mountaineers Books, $15.95, 288 pages. If you own a dog, this book has your name on it. If you don't own a dog, you might want to after reading about Bishop's woodsy romps with Meesha. Besides trail descriptions and maps, she offers dog-specific information on etiquette, first-aid and safety. Can another of her books, "Hiking Oregon's Geology," be as much fun? Mount St. Helens: A Guide to Exploring the Great Outdoors. Fred Barstad Falcon Guides, $15.95, 240 pages. A largest publisher of guidebooks, Falcon Guides is fortunate to have Barstad as a prolific author of books for compact geographical areas. His definitive book on Mount St. Helens is matched by others on , Eagle Cap, Hells Canyon, William O. Douglas, Mount Adams and Goat Rocks wild areas, as well as hikes near Portland. Day Hiking South Cascades. Dan A. Nelson and Alan L. Bauer Mountaineers Books, $18.95, 288 pages. A prolific team, with series titles on Mount Rainier and Snoqualmie Pass, Nelson and Bauer have assumed the mantle of Washington guidebook authors extraordinaire. Washington is where the 100-hikes genre began, so it's a weighty crown to wear. They wear it well, though, including another favorite, "Best Desert Hikes: Washington." Oregon Desert Guide. Andy Kerr and Sandy Lonsdale Mountaineers Books, $15.95, 272 pages. More a political book than a hiking guide, it nevertheless gets the user into lightly traveled eastern Oregon. Kerr describes land he believes is worth designating as wilderness (Lonsdale's photos show why) and the routes he used during his visits. His "Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness" is similar in theme but with less hiking information. Birds of Oregon. Roger Burrows and Jeff Gilligan. Lone Pine, $21.95, 384 pages. A hiker who isn't a birdwatcher is missing part of the experience. Burrows and Gilligan's book rises above numerous excellent regional birding guides because of its Oregon emphasis. Meticulous color drawings, along with bird descriptions and habitat ranges, help you identify your bird, even from among the book's 16 sparrows. Photographing Oregon. Greg Vaughn PhotoTripUSA, $24.95, 304 pages. A perfect complement to Oregon hiking guidebooks, this book of beautiful photography by Vaughn describes a photo tour of the state. He tells how to drive to the most beautiful places and how to bring home stunning photographs. It's short on the hiking directions, but the other books take care of that quite well. Other staff favorites. Atlas of Oregon Wilderness. William L. Sullivan Navillus Press, $24.95, 384 pages. If there is one book that every Oregon hiker should own — wait, strike that “if.” There is one book, and this is it. The newly titled version that came out this year is a fatter, glossier, updated reincarnation of Sullivan’s classic “Exploring Oregon’s Wild Areas,” which has been my go-to book for hiking ideas in every corner of the state for 20 years. This edition includes the places, many of them obscure-ish, that Congress and the president granted wilderness protection to this year. As the older editions did, this one also includes wildernesses that are still crying out for protection. I like the earlier title better (meaning the actual title), because this book doesn’t take you by the hand and march you in the right direction at every trail junction. Instead, the book is an incredibly knowledgeable friend who says: Pssst, Alder Springs in central Oregon. Big, towering, striped walls above an oasis deep in a desert canyon. Get a good map and go there. Go. 100 Hikes / Travel Guide: Central Oregon Cascades. The updated Fifth Edition of this classic guide includes a dozen new hikes and 32 pages of color photos, with travel tips for visiting the Bend area, Eugene, and Salem, as well as a guide to hot springs, campgrounds, cabin rentals, and wildflowers. The 2019 printing includes a free 4-page insert with an index update, which can also be downloaded here. Suggested retail price: $18.95. 272 pages, 5-1/2"x 8-1/2", 108 maps, 216 b/w photos, 110 color photos. Order from KINDLE for $9.99. The eBook includes everything in the paper version, plus hundreds of color photos and links. Free updates to your Kindle eBooks! If you have the latest edition of this book on Kindle, updates are usually available each year or two from your Amazon account page. Click on “Your Account” and then “Your Content and Devices.” If there’s an “Update Available” link by the book title, click it for a free download. Oregon Adventures. Oregon author William L. Sullivan shares hundreds of hikes, photos, books, videos, audio books, and more -- welcome to Oregon adventures! Here are author William L. Sullivan's favorite Oregon places, including photos and descriptions of 500 hiking trails. To start, simply choose the area of Oregon that interests you, or sample one of Bill's "Top 14 Hikes". Meet the author! C lick here for a 40-second video introduction to the author and this website. William L. Sullivan is best known for his hiking guidebooks -- and yes, he has hiked every trail he could find in the state -- but he has also written six novels, three books on Oregon travel & adventure, two books on Oregon history, and two adventure memoirs. Bill gives dozens of slide shows each year and appears at many booksigning events. Check his schedule here to meet him in person. New Hikes in NW Oregon & SW Washington. NEW -- WATCH THE VIDEO of Sullivan's presentation, "New Hikes in NW Oregon & SW Washington." Although his live slide shows were canceled due to the corona virus, the Tigard Public Library has posted the presentation online at https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=JTJBxxiFvnE. New Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades. New Hikes in Eastern Oregon. NEW -- WATCH THE VIDEO of Sullivan's presentation, "New Hikes in Eastern Oregon ." Although his live slide shows were canceled due to the corona virus, the Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) has posted this presentation online at https://t.e2ma.net/click/ukw5hj/yrwxmw/e05uutb. NEW eBooks! Digital versions of Sullivan's books are now available from Amazon Kindle for 9.99 As eBooks, the "100 Hikes" guidebooks have hundreds of color photos, large maps, links, and the most recent updates. Take a free look inside "100 Hikes/Travel Guide: NW Oregon & SW Washington", for example. NEW! A gorgeous coffee-table picture book, "Hiking Trails of the Pacific Northwest," illustrated by Bart Smith, with the Oregon text by William L. Sullivan. NEW! Find that wildflower you saw on the trail with Steve Sullivan's interactive Wildflower Search, identifying over 8,000 flowers by color, shape, and location. NEW Audio Books! Ten of Sullivan's most popular books are now available at Amazon Audible. Click on the titles below to listen to free 4- minute audio samples. 100 Hikes in Central Oregon Cascades by William L. Sullivan. This edition of William L. Sullivan’s popular series of outdoor guides is a must have for any visiting the Central Oregon Cascades. From the magical McKenzie River to the Bend area, Sullivan has created an easy to use guide that will get you out in those beautiful mountains. The area detailed in this book are: Eugene, Salem, the Three Sisters area, Bend, Mt. Jefferson & everywhere in between. This is the fourth addition and now includes a more detailed guide to the cities of Bend, Eugene, and Salem. Description. Reviews (0) 100 Hikes in Central Oregon Cascades (William L. Sullivan) is a great hiking guide for the Cascades! 100 Hikes in Central Oregon Cascades will lead you to the famous and beautiful trails that the region is known for, but also features less travelled alternatives for those seeking a less crowded experience. 100 Hikes in Central Oregon Cascades is a perfect travel companion for anyone wanting to explore the northern portion of the state. William L. Sullivan is a Oregonian author & has given so much back to the hiking community.