Today I attempted to hike up to Pittock Mansion with P since she has only heard me talk about the view and the how nice the hike is. It had been about 9 – 10 years since I had last done this hike which was before a plethora of various accidents and injuries. The total round-trip hike would have been about 7 1/2 miles, but half of that would be up-hill of course.
After some research (since I had forgotten the name of the trail) I saw that the Wildwood Trail would take us there and that we could pick it up by the Portland International Test Rose Garden and Portland Japanese Garden.
We walked from our house all the way to Burnside and picked up a trail that led us to Washington Park. After navigating that and passing the Portland Japanese Garden we picked up the start of the Wildwood Trail.
It must have rained earlier that morning since a good portion of the trails were slightly muddy. It didn’t bother me since I was wearing my boots, but P decided to wear blue sneakers which were partially brown by the time we made it to the top.
One spot of the trail that I don’t remember, but was pretty interesting was the Giant Sequoia trees. They had built what looked like a rather new platform that allowed you to stand in the middle of several sequoias.
Here’s a rather grainy video of them to give you an idea of the height:
By the time we made it to the top of the trail I was limping pretty badly, but what was important is that I made it (barely). It was a pretty clear day out and we could see Mt. Hood very clearly which made for some pretty nice shots of the city with the mountain in the background.
Here’s a collection of the photos from the start of the hike to the top of Pittock Mansion:
