PACIFIC NORTHWEST III

Fly from Chicago nonstop to Portland, Oregon.  Drive to Kelso Longview area for short hike at Silver Lake and visit Mt. St. Helens Visitor Center. 

Take short drive for a spectacular hike on Mt. St. Helens.  Shorter hike options, but the signature hike is a 16 mile non repeat loop to Coldwater Lake that traverses along open ridge lines with spectacular views of the blast zone and crater on Mt. St. Helens along with other Cascade volcanoes; Mt. Ranier, Mt. Adams and Mt. Hood.   We will stop for dinner on our return to lodging in Kelso.

Leave Kelso for the 83-mile drive to Silver Falls State Park for a short hike.  Lodging will be in wonderful Bend, Oregon, a beautiful outdoor adventure city with lots to do. 

 You have three beautiful hike options to enjoy, including Pilot Butte, the Green Lake Trail and the Broken Top Trail to No Name Lake, a wonderful alpine experience.  We will stop for dinner enroute to our hotel in Bend. 

 Leave for the 2:15 hour drive to Crater Lake National Park to hike and then to our lodging in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Checkout and drive to Redwood National Park on the California coast for a short hike en route to our lodging in Crescent City, California.

Drive to the Redwood National Park.  We will do the wonderful Fern Canyon 11-mile hike from the visitor's center that connects with the Fern Trail and one of the best Redwood hikes in the world.  We will have a dinner stop en route to our lodging in Crescent City.

Checkout and drive to our lodging in Salem, Oregon with a short hike en route.

We will hike at Silver Falls State Park and stop for dinner on our return to Salem. 

We leave Salem for our afternoon flight home from Portland.