Outdoor Central Oregon Issue 9 | January/February 2019 | Page 38

38 MARGARITA BULL| 1 SUMMER, 42 HIKES BY NEIL KORN Margarita Bull is a staple at Mt Bachelor in the winter. Working in tickets affords her many snowshoe opportuni- ties, her top two treks in the winter are Nordic Center to Todd Lake, (around the lake then back) and the Cone at Bachelor. n the summer, when not hiking, you can find her kayaking around Central Oregon. When not on the water, she’s on the trails, a lot. In Margarita’s former life she was immersed in the hustle and bustle of the legal world in Washington, DC. Now hap- pily retired from a large law firm she is free to enjoy life and make others happy and healthier by joining her on almost daily adventures. This past season, Margarita completed so many hikes we didn’t have room for all of them. So, she concentrated on some of the highlight hikes, special ones and her favorites, so here goes: Hike, Hike, Hike!!! • Black Butte, from mid mountain trailhead & from the bot- tom • Black Crater, before Milli fire & after (had to hike three quarters up before leaving burn area) • Browder Ridge • Camp Lake (Chambers Lakes) • Canyon Creek Meadow to glacier lake (very low this year) • Clear Lake (fantastic fall leaves) • Coffin Mtn (great bear grass) • Demaris Lake (out of Pole Creek trailhead) • Four In One Cone • Green Lakes to 3rd lake & source of Fall Creek • Iron Mtn • Jefferson Park to Russell Lake (Whitewater trail should reopen next year) • Lookout Mtn • Marion Lake & Marion Mtn • Matthieu Lakes to Yapoah Crater to Scott trail junction (like visiting w/PCT hikers) • Mirror Lake & Lancelot Lake (very low this year) • Moraine Lake & overlook above the lake from Devils Lake trail & Green Lakes trail • Mt Bachelor • No Name Lake the long way from Todd Lake & overlook above lake (wildflowers galore & rockslide on Broken Top when I was at the overlook) • Obsidian Trail (wildflowers galore, obsidian glistening in tarns) • Opie Dilldock • Park Meadow to Golden Lake • Paulina Peak • Sahalie & Koosah Falls & Tamolitch Pool (Blue Pool) • Scott Mtn & Benson & Tenas Lakes • Soda Creek to Green Lakes • South Sister • Tam McArthur Rim to Broken Hand • Todd Lake to Crater Ditch to No Name Lake trail junction • Tumalo Falls to Happy Valley • Tumalo Mtn • Washington Meadows (PCT) JAN/FEB 2019 39