Dennis, I would like to do the ski hill the way your described here. I guess I never considered it. Maybe you could host Dean, myself and maybe a splattski up that route????
Dennis Poulin - Jan 14, 2010 11:57 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Hey
I've never been on skis and I want to keep my record cling of that unproven mode of transportation. If you pick the right day, you could catch the ski bus in Ashland,take the lift to the summit, and then ski all the way down into Lithia Park.
My wife and I have been wanting to do this hike since we first read your trip report a few years ago.
We finally got a chance yesterday. We started from Lithia Park at 5am and had a great, relatively cool-weather day. Headed back down from the summit, it started heating up a bit but around 2pm a thunderstorm blew in and at that point we actually welcomed the rain as it cooled everything off for the remaining ten miles.
Thanks so much for the inspiration and great directions!
For anyone else who tries this, the only navigational issue we had was at Bull Gap. At first, we continued straight through the intersection onto the obvious road (with the second road branching off to your left). This road immediately turned east, however, and so we backtracked back to the Gap and instead started up the trail to the right of *both* roads, marked "Bull Gap Trail No. 1017." This eventually turns into an old roadbed as in the original trip report above and is the right way to go.
Deltaoperator17 - Jan 14, 2010 1:27 am - Voted 10/10
HeyDennis, I would like to do the ski hill the way your described here. I guess I never considered it. Maybe you could host Dean, myself and maybe a splattski up that route????
Dennis Poulin - Jan 14, 2010 11:57 am - Hasn't voted
Re: HeyI've never been on skis and I want to keep my record cling of that unproven mode of transportation. If you pick the right day, you could catch the ski bus in Ashland,take the lift to the summit, and then ski all the way down into Lithia Park.
Deltaoperator17 - Jan 15, 2010 12:27 am - Voted 10/10
Re: HeyIn Grants Pass, we used to call Mt. Ashland the Ski Hill. I meannt hike it like you did.
ktnbs - Jan 19, 2010 11:01 pm - Hasn't voted
I liked theread and the photos. Always intended to get up Mt. Ashland considering that I have lived and worked on all points around it. ...thanks Dennis.
locke456 - Jun 21, 2018 4:00 pm - Voted 10/10
Done 6/20/18My wife and I have been wanting to do this hike since we first read your trip report a few years ago.
We finally got a chance yesterday. We started from Lithia Park at 5am and had a great, relatively cool-weather day. Headed back down from the summit, it started heating up a bit but around 2pm a thunderstorm blew in and at that point we actually welcomed the rain as it cooled everything off for the remaining ten miles.
Thanks so much for the inspiration and great directions!
For anyone else who tries this, the only navigational issue we had was at Bull Gap. At first, we continued straight through the intersection onto the obvious road (with the second road branching off to your left). This road immediately turned east, however, and so we backtracked back to the Gap and instead started up the trail to the right of *both* roads, marked "Bull Gap Trail No. 1017." This eventually turns into an old roadbed as in the original trip report above and is the right way to go.
This was an amazing hike!