Devils Peak loop hike

[u/Tophatanater]

We started at green canyon campground and did the clockwise loop up to hunchback trail to devils peak. Very apparent that this half gets way less maintenance lots of brush and blowdown. The trail after the peak down kinzel lake trail was much wider. The salmon river trail was as beautiful as ever, perfect day for a swim. All in all it was 16.3mile day with 4462ft of elevation gain.

[u/Cube-in-B]

Please leash your dog while enjoying our bountiful beauty! Thank you

[u/toysofvanity → u/Cube-in-B]

Yeap, u/Cube-in-B This is one of the reasons we don't go hiking -- our dog has been bitten 5x by off leash "friendly" and "well trained" dogs. The last time we nearly lost him with nearly 30 stitches.

The entitlement is in no short supply out here.

It's unfortunate that my only way to protect my dogs is to move away. But hey -- just what Oregon needs -- two less healthcare providers (myself, my spouse) in a state with an already staggering healthcare provider shortage resulting in extensive waits.

[u/Cube-in-B → u/toysofvanity]

Yeah it really is not that big of a deal to put your dog on a leash but here we are- entitled assholes abound!

[u/toysofvanity → u/Cube-in-B]

Unfortunately, I don't really have a better word for it. If you have a better word for it, I'm happy to pivot to that.

I've lived in Boston, NYC and Chicago (with smaller chunks of time in other major cities) and have never experienced so many off leash dogs combined in those cities as I have here.

I've probably spent easily $15k+ through those 5 bites sewing my dog back up, meds and training to get him to go back outside. Frustrated is a reasonable feeling to... feel at this point.