"September 23, 2023. Starting to feel like winter in the Cascades. Smoky in the mountains, overcast, chilly, with a strong south wind on the summit. Mixed severity fire mosaic along the trail to the summit. Some high severity and some green patches. Limited downed trees that were not an issue. Saw one black-backed woodpecker along the trail and at least five Townsend's solitaire on top of the butte. " — runningvegan • Sep 23, 2023

"Porcupine to 3FJ log. Amazing how the area has come back to life since the huge fire @15 years ago. Pretty straight forward climb for me to the top. Chimney on the summit block is still in good shape. No wind today. Very pleasant." — oregon-mt-goat • Sep 22, 2023

"Back for revenge on this . Got a nice 9am alpine start on this. Couldn’t have been a better day either , not a cloud in the sky and around 60 degrees on summit. Take the climbers trail to save some distance . It is not obvious where it branches off so have a gps for that and the summit block. Once you get to middle /north sister saddle , it’s about 1000ft ascent of some choss which makes for some nice scree surfing on the way down . Follow the faint but good path along the ridge , making sure you are on the correct side of the ridge . For the most part it stays on the left . It’s not hard to follow, only had to pull my phone out a few times . Follow path all the way to bowling alley, if you are not on a faint trail or doing anything harder than easy class 3, you are in the wrong spot . Bowling alley is downright easy, just make sure you have gps and go up the right gully. Plenty of solid rock for hand and foot holds . Maybe one or two class 3 or 4 moves , once you get to the second (black and blue) of three slings , the “hard part” is over . More easy super solid class 3 on summit block and then you are on top. This peak is not nearly as hard as it’s made out to be . I’d say it’s a..." — joshortman • Sep 15, 2023

"September 6, 2023. Parked at the end of the upper road by the gate and walked up the road to the uppermost meadow. Surveyors were doing an Oregon silverspot survey, one of the last surveys of the year. " — runningvegan • Sep 6, 2023

"Hiked up to Ice Lake and set up base camp, then hiked Matterhorn the following day. Did not explore further along the ridge due to building clouds and not wanting to have to make a quick descent on that terrain in the rain. " — calipidder • Sep 6, 2023