Today I wanted to get out and find some sun. Things have been a bit dark and rainy in Portland, and since I woke up in Bend, I decided to take advantage of it by going out and doing a hike I had never done before, despite living here for 3 months last year; I headed up to Pilot Butte. Pilot Butte is a great little park in the Northeast part of Bend. A Butte is, roughly, somewhere between a hill and a mountain. This one has great views of all the surrounding mountains and a great trail that you can hike or run or bike up. There was a pretty good crowd despite the fact that portions of the trail were still iced over and pretty darn slippery. I got some good pictures on the way up and at the top. I could see myself coming here and doing hill repeats - in fact, I may do that next week!
