Greatest PNW heatwave in recorded history

112 in Eugene!

June 27-30 will go down as the hottest the PNW has ever seen in most places, particularly west of the Cascades.  Eugene hit 111 Sunday, shattering the all time mark of 108 from 1981.  I was there this time, missed the 1981 heatwave while backpacking in the Three Sisters Wilderness.  Portland hit 116.  Unreal.  On the way to Eugene Sunday morning I stopped to hike Black Crater.  I had not been there since the fires of three years ago.  It was a hot burn, not much standing live timber until a few hundred feet from the summit.  Still a lingering snow patch near the top - which I am guessing is mostly gone now, a few days later.  The world around us is changing.

Looking north from Black Crater

Looking south from Black Crater

 

Bridge Creek, part of Bend's water supply