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The logic behind place names is sometimes hard to understand. Consider the Cool Creek Trail to the top of Devils Peak. Far from being evil, beautiful Devils Peak is the perfect sort of place to eat yo
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Although this hike starts in a human-made eyesore, it soon becomes a very pleasant up-and-down ridge walk in the western part of the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness. Using this higher-elevation “backdoo
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Some trails you hike because the trailhead is nearby and easy to reach. Others you hike because they provide spectacular views or great mountain scenery. The Eagle Creek Trail gives you neither of the
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Although mostly a forest walk, the rarely traveled Flag Mountain Trail includes at least one good viewpoint that is an ideal lunch spot. Another benefit of this trip is that the stiff climb in the fir
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Starting from the green depths of the Salmon River Canyon, the Green Canyon Trail climbs a woodsy hillside all the way up to the ridge between Hunchback Mountain and Devils Peak. The U.S. Forest Servi
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A long, round-trip day hike in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness. There are wonderful views from atop Huckleberry Mountain, a long north-south ridge. Hike this past a myriad of colorful flowers in spr
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The Bonanza Trail provides a less crowded alternative to the Boulder Ridge route up Huckleberry Mountain, but solitude isn’t the only good reason to take this trail. The first 1.6 miles follow Cheeney
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Like most of the ridge walks in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, the long trail up Huckleberry Mountain provides both good exercise and fine views from the summit. From the small, rocky meadows at t
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Forested Hunchback Mountain rises sharply from the lowlands around Zigzag and extends to the southeast like a 6-mile-long green finger. Along the way, several knuckles and warts rise up, providing hig
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Once the best and the easiest ridge walk in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, the McIntyre Ridge Trail recently became a much longer hike. To combat the extensive damage done by all-terrain vehicles
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Several factors make the McIntyre Ridge Trail the best ridge walk in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness. First, it starts at a higher elevation, so hikers do not have to work as hard to reach the ridge
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You can go a short way on this hike and join the weekend throngs at a lovely little lake that has a great view of Mount Hood. You can also put in a little more effort and leave the vast majority of th
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Although the view from Old Baldy is not as dramatic as that from nearby Squaw Mountain, this old lookout site is still well worth visiting because it provides a different perspective of Mt. Hood and a
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Stately old-growth forests and a beautiful clear river are the highlights of this easy hike, which is suitable for children and usually open all year. Another nice feature is that there is no bad seas
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On summer weekends people flock to mountain lakes, sometimes in numbers that rival the mosquitoes. So it’s rare to find a mountain lake where you have a better than even chance of being alone. Plaza L
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Nestled in the western slopes of the Old Cascades just south of Mount Hood, this wilderness is named for two physical features—the Salmon River and Huckleberry Mountain. The two natural wonders to whi
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This easy-to-get-to trail is a mellow climb through old-growth forest and giant rhododendrons to a viewpoint that takes in Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, and the heart of the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderne
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There are two types of hikes in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness: canyon routes that follow cascading streams and viewpoint excursions that start in deep woods and climb to ridgetop vistas. The Salmo
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The Salmon River, which starts on the slopes of Timberline Ski Area, is the only river in the lower 48 states to be classified as a Wild and Scenic River from its headwaters to its mouth. There are th
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A two- to three-day, round-trip backpack in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness. Fishing is popular on the Salmon River, where major runs of steelhead, coho, and chinook salmon return each year. Althoug
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The Mount Hood National Forest’s Salmon River Trail takes hikers on a journey through a mossy, old-growth forest next to the wild and scenic Salmon River. The trail begins by hugging the edge of the S
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The Salmon River Canyon is the scenic highlight of the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness and has been a popular hiking destination for decades. The first couple miles of this trail travel through one of t
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Tucked away in the central part of the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness is a little traveled ridge with terrific views of Mt. Hood towering over a remote roadless landscape. The full hike out to the form
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No matter how you get there, the view from Squaw Mountain is well worth the effort. The approach from the west has the advantage of paved road access and a slightly shorter trail. But the hike from th
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Squaw Mountain is the most dramatic destination in the southwest Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, with expansive views extending over the heavily clear-cut slopes to the south and west, and the more nat
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There is something very soothing about walking through an old-growth forest, and the Still Creek Trail amply demonstrates why. This classic and easy ramble takes you through a quiet cathedral forest w
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A perfect place to take the kids, or just to stretch your legs after driving up from Portland, Trillium Lake is a tiny, friendly lake with a big-time view of Mount Hood. In addition to some short, eas
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Zigzag
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This rarely traveled trail is the reverse of the typical hike in our area. Instead of climbing from a creek bottom to a high viewpoint, this trail descends from a high ridgeline into the depths of a r
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Unlike the famous lower portion of the Salmon River Trail, the upper part of this canyon has no waterfalls and no spectacular views, but it’s also a lot less crowded. Solitude seekers come here, not o
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As much an educational experience as a hiking one, this is a glimpse into the natural world of birds, fish, plants, and water that is in fact all around the Pacific Northwest. The crown jewel of Wildw
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In the foothills of the Cascade Mountains near Zigzag, the Wildwood Recreation Site is a wonderful day-use facility complete with picnic areas, interesting interpretive material, and several easy but
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