| Access from the north via the power line road Route |
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| Page By: Don Nelsen Created/Edited: Mar 13, 2008 / Mar 23, 2008 Object ID: 388046 Hits: 606 Loading... Page Score: 86.68% - 2 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
OverviewNorth Access via Franz Road/Duncan Creek Road: Turn north off of state Route 14 onto Franz Road at MP 31.7.
>>>Proceed 1.0 mile to Duncan Creek Road and turn left (uphill). In 1.9 miles and just before the power lines, turn left onto the power line access road and park. (This gated one-lane gravel road continues but the foliage will scratch your car up and besides, you are here for a hike, anyway!)
>>>Hike up the gravel road for 1.4 miles where it branches to the south and crosses the power lines and heads into the woods past a deep "tank trap" designed to keep the ATV’s out (hasn’t worked!) You may want to take in a view of a nice waterfall in a deep cleft in the rocks where this road forks to the left in 1.1 miles. (See map.)
You have a choice of either taking to old logging road or the trail to the summit and the viewpoint. Either way, your chance of meeting anybody else is virtually nil and the scenery is great – so enjoy!
Please note: These are what we Gorge hikers call "user maintained trails" and can be difficult it navigate in the best of conditions and impossible to follow after a storm with blowdown or in the snow. So, don't even try unless you are with someone who's been there, done that!
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