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| Nick Turtura | Cold  Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2013 | |
| We were able to drive to the trailhead on Road42. We got there late and summited around 1:00 in the morning. We slept in the shelter, got up, and played around on the summit. The views were decent but the clouds were out. The trail is not easy to follow in the snow and at night so be prepared if that's your plan. Also, the shelter floor is filthy so bring a tarp if you're planing on sleeping there. Great trip. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2013 10:32 pm | ||
| Dundeel | Crook Top Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2012 | |
| Ryan and I hiked up from the Independent Mine TH. Got snowed on a bit and the views were limited to nearby due to low clouds but it was a great hike. | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2012 12:09 am | ||
| mastercoog | Thunder eggs hunting Date Climbed: Aug 12, 1990 | |
| My parents used to take my three brothers, sister, and myself to the Ochocos thundereggs hunting when I lived in the Redmond area. Fun family outings that we still talk about till this day. Easy summit. | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2012 3:25 pm | ||
| jessbee | Peaceful Date Climbed: Jan 2, 2010 | |
| Hiked up the "summer trail" alone, from the Ochoco Ranger station, about 14 miles rt. Needed snowshoes for about half of the way or more. The summit plateau seemed to go on forever so I kept walking until I felt like I was close enough (turns out I was spitting distance from the official summit). Zero people on this brisk winter day. Fantastic. | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2010 11:05 pm | ||
| BSPclimber | On bike Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2009 | |
| Bagged this during a MTB race. We started near the ranger station, rode up the paved road 7+ miles to trail 808 then on to 808A, which was brutal, hike-a-biked most of that. Went down trail 804 from the summit to the ranger station which was a blast, then up the paved road for 2.5 miles. Fun but a serious suffer-fest. 22 miles RT, 2:52 total time. Would love to come back and hike this when I could enjoy the views. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2009 6:25 pm | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Or CoHP Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2003 | |
| One of a string of Oregon County Highpoints in 2003. | |
| Posted May 28, 2009 11:53 am | ||
| Bombchaser | Northeast Approach Date Climbed: Dec 23, 2007 | |
| Started climb where the Kyle Creek and Cline Creek combine. There was eight inches of snow at that location and had snowshoes on the entire trip. I worked my way up the Pleasant Creek drainage and then climbed up the Northeast slope heading towards North Point. The last few hundred feet to North Point required steep soft snow climbing and snow covered rock ledges to overcome, and had to use hands to climb. There was around three feet of snow on the summit ridge, and near zero visibilty with strong winds, ice and snow. I worked my way along this this narrow rifge to the summit. Trip was 6.5 miles long and took 5 hours round trip. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2008 3:09 pm | ||
| bmwboarder7 | Great Sunsets | |
| My wife and I hiked in the late evening. It was a pretty sweet little trail with views to the West all the time. The summit faces the West, so views of the sunset are extremely colorful and fun to watch from such a height. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2007 12:00 am | ||
| Bob Bolton | Lookout Tie trail Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2002 | |
| This was the first target of my first trip to Oregon for the express purpose of bagging county highpoints. It was also the first of four garnered on that day. After this hike I drove backroads over to Wheeler County's Spanish Peak, driving the 4Runner to the summit. Then it was on to the John Day area and Strawberry Mountain. I drove into the evening toward Umatilla County's Tower Mountain, arriving at the top after dark. The four counties in one day stood as the Oregon record for only a few months when CoHPer Bill Jacobs shattered the record with six counties in western Oregon the next year. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2006 1:14 am | ||
| Cornvallis | Great Cascade views | |
| Nice little loop hike with Shelby. Interesting flat summit area covered in sage brush. I think you can see all of the major Cascade peaks in the State of Oregon, plus some Washington ones. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2006 1:12 am | ||
| Dean | Lookout Tie trail 808A Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2003 | |
| About a 3 mile round tripper with a thousand feet of gain, I hit this one after Bob Bolton and I had been stopped from doing So. Sister by a heavy snow storm earlier in the morning. I was on my way home when I decided to go do this county highpoint. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:11 pm | ||
| cmc56789 | Lookout and Round Mountains Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2004 | |
| I drove from Portland and hit the trail late in the morning, for a hot suny climb. Stopped to check out the Independent mine and the ski shelter on the way up. Lots of wildflowers in bloom and decent but hazy view of the Cascades to the west. I did the loop back down to the trailhead and went on to hike to the summit of Round Mountain for some more nice views. Hit Black Butte for a nice sunset on the way back to Portland. I was pretty tired by the time I made it back into town. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 7:16 am | ||
| calebEOC | Independent Mine Trail Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2006 | |
| Not in a hurry to get back to loathesome Salem from John Day I took a Detour off of Highway 26 so I could tackle the Ochoco Mountains highpoint. With three different routes to choose from at the trailhead I went with the route that had the abandonded mining structures so I could check those out. Summit was beautiful, should have a great view if there isnt too much haze. I could barely make out the Cascades, couldnt see anything to the east or northeast beyond Sutton Mountain. Didnt see any other people up here, nice little remote hike. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:00 am | ||
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