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Details on how to get to the trailhead and start this hike are
HERE
This was a nice cardio hike that rewards with great pictures when you get to the top.
4.65 miles from the trailhead and a fairly easy hike except for the last mile which
was steep and slow going due to the deep snow. It was a not overly cold March day..
overcast but dry. Some sun every once in a while. Saw almost no one once we got
past the PCT crossing.
Follow the detailed
Aldrich Butte trail guide until you get to Carpenter Lake
(a little more than a mile from the trailhead). Instead of turning left and up the
hill to Aldrich Butte, go straight ahead. In about a mile you will come to a four
way intersection with the PCT. Continue straight. For the next 2 1/2 miles you
can't get lost.... just follow the trail. You'll be rewarded with great views at the
top. This is apparently a "loop trail" of sorts. We didn't continue back down the
other side so don't know where the trail ends. Possibly over Greeleaf way somewhere?
We did the up and back route.
Except for this deep lake covering the trail and then some, not
too many really serious obstacles.
After about 4 miles, you'll come up on this big rock. From here you are about a
half mile from the top and viewpoint.
Just past this point you'll get a sneak preview. Once the folliage starts
popping, this view will probably be obscured.
Some view, huh? That's Table Mountain. The picture below it is Two Chiefs
which is directly to the left of Table. When you get to the top of Heartbreak Ridge
you will be in the saddle between the two chiefs. Click
HERE for pictures of that trail and view.
Don't know the name of this feature. Perhaps someone will tell me.
Judging by the footprints, only 2 or 3 people have been up here since the last snow.
Took lots of pictures. Who knows if/when we will ever get back here during
Winter with this much snow on the ground?
Here's a view of the Oregon side of the Columbia River and the town of
North Bonneville and Bonneville Dam down below.
There was a small herd of elk in the meadow when we got here but they
were too fast and too camera shy for me to get a picture of them.
We hiked 17 miles yesterday on the East end of the Gorge. Got a late start this
morning and didn't reach the viewpoint until 15:20. That last mile in deep snow
was a real time suck. Worried about getting back before sunset but the return
trip only took two hours.
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