Wilderness Press Afoot & Afield Portland/Vancouver
by Lorain, DouglasFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-06-01
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Summary
Discover natural treasures just beyond the Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA areas. Here are 138 hikes along salmon runs in the Coast Range, by waterfalls in the Willamette Valley, under rain-shadow clouds in the Hood River area, and among old-growth forests near the Clackamas River.
Author Biography
Doug Lorain: A Portland local, Lorain has hiked over 15,000 miles on Oregon trails
Table of Contents
| The Best Hikes by Theme | p. xii |
| Locator Map | p. xvi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xviii |
| Safety Notice | p. xviii |
| Preface | p. xix |
| Introduction to the Portland/Vancouver Area | p. 1 |
| Every Imaginable Shade of Green--The Local Flora | p. 2 |
| Fur, Feathers, Scales, and Slime--The Local Fauna | p. 7 |
| Welcome to the Pacific Northwet--The Local Weather | p. 10 |
| Trail Safety and Courtesy | p. 13 |
| How to Use this Book | p. 19 |
| Difficulty Ratings | |
| Easy | |
| Moderate | |
| Difficult | |
| Strenuous | |
| Good cloudy weather hike | |
| Northern Oregon Coast Range | p. 24 |
| Sunset Highway Corridor | p. 25 |
| Saddle Mountain | p. 26 |
| Upper Wilson River | p. 28 |
| Cedar Butte | p. 29 |
| Kings Mountain | p. 31 |
| Elk Mountain Loop | p. 33 |
| Wilson River Trail | p. 35 |
| Southern Gales Creek Trail & University Falls | p. 37 |
| Central Gales Creek Trail | p. 41 |
| Storey Burn Loop | p. 43 |
| Southwest Washington | p. 46 |
| Siouxon Creek Area | p. 47 |
| Huffman Peak Loop | p. 48 |
| Siouxon Creek Trail | p. 52 |
| Horseshoe Ridge Loop | p. 54 |
| Silver Star Mountain | p. 56 |
| Tarbell Trail to Hidden Falls | p. 56 |
| Cold Creek to Larch Mountain | p. 59 |
| Larch Mountain from Grouse Vista | p. 61 |
| North Silver Star Mountain Loop | p. 63 |
| Silver Star Mountain from Grouse Vista | p. 65 |
| Bluff Mountain Trail | p. 67 |
| Three-Corner Rock Area | p. 69 |
| Snag Creek Trail | p. 70 |
| Sedum Ridge--Mowich Butte Loop | p. 72 |
| Three-Corner Rock via PCT | p. 74 |
| Three-Corner Rock via Stebbins Creek | p. 76 |
| Portland and the Willamette Valley | p. 78 |
| Around Vancouver | p. 81 |
| Ridgefield Refuge--Oak to Wetlands Trail | p. 82 |
| Ridgefield Refuge--Gee Creek Exploration | p. 84 |
| Lacamas Creek Park Loop | p. 86 |
| Sauvie Island | p. 89 |
| Warrior Rock | p. 90 |
| Oak Island Loop | p. 92 |
| Virginia Lake Loop | p. 93 |
| Washington County | p. 95 |
| Henry Hagg Lake Loop | p. 96 |
| Kingfisher Marsh Loop | p. 99 |
| Tualatin Hills Nature Park Loop | p. 101 |
| Forest Park | p. 104 |
| Far North Forest Park | p. 105 |
| Northern Forest Park Loop | p. 107 |
| Central Forest Park Loop | p. 109 |
| Southern Forest Park Loop | p. 110 |
| Balch Creek--Wildwood Trail Loop | p. 113 |
| Balch Creek to Pittock Mansion | p. 115 |
| Audubon Sanctuary Loop Trails | p. 117 |
| Other Portland Area Parks | p. 119 |
| Marquam Nature Park Loop | p. 120 |
| Tryon Creek State Park Loop | p. 122 |
| Powell Butte Loop | p. 124 |
| Sandy River | p. 127 |
| Sandy River Delta | p. 128 |
| Oxbow County Park Loop | p. 130 |
| Sandy River Gorge Loop | p. 133 |
| Willamette Valley Foothills | p. 135 |
| Mount Baldy & Baskett Slough Loop | p. 137 |
| Abiqua & Butte Creek Falls | p. 139 |
| Silver Falls State Park Loop | p. 142 |
| The Columbia River Gore | p. 146 |
| Beacon Rock State Park | p. 149 |
| Beacon Rock | p. 150 |
| Hardy Ridge Loop | p. 152 |
| Hamilton Mountain Loop | p. 154 |
| Table Mountain Area | p. 156 |
| Table Mountain | p. 157 |
| Greenleaf Falls | p. 160 |
| Aldrich Butte | p. 162 |
| Dog Mountain Area | p. 163 |
| Wind Mountain | p. 163 |
| Dog Mountain Loop | p. 165 |
| Multnomah Falls Area | p. 167 |
| Latourell Falls Loop & Bridal Veil Falls | p. 168 |
| Angels Rest | p. 170 |
| Devils Rest Loop | p. 173 |
| Multnomah--Wahkeena Falls Loop | p. 175 |
| Larch Mountain Upper Loop | p. 177 |
| Larch Mountain from Multnomah Falls Loop | p. 180 |
| Oneonta Gorge | p. 182 |
| Horsetail Falls to Triple Falls | p. 184 |
| Rock of Ages--Horsetail Creek Loop | p. 186 |
| Nesmith Point | p. 189 |
| Elowah Falls | p. 191 |
| Munra Point | p. 193 |
| Eagle Creek Area | p. 194 |
| Wahclella Falls | p. 195 |
| Wauna Point | p. 197 |
| Tanner Butte | p. 199 |
| Wauna Viewpoint | p. 201 |
| Eagle Creek Trail | p. 203 |
| Ruckel Ridge--Ruckel Creek Loop | p. 205 |
| Dry Creek Falls | p. 208 |
| Rudolph Spur Way Trail | p. 209 |
| Herman Creek--Wyeth Area | p. 211 |
| Herman Creek Pinnacles | p. 212 |
| Benson Plateau via Pacific Crest Trail | p. 214 |
| Herman Creek Trail | p. 216 |
| Gorton Creek--Nick Eaton Ridge Loop | p. 218 |
| Green Point Mountain Loop | p. 220 |
| Gorge Trail--Herman Creek to Wyeth Campground | p. 223 |
| Wyeth Trail to North Lake | p. 225 |
| Starvation Creek Area | p. 227 |
| Shellrock Mountain | p. 228 |
| Mount Defiance Trail | p. 230 |
| Starvation Ridge to Warren Lake | p. 233 |
| Starvation Creek Explorations | p. 235 |
| Hood River Area | p. 236 |
| Wygant Trail Loop | p. 237 |
| Mitchell Point | p. 239 |
| Hood River Mountain | p. 241 |
| Salmon-Huckleberry Area | p. 244 |
| Western Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness | p. 247 |
| Eagle Creek | p. 248 |
| Old Baldy | p. 251 |
| Squaw Mountain | p. 253 |
| Douglas Trail | p. 255 |
| McIntyre Ridge | p. 257 |
| Huckleberry Mountain | p. 259 |
| Central Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness | p. 260 |
| Old Salmon River Trail | p. 261 |
| Salmon River Canyon | p. 263 |
| Green Canyon Trail | p. 265 |
| Salmon Butte | p. 267 |
| Hunchback Mountain | p. 268 |
| Devils Peak | p. 270 |
| Flag Mountain | p. 272 |
| Still Creek Trail | p. 273 |
| Eastern Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness | p. 275 |
| Veda Lake | p. 276 |
| Upper Salmon River Loop | p. 277 |
| Jackpot Meadow | p. 279 |
| Mount Hood | p. 282 |
| Lolo Pass Area | p. 285 |
| Buck Peak | p. 286 |
| McNeil Point via McGee Creek | p. 288 |
| Mazama Trail to Cairn Basin | p. 291 |
| Bald Mountain from Top Spur | p. 293 |
| Bald Mountain from Lolo Pass | p. 295 |
| Ramona Falls Loop | p. 296 |
| Yocum Ridge | p. 298 |
| Zigzag Mountain Area | p. 300 |
| Cast Lake & Ridge | p. 301 |
| Horseshoe Ridge Trail | p. 303 |
| Burnt Lake & East Zigzag Mountain | p. 304 |
| West Zigzag Mountain from Zigzag | p. 306 |
| West Zigzag Mountain from Enola Hill | p. 307 |
| East Zigzag Mountain from Enola Hill | p. 309 |
| Castle Canyon | p. 310 |
| Southern Mount Hood | p. 312 |
| Paradise Park Trail | p. 312 |
| Hidden Lake | p. 315 |
| Little Zigzag Falls & Enid Lake | p. 316 |
| Laurel Hill Chute Loop | p. 318 |
| Mirror Lake & Tom Dick Mountain | p. 319 |
| Wind Lake | p. 321 |
| Multorpor Mountain View & Loop | p. 323 |
| West Fork Falls | p. 325 |
| Mountaineer Trail Loop | p. 326 |
| Timberline Lodge to Paradise Park | p. 328 |
| Barlow Pass Area | p. 330 |
| Barlow Buttle | p. 330 |
| Twin Lakes--Palmateer Loop | p. 333 |
| Twin Lakes from Wapinitia Pass | p. 335 |
| Pacific Crest Trail North of Barlow Pass | p. 336 |
| Clackamas River Area | p. 338 |
| Area CL: Clackamas River | p. 339 |
| Milo McIver State Park Loop | p. 340 |
| Memaloose Lake & South Fork Mountain | p. 344 |
| Clackamas River Trail | p. 345 |
| Dry Ridge to Grouse Point | p. 348 |
| Cripple Creek--Serene Lake Loop | p. 350 |
| Alder Flat Trail | p. 353 |
| Riverside Trail | p. 355 |
| Recommended Reading | p. 357 |
| Information Sources | p. 359 |
| Friends of Forest Park Friends of the Columbia Gorge | p. 362 |
| Index | p. 363 |
| About the Author | p. 367 |
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