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Scenery enlivens Dead Mountain
BY JAYSON JACOBY
Tin- trip to Dead Mountain
via thr Hal ( Took trail can
bo de< uiving. Bv tho time
you get to tho top, it doesn't
rnally fool like you've come
four miles and gained 2.1(H)
foot of elevation,
I he main reason for the trip's
apparent ease is that tile Hat
Creek trail follows a sen eon
sistent. gentle grade ( i.inbin
mg that with the thic k near I \
viewless tores! along must of
the trail, there IS little sense lit
e lev at ion gam Never! he less,
the trail is anything hut flat
despite its name and when
you get to the summit, vou 11
apprec iate how far vou've at tu
ally (nine
To get to the FI a t Cree k
(railhead, drive south ol Fugene
on IT live miles to the High
wav 5tt junction lake this
highway t r> miles east to
Oakridge, and in the middle ol
town turn letl at a sign pointing
to the high school
Follow this road about a
quarter ol a mile and turn right
onto the Salmon (deck Koad.
following signs to Salmon
Creek and the Higdon ranger
station
lust utter passing the tumult
to the ranger station, look lor
an unmarked road on the left
side fills road takes oft direr t
l\ opposite .1 sign reading
"(tamping Limit It) da vs next -I
miles " Take the right hand
rr d gnurim.; tin left fork
vs i i it h almost grown over
Afiout a half-mile Iroin the
pavement. hear left lit a "V
limit, in. ignoring the right Irak
that leads sleeplv uphill and is
barricaded with a metal gate
and "road t Inset!” sign
About one quarter mile past
Ibis junction look lor a hiker
symbol sign on the left side id
the road ad lucent to a small
turnout lor parking A sign
marks the beginning ot the Mat
( reek trail and reads Roa i
gliiili Z miles, Dead Min -i
The trail heads oil to the
west. i rossing a tributarv ol
Hat ('.reek in about 100 vards
and then winding ihove the
main creek The forest here is
thirklv overgrown second
growth Dough s 1r. inter
spersed with many voting, five
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By tho time you roach tho top of Dead Mountain it may not scorn like
you vo gained 2.100 leol ol elevation, but tho spectacular bud s eye
view will tell you otherwise
toot muplu trees
lust after crossing another
small tributary on .1 wooden
bridge, tin- tr.n! begins climbing
.1 ridge in <1 series of
switchbacks The lr.nl steepens
somewhat lor a sfiort distant c,
but it is never discouragingU
d if tit ult
A f t e r at) o u t a do 7. e n
switchbacks, the trail trosses
another 1 reek draining a small
swampv area and then begins a
long eastward traverse up tin
ridge A short distant e past the
final creek c rossing. the trail
enters a small, rot ky mead, a
ottering |tist a glimpse ot Hills
( reek reservoir to the smith
for the nest 1 a miles tin
trail gradually ascends a ridge
t hanging dirts lion every so ot
ten, hut always climbing at ,m
extremely gradual grade After
the final switchback, iht trad
parallels a logging road lor a
•■!: <rt distante before ending at
the road's edge
bruin this point the trip is en
tirely on logging r >ads and be
cause it is necessary to negoti
ate four count them, four
unmarked junctions that aren't
on most maps, pay attention
(urehtllv
Win'll the trail ends at tin
rtiaii. turn right follow the
tuail about -0(3 \ arils to a two
way jutHtton and take tin' loll
lork hollow this road another
..'DO yards passing tin; lusted
remains of a 14 It Os r! a i at to
a "Y" junction burn right hero,
following tin' uphill lork (tint
'i f! fork goes downhill follow
ing the edge of a rlotifcul)
I ukr llir uphill road about i
pi arter - in i le to yid allot litir
function. again taking tin' right,
uphill ! • ■ t k \ iw Stull you'v r>
mailt: it past three of the lour
; a 1 .tiitUll spots take ■, i; 11 ■'1 ' i :
and t'fpny t!11* beautiful Inre-d
along lilts road, whir h Is i ar
pftrd with soft green i lover
arid golden butlerr lips
Altar another quarter mile
and past past a green road gate
(that will probably he open),
turn sharply tight .it the final
(unction, avoiding the road to
the let! that lie ids downhill
This Itnal road, No - 1.
leads a lew hundred yard, to
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