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orable mention, but Echo Basin features
everything but the panoramic views on
a short but sweet trek.
The hike travels through a forest
home to my favorite type of tree, the
Alaska yellow cedar, before entering a
shaggy wildflower meadow within a ca-
thedral of rock.
One upside: this hike is far easier
than all of the other we'll showcase at
2.5 miles total and 600 feet of climb.
Directions: From Santiam Junction,
follow Highway 20 heading southwest
toward Corvallis to milepost 67. Turn
right at a pointer for "Echo Basin" and
follow gravel Forest Service Road 055 for
2 miles to the trailhead. Beware of a
washout near the trailhead that may be
difficult for low-riding passenger cars.
Coordinates: 44.4129, -122.0854.
5: Browder Ridge
This route features many of the fa-
vorites of Old Cascade hikes — old-
growth, wildflowers and mountain
views — but without much or any of the
crowds.
The hike travels a steep 3.2 miles
round-trip to a striking viewpoint of the
Three Sisters and some nice wildflow-
ers. The hike to the summit is steep and
somewhat tricky, however, and requires
some navigation to reach the summit.
William L. Sullivan provides good de-
tails on the route in his classic "100
Hikes Central Oregon Cascades."
More details:Hikes climb Browder
Ridge, explore Echo Basin
Directions: From Santiam Junction,
follow Highway 20 heading southwest
toward Corvallis to milepost 68. Turn
left onto Hackleman Road (Forest Ser-
vice Road 2672) and stay on it through a
split in the road for 1.8 miles. Turn right
onto Forest Service Road 1598 and fol-
low it 2.8 miles to a trailhead sign and
parking pullout on the left (the trail
starts on the right side of the road). Co-
ordinates: 44.371, -122.054
Striking views of Mount Jefferson greet visitors on the summit of Crescent Mountain. PHOTOS BY ZACH URNESS / STATESMAN JOURNAL
views of the young Cascades, and even-
tually to the summit, at the site of a for-
mer lookout. Make sure to veer right
near the top to find the right spot.
Directions: From Salem follow High-
way 22 east, past Detroit, to milepost
76. Turn right on Lava Lake Meadow
Road 2067 and follow for 1.9 miles. After
crossing a bridge, turn right onto Forest
Road 560 and follow 3.5 miles to the
road's end and the trailhead. Coordi-
nates: 44.498747, -122.046414.
1: Crescent Mountain
The meadows of Crescent Mountain feature stunning wildflower displays.
4: Coffin and Bachelor Mountain
These two hikes are placed together
because they're right next to each other.
Coffin is the more famous of the duo
and a steep 3-mile round-trip hike with
1,000 feet of climb. Bachelor Mountain
is 4 miles with 1,100 feet of climb.
Known for beargrass blooms "that
brought tears to my eyes," Coffin has a
remarkable wildflower display on its
steep meadows and an active fire look-
out at the top. The fire lookouts are busy
but will sometimes chat. Never enter the
lookout's catwalk without permission.
Near the top of the hike, you begin to
understand the mountain’s gloomy
name. The summit has the shape —
from some angles — of a dark casket.
Near the lookout on the 5,700-foot sum-
mit, there's a helicopter pad and other
places to enjoy a view that stretches an
incredible distance — from Washing-
ton's Mount Rainier to Southern Ore-
gon's Mount Thielsen, and west to Ma-
rys Peak.
Bachelor Mountain features a more
level grade on its climb to the former site
of a lookout. Old-growth subalpine fir
and rocky meadows with wildflowers
and mountain views are the highlight.
Directions (Coffin Mountain Trail-
head): From Salem, drive east on High-
way 22, past Detroit and Marion Forks,
to milepost 69. Turn right onto Straight
Creek Road (Forest Service Road 11). Go
4 miles and turn right onto gravel road
1168. Continue 3.8 miles and turn left
onto USFS Road 450. Almost immedi-
ately, you'll see the trailhead parking
area and a sign for Coffin Mountain
Trail.
Coordinates:
44.6084441,
-122.0497065
Directions for Bachelor Mountain:
From the Coffin Trailhead, drive back
100 feet to Road 1168, turn left for 0.7
mile to a junction and turn left onto
rough Road 430 for a half mile to a park-
ing area at the road's end. Coordinates:
44.6178, -122.0343.
The only downside here is that dur-
ing peak blooms, the trails gets very
crowded. People do spread out, and it’s
not nearly as bad as places in the Co-
lumbia Gorge, but for me, there are two
hikes that are just a little better.
Directions (Civil Road Trailhead):
From Sweet Home, travel 32 miles east
on Highway 20 and drive over Tomb-
stone Pass. Around mile post 62, turn
left on Civil Road / Forest Service Road
035 and travel 2.6 miles to the trailhead.
Coordinates: 44.39869, -122.155888
3: Iron Mountain and Cone Peak
2: Middle Pyramid
This is the most popular hike in the
Old Cascade region near Tombstone
Pass, and for good reason. Most hikers
would rank this one higher than No. 3.
There are two very different options
here. A family-friendly route begins at
the upper Civil Road Trailhead and
climbs 700 feet in 1 mile to reach a sum-
mit with a wooden desk excellent for
kids that want to admire every major
mountain from Mount Jefferson to the
Three Sisters without the risk of falling
off a steep cliff. The hike is 2 miles
round-trip.
A more challenging and rewarding
route begins at a lower trailhead and fol-
lows the Cone Peak and Iron Mountain
Trail on a 7.8 loop that climbs 2,000 feet.
Old-growth, wildflowers and Iron
Mountain’s summit are the reward for
the challenging trek.
Diverse old-growth forest, a wild-
flower meadow set in a rock coliseum
and a narrow summit make this hike
through the Three Pyramids one of my
favorites.
Coincidentally, the trio of extinct vol-
canic plugs offers knockout views of
three active volcanoes just across the
way — the Three Sisters. North, Middle
and South Pyramid look directly at
North, Middle and South Sister.
The trek to summit of Middle Pyrar-
mid is the showcase hike, a journey of
4.2 miles round-trip with 1,700 feet of
climb — another short but steep one.
Beginning in forest, passing a small wa-
terfall, the sometimes-ragged trail en-
ters a beautiful cliff-walled meadow at
mile 0.4.
Beyond, the trail climbs uphill to
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The aptly named Crescent Mountain
is my favorite hike in the Old Cascades
because it has everything the others
feature — old-growth forest, wildflower
meadows and summit views — but on a
grander scale.
The alpine meadow, in particular, is
the most beautiful I’ve ever seen — more
striking than Dog Mountain, Jefferson
Park and narrowly beating out the other
Old Cascades.
The journey is also longer than most
of the others, at 9 miles round-trip with
2,200 feet of climb. It begins with a
pleasant forested stroll to a small creek,
then a steep climb past gigantic trees to
the high meadow, which is filled with
wildflowers in July and seems to stretch
on forever, all while snow-capped volca-
noes loom in every direction.
A final climb brings you to another
former lookout site, and views from
Hood to Diamond Peak, plus a narrow
ridgeline to explore.
Directions: From Salem, head east
on Highway 22, past Detroit Lake, to
Santiam Junction. Merge onto Highway
20 west toward Albany and keep an eye
out for Lava Lake Sno-Park. Turn right
into the parking area and stay right onto
Forest Road 2067. After a mile, veer left
onto gravel Forest Road 508 (you’ll see a
sign pointing left with a hiker). In an-
other 0.8 miles, you’ll come to a large
and obvious parking area where the trail
begins.
Coordinates:
44.42915,
-122.02995
Urness is the author of “Best Hikes
with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking South-
ern Oregon.” He can be reached at zur-
ness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503)
399-6801. Find him on Twitter at
@ZachsORoutdoors.
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