12.3 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
The whole loop is 13.85 miles and 3350' EG, but I biked the 1.5 miles of the road in between the 2 trailheads. This trail is not known for many viewpoints (although there are a couple of big views to the east), but it goes through very narrow "transition zone" east of the Cascades - in just 5 miles you pass through oak savannas (still a lot of fall color there), ponderosa groves, larch/fir mixed forest, then back again - with cool rocks and some nice meadows on the way. This trail is rarely visited and along Tygh Creek it gets hardly visible at all. OTOH, someone did nice work clearing these trails in the past year - didn't see 1/10th of the blowdown I saw back in June 2012.
Comments
Roman
November 7, 2013
It's for protection against the rodents (chipmunks or mice). Something chewed the wires and tubes inside of my car, at least twice at School Canyon trailhead. They ate through the coolant tube, evaporation tubes, even bite at fuel line... It's the only place my car was eaten like this, but I like that area & will keep coming.
JM
November 18, 2013
Wow! No kidding!? I was there once but didn't have any trouble. Something to think about. I wonder what it was?
Roman
November 20, 2013
Here's the photo of my coolant tube after overnight trip there this June. http://www.portlandhikers.org/forum/download/file.php?id=42856&mode=view
Roman
November 20, 2013
Yes, I am not entirely sure it was chipmunks (and not squirrels in my front yard), but it happens after my visits to School Canyon trailhead. Not sure because it takes me from several days to couple of weeks to notice this.
JM
November 25, 2013
Wow...speechless
JM
November 4, 2013
What is the net for?