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Heckletooth Mountain

  • Start date: 10/20/2018

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 10/20/2018

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

A few of us did this hike last year and found the Big Leaf and Vine Maple colors were remarkable. It’s a short drive to the trailhead, just out of Oakridge, and the trail is good, with the steep climb coming the last mile or so before Heckletooth. It is a mountain bike trail, and they maintain it, so we need to use caution on the hike.
No stream crossings. The summit is mostly open in Manzanita bushes; there are some open places along the trail, although most of it is in woods.
This is a Leave No Trace hike, and please, no deliberate feeding of wildlife.

  • Event Leader: Mike Smith

  • Event Leader Phone: 520-488-9569

  • Event Leader Email: mssq@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: Lane Community College, parking lot nearest stoplight

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 90

  • Season: 2018

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Bring needed essentials for a fall hike, and walking poles/sticks are recommended for the steeper section, although they are not required.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 10.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 2000

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We had a cool morning and a warm day to climb Heckletooth. The fall colors were decent, as hoped for, despite the record dryness the last several months. The trail climbs about 600 feet between the first and the second mile and about 1100 feet the last two miles, after the junction of the road that leads to Aubrey Mountain. We got on top seeing two young women, who had driven up the Forest Service road that comes from Salmon Creek. We saw no mountain bikers, however. This is a tough hike, but it is worth doing to see the yellows and reds. Oh yes, and the elk, too. We saw three of them.