Past Activity
Crescent Mountain
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Start date: 06/30/2025
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Start time: 8:30 AM
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End date: 06/30/2025
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End time: 4:30 PM
Description:
The leader will meet the group at the trailhead for an 8:30 AM departure. Please contact each other to arrange carpooling. https://maps.app.goo.gl/D2wTCSCh42END1nv9
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Event Leader: Mary Holbert
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Event Leader Phone: 541-264-9668
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Event Leader Email: holbertmary@gmail.com
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Assistant Leader:
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Event category: Trips
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Area Type: Mountain
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Departure Location: See Trip Description
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Rating: Difficult
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Roundtrip total drive miles: 160
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Season: 2025
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Permits Required:
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Event Status: Passed
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Supplies and Equipment Required: 10 essentials
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participant prerequisites: Be in shape to walk 2 MPH uphill. 10 essentials. Prepare to be wowed by the company and the views.
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Conditions:
Here’s the description from the Oregon Hikers website: From the trailhead, the trail loses a bit of elevation in the first mile. Hike through the shady forest, often within hearing distance of Maude Creek. Blue huckleberries can be found along the trail in July. At 1.3 miles, you’ll cross Maude Creek on a sturdy wooden footbridge. This is the last water source you’ll see before the summit.
The trail remains level for a little while longer before beginning the long climb up the summit. The trail climbs steadily, sometimes switchbacking, through a forest of vine maple and lichen-draped conifers. Finally, after about three miles, you’ll emerge from the forest into a series of large open meadows. In a good beargrass year, you’ll see thousands of the unusual white flowers blooming here along with paintbrush, columbine, larskpur, and scarlet gilia.
After 3.7 miles, you’ll re-enter the forest for the final push to the summit. When you reach a fork in the trail, go right (the left fork is the continuation of the mail trail, if you’re looking for an even longer hike). In a moment, you’ll find yourself on the summit of Crescent Mountain. Scattered lumber and melted glass still remain from the fire lookout that once sat here. Views range from Mount Hood in the north to the Three Sisters in the south.
Return the way you came.
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Total Distance: 9
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Member Fees: —
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Elevation Gain: 2350
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Non-Member Fees: 5
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Committee: Trips
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Junior member fees: —
