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Mt June (via Lost Creek)

  • Start date: 06/09/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 06/09/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is a classic, nearby hike with a great pay-off - relatively short drive, longer hike, great views, and lots of wildflowers. You can see the entire Cascade range from the top (former fire station lookout)- from Diamond Peak to Mt. Hood. Bill Sullivan's book has this hike listed, but it's from two different trailheads, although the Lost Creek trail is shown in faint print.
The Obsidians did this hike on 5/19 and saw only the early flowers - calypso orchids, fawn lilies, and OR grape. Others should be in full bloom 3 weeks later. A quote from someone who hiked it on 6/5 and posted on the Alltrails site: "What an amazing vista, a beautiful day and the panorama full of the highest Cascade peaks. Simply stunning. Go, now!"

  • Event Leader: Lana Lindstrom

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-683-1409

  • Event Leader Email: lana_lindstrom@hotmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

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

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 52

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Water, lunch, sunscreen, layers of clothes including a rain jacket. There probably will be mosquitoes; bring a long sleeve shirt and bug spray.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1868

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

This hike was postponed for 2 days because the attraction is the view at the top and we would not have seen anything in the rain. On the way up, we saw a wide variety of wildflowers, from the early trilliiums and fawn lilies to the profusion of pink penstemon and yellow stonecrop at the top. We enjoyed a leisurely lunch while admiring the snow covered peaks ranging from Mt Bailey to Mt Hood. Having a twenty-some enthusiastic hiker along with the usual sixty plus folks was a treat. Amazingly, we saw a lot of other hikers, most having started at the upper trailhead, but at least two other parties at "our" trailhead.