Name: Potato Hill
Start: 2022-02-08T00:00:00-08:00
End: 2022-02-08T23:59:59-08:00

Past Activity

Potato Hill

Start date: 02/08/2022
Start time: 12:00 AM
End date: 02/08/2022
End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This SS starts at the Potato Hill Sno Park just west of Santiam Pass. We will ss 1 mile to Jack Pine Rd. After a short distance on Jack Pine, we will bushwhack east to a ridge. From the ridge there will be incredible views of Mt. Jefferson and Three Fingers Jack. We will follow the ridge south until we can see Potato Hill in front of us. From here there are good view of the Three Sisters. We will ss up Potato Hill to it's summit, where we will have lunch with a view.
Please note: This route is not marked. We will need a day with some visibility to do this SS. Also note we will be ssing up hill over 1,000 ft.

Event Leader: Daphne James
Event Leader Phone: 541-683-7488
Event Leader Email: daphleej@yahoo.com
Assistant Leader: Jean Harris
Event category: Trips
Area Type: Mountain
Departure Location: Behind McDonalds, 57th and Main in Springfield
Rating: Moderate
Roundtrip total drive miles: 160
Season: 2022
Permits Required:
- Snow Park
Event Status: Passed
Supplies and Equipment Required:
participant prerequisites:
Conditions:
Total Distance: 4
Member Fees: 1
Elevation Gain: 1100
Non-Member Fees: 5
Committee: Trips
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The calendar said Feb. 8th, but with the sun blazing it felt like Spring snow shoeing on Potato Hill. Starting early to ensure firm snow, we set out from the Sno Park pull off just west of Santiam Pass. From there we snowshoed steadily up hill a mile, staying left at the junction till we reached marked Jack Pine Rd. After a very short time on Jack Pine, we turned left, bushwhacking east a little ways to a ridge with grand views of Three Fingered Jack. Once you leave Jack Pine the trail is not marked, but there are plenty of visual clues and we tied red bandanas to mark our turns. As we snowshoed about a half a mile south along the ridge, Mt. Jefferson came into view and we could see Lost Lake below. Once we saw all of Potato Hill in front of us, we turned right to reach a flat spot at the base of the hill. Here we had views south to Mt. Washington, the Three Sisters and even Diamond Peak off in the distance. We made our way up to the summit for a leisurely lunch gazing at the mountains. Potato Hill summit is a short, if somewhat steep, snowshoe with plenty of opportunities to appreciate our lovely, snow covered Central Cascades.