Salmon River Trail (Upper) #OptOutside

Get outside on Black Friday and hike a peaceful trail through old growth rainforest below Mt Hood. The trail follows the river until the wilderness boundary where it will become steeper, eventually reaching several overlooks into the river valley below. We will have lunch on one of those overlooks, just short of 4 miles from the car. Total expected stats 7.8 miles with 950' of gain.

The trailhead is just before the bridge. NW forest pass, America the Beautiful, or Senior pass is required. There is not a kiosk at the trailhead. We will carpool from the MMC, leaving at 8:30, arriving at the trailhead 9:45. Carpooling encouraged.

This is a provisional hike for Kadin Mangalik to become a Mazamas hike leader. Kadin will be meeting folks at Mazamas 08:30, while Bill Stein, the hike's evaluator, will be meeting folks at Mazama Lodge 09:00, where folks who spent Thanksgiving night there are welcome to join the hike.

See https://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide/Salmon_River_Hike for our planned route.