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Dog Mountain-Dog Mountain Summit Loop Upper Trail Junction

From Oregon Hikers Field Guide

Looking into the sun on the old Cascade Crest Trail (Steve Hart)
A better look at the faded sign (Steve Hart)

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The "old" Dog Mountain Trail was once part of the Cascade Crest Trail, a precursor to today's Pacific Crest Trail. In those days through hikers had to slog up about 2800 feet of switchbacks to reach near the summit of Dog Mountain. Ironically, the trail didn't actually reach the true summit of the mountain. Today's "Summit Loop Trail" fixes that problem and creates a couple of alternative loops near the summit. From here, the Dog Mountain Trail #147 heads southward downhill to the Dog Mountain Trailhead and northward downhill toward the Augspurger Mountain Trail. The Summit Loop Trail continues up to the Dog Mountain summit.

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  • Day Hike! Columbia Gorge, by Seabury Blair, Jr.
  • Afoot and Afield Portland/Vancouver, by Douglas Lorain
  • 35 Hiking Trails, Columbia River Gorge, by Don & Roberta Lowe
  • Columbia River Gorge, 42 Scenic Hikes, by Don & Roberta Lowe
  • Hiking the Columbia River Gorge - 1st and 2nd Editions, by Russ Schneider
  • 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon - 3rd Edition, by William L Sullivan

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