Fuji Mountain
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes to this location:
- Fuji Mountain Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
- Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
- Latitude, Longitude: 43.65924, -122.10343
- Elevation: 7144 feet
Description
Fuji Mountain is a central Cascades shield volcano, similar to Mount Ray, just to the east. There are three trailheads for day hiking to the summit of Fuji Mountain. From the summit, you can see down to Waldo Lake and then Broken Top, Mount Bachelor and the Three Sisters. Then the snow-capped peaks stretch onwards: Mount Washington, Three Fingered Jack, Mount Jefferson, and Mount Hood. To the south, views extend past Diamond Peak to Mount Thielsen.
The first lookout here was put up in 1929; a replacement was constructed in 1959 but was consumed by fire 9 years later.
Fuji Mountain’s name has no relation to the much revered peak in Japan. McArthur and McArthur of Oregon Geographic Names offer one suggestion for the origins of the name although it cannot be confirmed. An August 1995 issue of the Oakridge Dead Mountain Echo describes an outing to the top of the mountain by Cy Bingham and Charlie Tufti. The latter gave Cy some jerky and, upon questioning, averred it was genuine packrat. Cy spat it out, exclaiming “Phooey!” and “Jeez!”, the combination of which resulted in the mountain’s new name.
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