Lower Buck Creek Trailhead (Gifford Pinchot)
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
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- Latitude, Longitude: 46.0583, -121.5422
- Elevation: 2725 feet
- Driving time from Portland: 110 minutes
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Hikes starting here
- Buck Creek-Wicky Shelter Loop Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
Driving Directions
Drive I-84 east to Exit 64 for Highway 35, White Salmon, and Government Camp.
After exiting, turn left on Button Bridge Road for White Salmon and Government Camp, and drive 1.1 miles, paying the toll on the Hood River Bridge.
When you reach the Washington side of the Columbia, turn left onto Highway 14W for Stevenson and Vancouver. Go 1.6 miles and make a right onto Highway 141 Alt. for Trout Lake and the Mt. Adams Recreation Area.
Wind up for 2.2 miles and, at the junction with Highway 141, bear left for BZ Corner, Trout Lake, and Glenwood.
Continue on 141 for 19.3 miles and come to a Y-junction in Trout Lake. Bear right here on the Mt. Adams Recreation Area Highway for Randle.
Go 1.3 miles and keep right at the junction with FR 23 for the South Climb, Sno-Parks, and Bird Creek Meadows.
In another 0.6 miles, make a left onto FR 80 for the South Climb Trail #183.
Keep up this paved road with pullouts for 2.3 miles, and turn left onto FR 8000-031 for the Buck Creek Trail #54 and the Mt. Adams Horse Camp.
Proceed 0.6 miles, and keep left at the entrance for the Mt. Adams Horse Camp.
In another 0.2 miles, pass another spur on the right leading into the horse camp.
It’s 0.2 miles from this junction to the end of the road at the Lower Buck Creek Trailhead.
Fees and Regulations
- $3.50 toll each way at Hood River Bridge
- Yield to horses on trails
Contributors
- bobcat (creator)