Peak ID

[Arturo]

Can anyone tell me what the arrowed peaks are? This is looking south from Dog Mtn with Defiance in the middle. Thanks!

[Peder]

I think you hit the jackpot! As far as I know, none of those prominences have a name! I think that from left to right they are:

1) Point approx. 3,560' above the Viento Ridge
2) Point approx. 3,840' above the Cabin Creek Ridge
3) The stuff up toward Green Point Mountain (the "mountain" is invisible in my opinion) above Shellrock Mountain (the hump in front to the right with scree slopes going quite far up the sides).

[aiwetir]

Left: 45.66265, -121.66970
Middle: 45.66218, -121.69096
Right: 45.66601, -121.74952

[Arturo]

They look so accessible from across the river. Like there should be trails there.
No work, no reward.

[Peder]

They look so accessible from across the river. Like there should be trails there.
No work, no reward.

The righthand bumb seems pretty uninteresting from up close.
You cross the middle bump if you come up the Cabin Creek Ridge and continue up where Pablo headed east. The bump has a rocky outcrop below the summit and no views.
The righthand bump(s) is(are) close to one of the trails above Herman Creek.

[retired jerry]

http://www.peakfinder.org/ will identify peaks

[kepPNW]

http://www.peakfinder.org/ will identify peaks

Yeah, but only the ones it knows about...

http://www.peakfinder.org/?lat=45.7129&lng=-121.6996&azi=218&zoom=4&ele=736

[Don Nelsen]

The left hand bump does have a "trail" to it, and you can get very close by car via dirt/gravel roads. It's a lot more fun to hike a loop returning via the Starvation Creek trail, should you have some masochistic urges to satisfy. Without exaggeration I can say there are over 500 trees down along the route I took following an ancient logging road grade then a bushwhack route up the rest of the ridge. There is also plentiful poison oak along the trail that is difficult to avoid.

A map of a loop hike I did this past April:


Typical view of the old logging road:


As you get higher up the road isn't as difficult:


A view from the summit of the Hood River Valley:


-Don

[Arturo]

A view from the summit of the Hood River Valley:


-Don

Glad to know I'm not the only one looking for a new fix.
Nice view.

[miah66]

Don, I wondered what was up that powerline road (in blue) on your map when I rode my bike down the Old Scenic Highway bikepath to Viento SP. As an aside, they have plans to turn that campground into biker/hiker only. A Ranger told me that when they did some work on the old highway portion beyond the CG (signed No Tresspassing), they dug down a few few feet and hit pavement w/ a yellow line down the center! So they old highway is still there, just needs a few feet of dirt removed!