Cedar Mountain
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
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- Latitude, Longitude: 45.6648, -121.9862
- Elevation: 1686 feet
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Cedar Mountain is the local name given to a highpoint of a north-south ridge in the Table Mountain region of the [[Columbia River Gorge00. It sits just east of Hamilton Creek in Southwest Washington, but is pretty tough to spot amid the other distinctive landmarks in the immediate area - particularily Aldrich Butte, crouching just to the south like a younger brother at a photo session.
There is no established trail up to the summit - and the summit is somewhat in question as well! The most common route to the top is to take the Cedar Falls Trail (there is a sign at the start of the trail calling it the "Aldrich Falls Trail" - which was likely nailed up by a local hiker) to a very light footpath that follows a ridge to a viewpoint on the west side. This footpath is a bushwhack at best! The view overlooking the Hamilton Creek valley is a suprisingly good one! There are 200-300 feet seasonal creeks that cascade down the side of nearby Hamilton Mountain into this valley. If you come on a rare clear day in the winter months you will be treated to some of the rarest waterfall sightings in the Columbia River Gorge.
There is also a nice viewpoint to the East, overlooking the Greeleaf watershed and Table Mountain. Again, there is a pretty rare perspective, yet a relatively easy one for the hiker very interested in visiting every summit the Columbia River Gorge.
The whole area emcompassing Ardrich Butte, Cedar Mountain and Hamilton Creek was once a hotbed of forestry during the turn of the last century. Railroad beds and debris found in the area can be dated back to the late 1800's.
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