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Devil's Backbone

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Devil's Backbone (Jeff Statt)
Devil's Backbone looking uphill (Jeff Statt)
Hiker at sunset (Jeff Statt)

Description

The climax, and for some, the turnaround spot on the Rock of Ages trail. This rocky spine offers views of Beacon Rock, Hamilton Mountain and on a clear day Mount Saint Helens. Take care on the slippery surface as the span is not wide and the drop-off is severe on the western side.

To reach this location it takes some dedicated climbing up a steep, unmaintained trail that gains about 900 feet in less than a mile. This requires some hand-over-foot scrambling through patches of poison oak. But your reward is a unique, majestic and isolated loft high above the Oneonta Gorge overlooking a expansive panorama of the Columbia River Gorge.

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