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Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness

Hunchback Trail #793 Viewpoint & Cool Creek Trail #794

13.8 mi · ▲ 5,782 ft · 7 hr 29 min

Hunchback Trail #793 Viewpoint & Cool Creek Trail #794 is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness near Rhododendron, OR. The route reaches Hunchback Trail #793 Viewpoint at the turnaround, 6.9 miles in. It climbs 5,782 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,857 – 5,020 ft · steepest grade: 35%13.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cool Creek Trailhead 45.29748, -121.88452
Nearest town Rhododendron, OR
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Hunchback Trail #793 Viewpoint & Cool Creek Trail #794

13.8 mi · ▲ 5,782 ft · 7 hr 29 min

Elevation 1,857–5,020 ft

Out & Back · Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness

Trailhead: Cool Creek Trailhead · 45.29748, -121.88452

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cool Creek Trail #794, heading SW.
  2. 3.1 miBear right onto Hunchback Trail #793, heading SW.
  3. 3.8 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 250 ftReach Hunchback Trail #793 Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 3.8 miBear left onto Cool Creek Trail #794, heading NE.
  6. 3.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hunchback-trail-793-viewpoint-cool-creek-trail-794-out-back

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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