Wildcat Mountain & Douglas Trail #781 Viewpoint
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,057 ft · 2 hr
Wildcat Mountain & Douglas Trail #781 Viewpoint is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness near Alder Creek, OR. The route passes Douglas Trail #781 Viewpoint before reaching Wildcat Mountain at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 1,057 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Wildcat Mountain & Douglas Trail #781 Viewpoint
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,057 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 3,456–4,489 ft
Out & Back · Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
Trailhead: 45.30391, -122.06648
Weather Sep 4: Heavy drizzle, high 53°F / low 43° · precip 66% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Douglas Trail #781, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Douglas Trail #781 Viewpoint.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Wildcat Mountain Trail #781F, heading E.
- 350 ftReach Wildcat Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Douglas Trail #781, heading SW.
- 1.9 miSharp right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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