From Oregon Hikers: If you're looking for solitude on a lightly traveled trail, try this ridge hike along the southern rim of the Table Rock Wilderness. The hike rises relentlessly through coniferous forest blooming with rhododendrons in June/July until you begin to undulate along a ridge crest that offers xeric meadows and vistas south to the Three Sisters. The destination is Chicken Rock, a gravely summit just west of the volcanic plug of Rooster Rock. This is a great wildflower hike through mid-summer and it is unlikely that you will meet anyone on a trail that served Native Americans trekking to huckleberry fields and then settlers heading from the Valley to Bagby Hot Springs.

Activity Notes

Welcome to the Menagerie Wilderness, so named for the shapes of the rock pinnacles

including Chicken Rock, Rooster Rock, and Turkey Monster.

Our hike takes us 6.6 miles with an elevation gain of 2300 feet thru dense forest to Rooster

Rock which sits at 3537 feet. At the top enjoy views as far as North and Middle Sisters.

Drive 235 miles round trip.

 

Other Information
Driving Distance from Portland 42 miles
Driving Time from Portland 1 hours
Distance - Round Trip 11 miles
Expected Duration Car to car in one day
Relevant Books Oregon's Wilderness Areas by George Wuerthner
Relevant Maps Table Rock Wilderness