Mazamas — For the Love of Mountains
With beautiful views, amazing spring wildflowers, and a relatively short effort, this is one of the most popular hikes in the Gorge. On a good day, you can get a view of Mt. Hood and the Columbia River.
Good resources: WTA Portland Hikers
Activity Notes
Wildflowers be popping so what better way to spending the evening of Friday Jr. than with a hike up dog mountain WITH DOGS?!
Most of us probably know the Dog Mountain Loop by know, but for those who have never been or its been a minute, we'll go up the "very difficult" trail and ascend until we enter a field of beautiful balsam root 🌻. We'll keep going up, past Puppy Dog Point, until we reach the summit, where we'll take a rest, have a lil picnic, and enjoy the views. We'll then go back down the fields of flowers and take the "difficult" route on the way back to complete the loop.
We'll likely be hiking in the dusk/dark, so come prepared with a headlamp!
Pupticipants are welcome, but out of respect to other hikers we are limiting the number of doggos to 5. Please indicate when you register if you plan to bring your pup by emailing aym@mazamas.org. All pup-ticipants must be well behaved and get along with other puppers. Any participant who attempts to bring a dog who does not indicate to us by email that they will be bringing a dog will not be permitted on the hike.
