Zigzag Viewpoint
From Portland Hikers Field Guide
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- Latitude: 45.3434
- Longitude: -121.78969
- Maps: Portland Hikers Maps Google Earth
- Elevation: 4900'
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Description
If you go beyond the North Burnt Lake Hike and head toward Mount Hood on the Zigzag Mountain Trail (5.3 miles from the North Burnt Lake Trailhead and 12.5 miles from the West Zigzag Trailhead, is a highpoint with a great view towards Mount Hood. There is a small, flat area where one could pitch a tent - but the space is limited and there is no water access nearby.
As you look at Mount Hood from this vantage-point follow the ridge on the right as it follows up toward the summit and the snowline (pictured to the right as the one snowless ridge near the base of the mountain). That is the ridge in Paradise Park that contains the huge boulder with the two plaques memorializing ex-Forest Service employees.
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