Hillockburn Trail 516 3/7

Brian · 2013-03-09T20:02:45Z

Took a trip down the Hillockburn Trail on 3/7. No major logs over the trail. I cleared the sticks and clipped the brush down to about 200 ft above the river. Once at the river, I went upstream maybe 100 feet and crossed on a very solid log, and scoped out the trail on the other side. I found it very much intact. I didn't follow it up but 50 ft, but it was easy to find. I was wondering if the trail is intact up to the experimental forest cage? I'm interested in possibly camping out and clearing the twigs and small logs on it if its intact and deemed worth it. With that big Log making an easy crossing, it makes it much more feasible to hike the other side After I crossed back to the west side, I followed the river quite a ways upstream to within an 1/8th mile of Oscar Creek. There's an interesting cliff/rock formation maybe 300 ft upstream of the 516 trail ending. 1/8th mile from Oscar Creek, the canyon becomes very cliffy and gorged out. I climbed up the canyon wall to get one last photo, and my iPhone slipped out of my gloves and tumbled down the cliff into the deep river below, so no photos. Looking at recent satellite imagery, I suspect there's a sizeable waterfall at the mouth of Oscar Creek, hence the reason for rock hopping upriver along the shore. After that, I climbed straight up the canyon. I popped out onto FR45 right at the FR4510 junction. Definitely got a workout. No snow except for the top of Goat Mountain and in the higher elevation clearcuts, none in the South Fork Canyon on either side. I'm very curious about the trail on the east side of the South Fork. The 516 is one of the closest trails to my place in Oregon City, and one I've always had a little bit of passion for.

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I always figured it was for loading logs.

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