It was suppose to be Squaw Mtn. But I missed it by a hair. This is the peak just north of it. So you win.   D 2

Whale Head and Squaw Mtn, how are they equal? They are at least 8-10 miles apart. Doñ

Equal by default because my clue was flawed. D 2

Current trail, sorta the end of the trail. In a wilderness  

That one is easy - Big Slide Lake with Big Slide Mountain looking over it.  Big Slide lake has the little "island" in it and there is the big talus slide right before the lake. Interesting info - the trail down to the lake (all .1 miles or whatever it is) is now an OFFICIAL trail with its own trail #!!!!!!  553A - Big Slide Lake Trail http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mthood/recarea/?recid=79978

Well I was trying to find the 'end' of a trail. My next post will be an aerial image that shows tread across it

I don't know if you were waiting for me to post a photo, but I will anyway.  This one should be easy.  I won't say more than you can actually see the trail in this one.  Where is it?  FYI, the images have been updated this year!

Is it near Lake Lenore?

you are warm.

How about near Welcome Lakes? Didn't that burn too. It's got a few switchbacks

BrianEdwards said How about near Welcome Lakes? Didn't that burn too. It's got a few switchbacks

You are correct.  This is just west/south of upper welcome lake.  It is interesting how it is starting to recover.  Kirk and I were up there last year, and the trail above the lake is getting hard to follow due to all that green you see in the aerial photo.  It looks even more dense in that photo. You turn to post something.

Current Trail, in a wilderness  

If you make it to one end of this trail, you're golden..

Whetstone Mountain Trail -

Yep! I imagine the view from there is decent too

Yup, the view is good to the south to French Creek Ridge and Opal Creek. I was last there before the wilderness was thought of and all my photos are on ektachrome. Camped at Silver King Lake and did Whetstone Mountain as a day hike. What trail is this on? This trail runs north and south and is partially on the official Forest Service list with newish signage. If this isn't enough of a clue I'll post some history which someone out there should know. This Scarlet Gilia or Skyrocket is not often seen on our district being more common to the east. Get out in August if you wish to see it, after all the lupine are done.

The only North/South trail I can think of that isn't fully "official" is Baty Butte.

Or maybe it's Rho Ridge. It used to extend farther north and south, didn't it?

Rhododendron Ridge it is! It once went north to the Clackamas, much of which can still be followed, and it went south before forking left and right to all sorts of places. It is faint now I understand. The photo was taken south of Mount Lowe, before Graham Pass. Sorry for the slow response - I used to get a prompt notification when anyone replied to this forum, but no longer. I tried unsubscribing and resubscribing, no joy.

Bryan: Check your spam folder - I found several notifications sent to me were in my spam folder for some reason.  There is a button at the bottom of the forum to subscribe/unsubscribe to the thread.