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After 0. The trail skirts around sedum-covered house-sized boulders composed of volcanic breccia, a preview for the upper portion of the hike. Traverse up, switchback three more times, and then cross a grassy slope blooming with nodding onions and desert parsley. The tread reenters Douglas-fir woods and switchbacks through an area of blowdown before crossing another footbridge and switchbacking up four times.

Soon you'll reach an open rocky slope and switchback again. From here, the trail is frequently held in place by a wire mat. Little seeps are home to two endemic species, the Saddle Mountain bittercress and Saddle Mountain saxifrage.

Heading up on an open slope, you can see the rocky spine of the mountain above. The trail switchbacks at a silver fir and rises up an open slope to switchback again at a breccia pillar. Two more switchbacks take you through wildflower meadows and Sitka alder thickets blooming with larkspur.

After this, you'll traverse downward, reach a footbridge, and then ascend again. A couple more switchbacks take you past a picnic table, and then you'll begin o get open views. After it passes across a rocky meadow that blooms with paintbrush, lewisia, and woolly sunflower in summer, the trail drops and then traverses up on an open slope.

Next, descend a steep wooden staircase, passing more basalt dikes and reaching a saddle where there's a copse of noble firs. August 5, Hiking Great! Chelsea B. Suzanne Sommer. August 4, Ranae McKee. August 2, August 1, Melinda Martin. Steve Williams. Jody Patterson-Morrill. July 30, Nice morning hike. Alex Ibrahim. July 28, Ellie Armstrong. July 25, Jennifer Garrick. Vician Xiong. July 24, Mountain biking. Mike Borden. Get there early to avoid the crowds! July 23, No shade Rocky.

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What do I need to do?. For more questions, review our statewide FAQ. Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes named Saddle Mountain in for the low, saddle-like curve between two peaks. The park area lies generally at the boundary of territories claimed by Clatsop and Clatskanie tribal groups. Initially, lands for the park were acquired in by gift from O.

In , the State Land Board gave an additional 1, In , four tracts were purchased from private owners. Some lands were exchanged with the Crown Zellerbach Corporation between and After the Highway Commission obtained the access road right-of-way in the s, the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the 7.