{"id":3818,"date":"2021-06-21T19:25:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=3818"},"modified":"2021-06-28T17:40:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T17:40:35","slug":"round-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2021\/06\/21\/round-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, May 30, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Today we hiked up Round Mountain, which is right next door to Lookout Mountain. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On a previous visit we drove the rough road to the top, but it was cloudy that day and we didn&#8217;t have many views. We started at the Round Mountain Trailhead, followed the trail to where it crossed, the road, and started climbing:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51224604746_d3dd62c467_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51224824833_8ae4d79f59_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51224609611_4b762feda7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We passed this old mining pond:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51224608436_530d6b61fa_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At 1.5 miles we reached this nice little meadow:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51225679875_e8abd60e80_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227549740_27a38baee4_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wild onion bloomed here:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227550560_b0ac3714b1_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lomatium:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51226476986_899e09ed82_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From that point we lost elevation. Along the way we got a peek at Round Mountain, which seemed depressingly far away:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51226479861_0c3f310a85_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227248014_7f6e3f2486_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After losing 300 feet we crossed Road 150 at 2.2 miles:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51225773297_3f6a94ff47_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We started climbing again. A break in the trees provided a view to the west:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227260364_a937713e93_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail was pleasant, passing through grassy meadows and ponderosas:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51225785827_659fa32dd1_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227259349_4aa495c37c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw some wildflowers along the way:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51226489886_766018cbaf_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51226489471_70cffe1a86_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We started seeing a lot of false hellebore:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51225784042_76bb88115c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227557370_e09b89c6e9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looks like some kind of slump or landslide:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51226700773_3b77cdb8aa_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we neared the top we got a nice view of Big Summit Prairie:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51225782302_7bebe69553_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail pops out onto the road and the last stretch to the summit is a road hike:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227256099_ddcc4d41d3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51225781482_56454709f2_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The summit had a fire lookout once:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firelookout.com\/or\/roundmtn97.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firelookout.com\/or\/roundmtnoch1964.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now there is just a communications tower and a pretty nice view:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51226704198_a19200d6cc_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51225780217_437ed07a51_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51225779497_2dd748b428_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like yesterday at Lookout Mountain our view included all the snowy Cascade volcanoes from Diamond Peak to Mt. Adams:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227261519_6c243a6b31_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227419106_cb5cf4cb10_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51226717242_a4183383ce_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227418451_eb77dc3c7c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Pisgah:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51228186319_8a9dab79ae_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227413876_ca790af11f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Big Summit Prairie:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51226712672_7423188643_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lookout mountain:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51225787047_c933fb7f3f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The road is popular with OHVs, some of which arrived while we were sitting there taking our break. One of the guys saw us with our packs and poles (and no vehicle in sight) and said &#8220;You guys WALKED up here???&#8221; His tone was not &#8220;wow, that&#8217;s impressive&#8221; it was more like &#8220;wow, you&#8217;re insane.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227635193_297508a830_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were some ladybugs congregating on the rocks:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51228185969_8cd13d984c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227415131_4bf46c37b3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The previous OHVs left, then more arrived. Break over, we started heading down:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227636928_174c1f6f11_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We ran into some mountain bikers just coming up the trail on the other side, from Walton Lake. They planned to go down the trail we had come up, then go up and over Lookout Mountain. Intense! Then a convoy of six OHVs passed us, heading up to the summit. Sheesh. Good thing we left when we did.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51227636583_c3ee66f0fa_c.jpg\" alt=\"Round Mountain hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We hiked back down the same way we came up. Gaia stats: 10 miles, 1,900&#8242; elevation gain.<\/p>\n<p>We had another lovely evening at our campsite:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51229672144_5345a25a15_c.jpg\" alt=\"Big Summit Prairie\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51229128828_8b3c90b9ef_c.jpg\" alt=\"Ochoco campsite\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mother Nature treated us to a beautiful sunset on our last night:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51228921676_d5cebfe13b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset in the Ochocos\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51229907064_70b53ff0c9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset in the Ochocos\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, May 30, 2021 Today we hiked up Round Mountain, which is right next door to Lookout Mountain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ochoco-national-forest","category-oregon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3818"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3846,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818\/revisions\/3846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}