{"id":5217,"date":"2024-06-29T15:26:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T15:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2025-06-03T13:58:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:58:31","slug":"coffin-mountain-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2024\/06\/29\/coffin-mountain-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffin Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, June 29, 2024<\/p>\n<p>I visited Coffin Mountain today, the first of THREE hikes I squeezed in on this cloudy Saturday.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826768209_96a0fa34d1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The flowers were diverse and abundant right from the start.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826878820_38f537830c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826733333_6c182e127a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826733313_5d50a0d832_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53825576862_ef907039b9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826828549_f248fc257b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826742223_13fce4515a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826741868_f65091ab4c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826503631_da9734ac29_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827184339_946ff2ce75_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827099168_51f8dfc4b8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827183964_6259bed554_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826859266_a394fec511_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love this spot where the trail passes between two large trees:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827151003_32113e3e42_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827150933_f2d42bd459_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827154958_9bdb51086d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827251749_49c975050c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827251279_37a1478441_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827251319_7de9e08288_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827177758_accee95574_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826021072_7130a3ef08_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827374430_23d3e0c96a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53828046548_d6a849aa6c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beargrass don&#8217;t bloom in profusion every year. The last time was 2019, but this year there were only a few:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53828046533_591619b3c5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827809356_8e04450f5c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53828046283_047b08e278_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View of Mt. Jefferson from the meadow:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827809581_2f3ce7474f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826893042_da1a8328e4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The fire lookout came into view:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53828054648_73a943f1c9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826901177_504933c3ae_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Made it! The lookout wasn&#8217;t being staffed yet:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53827823186_ef8edb34d5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53829409861_9e7390201b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Helicopter pad on the summit:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53828296155_9a89fba653_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View of Bachelor Mountain and Mt. Jefferson:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826941892_6ee737c3eb_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View of Three Fingered Jack, Mt. Washington, and the Three Sisters:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53826910202_07f2499cc4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three Fingered Jack:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53828064003_c8493bb22a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Washington and the Three Sisters:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53828260290_db942f0de8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking south to the repeater on the other high point of Coffin Mountain:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53828100263_5d2d936f55_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View to the west:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53828296670_0bb5f962b0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View to the north with unnamed peak 5517 in the foreground and distant Mt. Hood at right:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53828189919_437e23475b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even Mt. Adams in Washington was visible!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53829651333_38bf3cdfa9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After poking around the north end of the summit I walked out to the other end:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53830355113_c7feda8fa8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53830119326_cae6735cdc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back at the lookout, with Mt. Adams and Mt. Hood on the left:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53830456879_6091e91edf_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hiking back down:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53830380908_d59166ae5b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53830573140_e23e900cda_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More wildflowers!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53830481554_24d7acb4af_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53830386948_d58325d1e9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53830386993_b70529cbb9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53830481004_65ac4b75aa_b.jpg\" alt=\"Coffin Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is one of Oregon&#8217;s best wildflower hikes and it never disappoints. I wished it hadn&#8217;t been so cloudy, but at least I had views.<\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 3 miles, 1,000&#8242; elevation gain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, June 29, 2024 I visited Coffin Mountain today, the first of THREE hikes I squeezed in on this cloudy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2024\/06\/29\/coffin-mountain-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coffin Mountain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[159,158],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217"}],"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=5217"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5399,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217\/revisions\/5399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}