{"id":215,"date":"2014-07-07T21:27:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T21:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/old.cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/?p=215"},"modified":"2014-09-08T00:58:09","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T00:58:09","slug":"carpenter-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2014\/07\/07\/carpenter-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpenter Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Type: L-4 Ground Cabin<br \/>\nStatus: Staffed<br \/>\nElevation: 5,369 feet<br \/>\nVisited: July 4, 2014<\/p>\n<p>To get to Carpenter Mountain you have to weave your way through the <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu\/\">H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest<\/a>.\u00a0I got a glimpse of the lookout perched way up there as I drove up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3841\/14406244278_8e7ae5377b_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You have to park at a trailhead about a mile away and hike up. There was quite a lot of beargrass blooming at the trailhead and along the first 0.1 mile of trail. (There were at least half a dozen different kinds of wildflowers blooming along the trail, which I wasn&#8217;t expecting.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3876\/14406084370_fff762b2b6_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were a few open spots on the trail providing tantalizing views to the south.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2914\/14589442621_d20f61dda3_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But it was mostly shaded, which was a good thing on this hot day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2908\/14406084020_0462d7428a_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Almost there!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5477\/14590852854_85aeec54f8_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Made it!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3922\/14592728485_5b79f169aa_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I met Rob, the guy working at the lookout for the summer. I was also pleasantly surprised to run into Don Allen, from the <a href=\"http:\/\/sandmountain.org\/\">Sand Mountain Society<\/a>. He and I have corresponded a bit about the work of the SMS so it was a real pleasure to finally meet him. We sat and chatted about lookouts for awhile. Kind of fun to nerd out with a fellow lookout enthusiast.<\/p>\n<p>The views up there are fabulous! Here is the tippy top of Mt. Hood:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2933\/14406193830_fe39f03e80_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Jefferson had some groovy clouds above it:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2930\/14406313357_9ace716359_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Jefferson, Three Fingered Jack, and Mt. Washington:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3843\/14406314117_d1298e09b1_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three Sisters:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2905\/14406157649_11868fa672_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wolf Rock:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2926\/14589443241_d2459a3459_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pointy peak just left of center is Iron Mountain. The brown peak right of center is Cone Peak. The more distant peak at center is Battle Ax.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5521\/14589443531_bd7105ba6d_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The quirky-looking summit of Tidbits Mountain, where I would hike on Sunday:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3843\/14406085220_6299080e2f_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Diamond Peak:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3867\/14592728955_b6cfa1bd67_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After lingering for quite awhile I was getting hungry and it was a long drive back to the campground, so I reluctantly tore myself away and headed back down. Great little hike; highly recommended!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type: L-4 Ground Cabin Status: Staffed Elevation: 5,369 feet Visited: July 4, 2014 To get to Carpenter Mountain you have<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2014\/07\/07\/carpenter-mountain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Carpenter Mountain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-willamette-national-forest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}