Greenleaf Peak from Greenleaf Slough
Dad and I parked near Greenleaf Slough and hiked up past Aldrich
Butte and Carpenters Lake to where Greenleaf Creek crosses the
road/trail on the east side of Table Mountain. Before reaching the
creek we ascended a gully and followed game trails up to Greenleaf
Basin. We forded Greenleaf Creek in our extra shoes (cold!), Dad
brought a towel to dry our legs with. We followed the edge of Red
Bluffs for a while but dense brush soon forced us down to the road
that runs through the basin. The road was clear and level and we made
quick time to the power lines that run north and west of Greenleaf
Peak. We followed the road under the power lines to the top of the NW
ridge of Greenleaf Peak. At the ridge a trail marked by a cairn
follows the ridge to the summit.
On the way down we followed the logging road through Greenleaf Basin
all the way to Greenleaf Creek. A hundred feet or so downstream we
found a series of logs that we crossed the stream on, much better than
fording!
Round-trip distance:
12 miles
Elevation gain:
3,550 feet
USGS quad:
Bonneville Dam
In:
Columbia River Gorge, Southern Washington Cascades
Car-to-car:
8 hours 10 minutes
-
1 hour 18 minutes
ascending
from
Greenleaf Slough
to
where we left the trail
-
1 hour 15 minutes
ascending
from
where we left the trail
to
where we forded Greenleaf Creek
-
1 hour 22 minutes
ascending
from
where we forded Greenleaf Creek
to
where trail starts on NW ridge
-
19 minutes
ascending
from
where trail starts on NW ridge
to
Greenleaf Peak
-
15 minutes
descending
from
Greenleaf Peak
to
where trail starts of NW ridge
-
58 minutes
descending
from
where trail starts of NW ridge
to
Greenleaf Creek crossing
-
49 minutes
descending
from
Greenleaf Creek crossing
to
where we rejoined the trail
-
1 hour 30 minutes
descending
from
where we rejoined the trail
to
Greenleaf Slough
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