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Allowed
Elevation Gain
770.00 ft (234.70 m)
Trail type
There-and-back
Distance
4.40 mi (7.08 km)
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Heading from Eugene - Take Hwy 126 and turn left about 6 miles past Walton, following the sign to the Whitaker Creek Rec Area. Head about 1.5 miles in and follow the road to the right, across the river. There is a sign here that also says Whitaker Creek Rec Area. Follow this road for another 1.5 miles and take the left fork, onto Dunn Ridge Road.
This is where the changes have happened. You follow this road for about 5 miles and you come to a branch, where the road looks like it curves to the left but also has a gravel turn to the right. Stay to the left, this is not the fork to take. Another 2 miles will bring you to a paved road, this is where you take the right turn.
Stay on this road for a couple miles, you'll see where it turns into FR #23. From here, just follow the main gravel road. There are several off shoots, all look like barely packed dirt. These are logging roads and not the right roads. This road will loop around the ridge and come to a three-way fork, take the right fork and continue on. Stay right, and you'll eventually come to the parking lot for the trailhead.
Keep going, I felt like I was lost but I randomly was able to get a phone signal on a ridge and GPS coordinates confirmed I was just a few switchbacks away.
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