Zag River hotels and resorts is about 15 miles. 
The second night’s stop can be made there. From 
these resorts to Government camp on the Cascade 
Mountain range it is slightly more than 10 miles. 
No visit to the Mount Hood region is complete 
without a trip to the high alpine meadow slopes 
and forest parks near snow line on Mount Hood. 
It is delightful to camp on the mountain meadow 
within sight and sound of the glaciers, close to a 
flower-bordered mountain stream fed from the 
melting snows; and the profusion of wild-animal 
and plant life on the well-watered and sunny 
slopes of the mountain is intensely interesting to 
the student of nature. 
The Zig Zag Mountain Trail. 
Zig Zag Mountain is the most important moun- 
tain-peak point of view in the vicinity of Rowe 
post office and the neighboring forest camp 
grounds and summer resorts. The trail to the 
summit of Zig Zag Mountain is not plainly 
marked, but the mountain can be ascended with- 
out difficulty. Beyond the Zig Zag River ranger 
station on the Mount Hood loop road Forest 
Service signboards indicate the crossing of the 
Zig Zag River and the beginning of the trail 
which makes the ascent of the mountain. The 
climb can be made in about three hours.- The 
view from the summit of Zig Zag Mountain is 
well worth the effort, this mountain on the south 
of Mount Hood answering about the same pur- 
poses as Larch Mountain on the north. 
Schedule of Trip. 
The Zig Zag River camp grounds and mountain 
resorts are reached by automobile stages, which 
run as far as Government Camp on the Mount 
Hood loop road. The trail is accessible to the 
neighboring mountain resorts, camp grounds, 
and Forest Service summer-home sites close to 
Rowe post office and vicinity, all situated close to 
the Mount Hood loop road stage lines. The dis- 
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tance to these resorts from Portland is approxi- 
mately 45 miles. The trip can be made on foot 
from Bull Run, the terminal station on the Port- 
land Railway, Light & Power Co.’s electric lines, 
by walking from Bull Run to Marmot post office 
over the Devil’s Backbone and stopping the first 
night at Aschoff’s Mountain Home; then pro- 
ceeding the next day to Rowe post office on the 
Zig Zag River, about 15 miles, and camping on 
the Forest Service camp grounds on Still Creek 
and the Zig Zag River, or staying at one of the 
neighboring mountain resorts. 
The Squaw Mountain Trail. 
An interesting trail trip may be made to the 
summit of Squaw Mountain, altitude 4,791 feet. 
The view of Mount Hood and the Cascade Range 
south is unusually goodfrom the summit. Masses 
of rhododendron grow along the trail and are in 
bloom during the last weeks of May and in early 
June. The journey can be made over Portland 
Railway, Light & Power Co.’s electric lines to 
Cazadero, and thence by trail east to Squaw 
Mountain, or by auto stage to the Zig Zag River 
resorts, and thence by trail south to the summit. 
The round trip can be made going out over one 
route and returning over the other. The walk is 
about 17 miles from Estacada to Squaw Moun- 
tain; from the Zig Zag River it is slightly less 
than 17 miles. 
Schedule of Trip. 
Leave Portland on the 6.45 a. m. Portland Rail- 
way, Light & Power train from the First and 
Adler Street station for Cazadero. Walk over 
roads and trails from Cazadero to forest camp 
grounds near Squaw Mountain on the North 
Fork of the Clackamas River, about 16 miles. 
Go via Fanton’s—an old landmark of this region. 
Automobiles can be obtained to go as far as Fan- 
ton’s, considerably shortening the journey on 
foot. Camp can be made within a short dis- 
