Vancouver, WA: Huckleberry Mountain

Trek above old lava fields to the summit of Huckleberry Mountain on this 10.2-mile round-trip ramble in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

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Trail Facts

  • Distance: 8.1

Waypoints

PHM001

Location: 45.7978057861328, -121.741371154785

Trail starts L of parking area

PHM002

Location: 45.8089256286621, -121.741523742676

Steep climbing ends here

PHM003

Location: 45.8123016357422, -121.747314453125

Views to NE from old lookout spot; giant lava bed visible, running N from here several miles to ancient crater. Descend along ridge into forest

PHM004

Location: 45.8154716491699, -121.755897521973

Spur trail L to good lunch spot on point

PHM005

Location: 45.8407287597656, -121.776023864746

Dark, mossy forest

PHM006

Location: 45.8465690612793, -121.786689758301

R @ trail junction. Climb steeply toward summit

PHM007

Location: 45.847339630127, -121.783737182617

Reach summit of Huckleberry Mtn. (1,282 ft.) and more views toward lava bed

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