From John Day, take Highway . . .

At 7870 feet elevation, this trailhead is higher than many Oregon mountaintops, so it’s not surprising that the whitebark pines and noble firs here have been dwarfed by storms. The trail itself is actually an old roadbed, now strewn with white phlox, purple aster, and yellow composites. After a mile,  . . .

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This chapter is an excerpt from 100 Hikes: Eastern Oregon