Hiked 09/06/01
Tanner Butte Hike
43 Photos
Tanner Butte
The trail where photos were taken is colored red.
The trail makes its way through dense forest as it climbs
This is the same part of the trail to Wauna Point and Dublin Lake
You used to be able to drive a couple miles closer
Tanner Butte Hike Photo # 4
Even here at the beginning switchbacks make the steep climb more tolerable
Tanner Butte Hike Photo # 6
During spring and summer the trail can get a bit overgrown
Here you pass under high power lines
Then the trail follows an old service road
Tanner Butte Hike Photo # 10
This is where you connect with the road you used to be able to drive on
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This used to be the trail head for Wuana Pt, Dublin Lake, and Tanner Butte
The trail passes several small waterfalls as it begins to climb
Tanner Butte Hike Photo # 16
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The trail passes beneath the high power lines again
You get a view of Munra Point from the clearing
The trail begins its steep climb up Tanner Ridge
Tanner Butte Hike Photo # 22
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This is the junction to Wauna Point... keep right and follow the trail to Tanner Butte
Tanner Butte Hike Photo # 26
Just past this junction is the junction to Dublin Lake
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First look at Tanner Butte from the trail
Now the trail is more and more in the open
Looking down at Eagle Creek and over to Benson Plateau
This sign marks the trail to the top of Tanner Butte
Tanner Butte Hike Photo # 35
Tanner Butte Hike Photo # 36
From the top of Tanner Butte... looking west toward Portland and Silver Star Mtn
Looking northwest toward Mt St Helens
Looking north toward Mt Rainier and Mt Adams with Eagle Creek below
Looking east at Mt Defiance, Tomlike Mtn, Chinidere Mtn, and Indian Peak
Looking southeast and down at Tanner Lake
Looking southwest toward Larch Mtn
Looking southeast... Indian Pk on left, Mt Hood, and Buck Peak on far right
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