Good Views From Summit

Pansy Mountain has not been activated since the 2021 fires.  I originally intended to do both Pansy Mountain and Bull of the Woods, but I did not get an early enough start for a late autumn hike.  Getting there is straight forward.  A high clearance vehicle is helpful for a couple of sections, but it is probably not absolutely necessary.  Follow the directions from the Forest Service:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mthood/recarea/?recid=52988

I did this summit in the area my family hunts mule deer, as I didn’t have tags last year and still wanted the family trip to the desert.

I did this summit in the area my family hunts mule deer, as I didn’t have a tag this year and was just out there for the family vacation.

I did this summit in the area my family hunts mule deer, as I didn’t have tags last year and still wanted the family trip to the desert.

This no-name summit just East of Dog Lake was the last of of three activations during the Annular Eclipse weekend of October 2023.

I decided to attempt Barry Point following the Annular Eclipse of 2023. I approached it from the South and drove clockwise to a point north of the peak where a dirt road heads South East up the hill, parking at 42.113809, -120.793403.

This last leg of the drive contained pretty deep ruts (presumably from people driving through the snow), a few mud puddles (even in October). Definitely need high-clearance and probably 4wd once you leave the gravel road and turn SE.

I recently had the occasion to spend some time in Northern Idaho and while there I activated this summit.

The road up to the summit starts from Hwy 95, heading East on Hwy 54 and North on N Perimeter and East again on Bayview Rd to N Cherokee Rd and north following that up.  N Cherokee Rd is also shown as FS 297 on Google Maps.  The road condition is not great with many ruts down the middle.  I had to straddle the ruts in many cases.  A high-clearance vehicle is probably required.

Turn off ORE-62 Crater Lake Hwy onto NF-68, and then just follow NF-68: right at 42.8641, -122.5061; bear left at 42.873, -122.4977; and follow the pavement to the end; the turns are mostly obvious after here, Caltopo's map is quite good to Abbott Butte Trailhead; when forest management crews haven't closed the trail for fire and burnt tree hazard mitigation, you can combine this with that hike.

Drive Up – True Summit is 459 Feet from Vehicle, +23 ft

Driving Directions

1.3 miles, +1,083 ft

Driving Directions

Turn east off highway 89 at Kings Hill just north of the Kings Hill Cabin.  Stay to the right and follow the road south as it bends past the cabin.  The road climbs up Kings Hill and bends to the east for about 1-mile.  Turn left at the trail junction and follow FS-251 for 8.2-miles as it heads north along the crest of the ridge to the junction with FS-3300.  Turn left (north) on FS-3300 and follow it 3.7-miles to the trailhead.

Hiking Directions