[pct-l] Oregon Trail

[Dennis Phelan]

The other crossing technically would be Cascade Locks where the PCT crosses
the Columbia river.

Dennis

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Rees Hughes <Rees.Hughes at humboldt.edu>wrote:

> The Oregon Trail really was not just one trail by the time it reached the
> Dalles.  Many emigrants ferried down the Columbia River although that last
> leg had its risks and tended to be a bottleneck.  As a result, several
> other
> options were developed.  In 1845, Barlow Road was first scouted and
> eventually developed.  That route intersected the current PCT in the area
> of
> Barlow Pass south of Mt. Hood.
>
> In the Pacific Crest Trailside Reader, which has just been released by The
> Mountaineers Books, there is an interesting excerpt from the journal of
> Joel
> Palmer whose description resulting in the naming of Zigzag Canyon (which
> the
> PCT also traverses).  Mt. Hood's also has a glacier named for Palmer.
> --
> Rees Hughes
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