4.4 hr
Overview
The Horse Creek Trail today reaches Drift Creek via two disjunct sections that descend ridges in the Drift Creek Wilderness, the largest of Oregon’s pocket Coast Range wildernesses. There is no Horse Creek here: that lies farther to the north and was once part of a more extensive trail system before logging operations obliterated most of the tread. Big trees – western hemlock, Douglas-fir, Sitka spruce – are the main attraction on these slopes as is wide, fast-flowing Drift Creek, which is easily forded only in late summer/early fall. In spring, the forest wildflowers put on a show, and chicken-of-the-woods and golden chanterelles can be found trailside in the fall, which is also the season for creek-spawning coho and chinook.
Trail Stats
12.2 km
515 m
489 m
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