5.2 hr
Overview
For many years, the usual approach to western trailhead of the Mitchell Peak Trail, which runs along North Siouxon Creek, was through Amboy from the south. Then the footbridge over North Siouxon Creek got washed out and the road to the trailhead slid down the slope. The new, but unsigned, trailhead can still be reached from the south, but a more reliable and easier, but slightly longer approach, is from the north. This is also the best way to access the summit of Mount Mitchell , where the much shorter access route has been blocked by a private landholder. The trail described below runs through lush low Cascades woodland in a 100-year burn. It roughly parallels North Siouxon Creek but only reaches it in a couple of spots. Some of the tributary creeks are impressive spates in themselves. The goal is Black Hole Falls , a roaring deluge during the rainy season, which pours through a rocky cleft into a dark amphitheater.
Trail Stats
16.7 km
393 m
553 m
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