Angora Peak

Saturday, July 4, 2020

Difficulty: Hard

Tier: 1

We picked this hike because it was lightly trafficked, and we wanted to hike on 4th of July. The hike starts with a 2 mile climb on a logging road. Beautiful, open view of the surrounding mountains and the coast. You can see Cannon Beach, Haystack Rock, and miles of the coastline. Right before the logging road comes to a dead end, there’s a pink marker with a small trail veering off to the right. Now prepare yourself 2 treacherous miles. Here is how we would describe it:

.5 miles of weedwacking and pokey nation + .5 miles of Enchanted Wildflower Wonderland + .25 miles of weedwacking and pokey nation+.25 miles of slug town +.25 miles of slanty, pokey, slug town+.1 miles of Red Rock Canyon+.25 miles of Enchanted Wildflower Wonderland+.25 miles of slanty pokey nation+.5 miles of Fairy tale Forest+.5 miles of straight bushwacking

But that doesn’t add up to 2 miles…believe me, we know. We were quite lost for a long time and ended up stopping at a random log. It was very peaceful. Maybe because it was a quiet, serene forest…or maybe because we were exhausted. Either way, it was lovely. We enjoyed our 1 granola bar, 5 m&m’s, and dried fruit–breakfast of champions.