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Zigzag Mountain

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Parent peak
  
Mount Hood

Topo map
  
USGS Government Camp

Prominence
  
305 m

Parent range
  
Cascades

Elevation
  
1,526 m

Range
  
Cascade Range

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Location
  
Clackamas County, Oregon, U.S.

Similar
  
Mount Hood, Tom Dick and Harry Mountain, Mount Adams, Mount Jefferson, Lookout Mountain

Zigzag Mountain is a volcanic mountain in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located 7.1 miles (11.4 km) west-southwest of Mount Hood, 5.2 miles (8.4 km) northwest of Government Camp, 5.3 miles (8.5 km) east of Zigzag, and north of the Zigzag River. Because of its proximity to Mount Hood, it is considered a foothill.

Map of Zigzag Mountain, Oregon 97049, USA

The highest peak has an elevation of over 5,007 feet (1,526 m). Another peak, East Zigzag, is 4,973 feet (1,516 m) and was the site of a United States Forest Service fire lookout station which was destroyed prior to 1970. The mountain is capped by Pliocene andesite and basalt.

The "Zigzag" name used was apparently derived from Oregon pioneer Joel Palmer's description of the zigzagging route he used to descend from Mount Hood's Zigzag Canyon (in which Zigzag Glacier is located) and on down what is now Zigzag Mountain.

References

Zigzag Mountain Wikipedia


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