Strawberry Mountains Archives – GlassMountains Trip Reports

On Thursday, July 16, I visited Glacier Mountain and Lookout Mountain on the east side of the Strawberry Mountains southeast of Prairie City, Oregon. That morning it was thunderstorming in the Elkhorn and Greenhorn Mountains. In spite of the rain, lightning, and thunder I hoped to at least explore forest road access to Vinegar Hill in the Greenhorn Mountains. But the road I needed was closed due to the nearby Olive Butte Fire.

Glacier Mountain from the Sunshine Flat Trailhead

However, the weather forecast was much better for the nearby Strawberry Mountains to the south. In 2009 I had hiked Lookout Mountain on the east side of the Strawberry Mountains. I had shared this hike with Rudi, our long deceased canine. Since then I determined that nearby Glacier Mountain had some significance to me, and I took the opportunity to visit it this day.

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Linda and I camped four nights at the Parish Cabin Campground over the Labor Day Weekend in September 2010. The pleasant campground lies along Bear Creek south of the Strawberry Mountains. Over the next three days I climbed five peaks located in the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness to the north. During these climbs I experienced unexpected but quite pleasant Strawberry Mountains Solitude.

Indian Creek Butte and Pine Creek Mountain from 'Roads End' — Indian Creek Butte and Pine Creek Mountain from ‘Roads End’

The peaks I visited were Graham Mountain, [Riner Basin-Slide], Indian Creek Butte, Pine Creek Mountain (East Peak), and [Berry-Norton]. These peaks are among Jeff Howbert’s Oregon 100 Highest Peaks, a list which had caught my interest and ambition.

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Glacier Mountain, Oregon, July 2026

Strawberry Mountains Solitude, Oregon, September 2010