CLACKAMAS COUNTY
EAST ZIGZAG MOUNTAIN
Mt Hood National Forest
2S-8E-34
2S-8E-34
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (LGT)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF THE SMALL VILLAGE
OF ZIGZAG, ABOUT 6 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT HOOD AND ABOUT
4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOVERNMENT CAMP. IT IS ON THE EAST END OF
ZIGZAG MOUNTAIN, NEAR THE LOOKOUT HOUSE, AND IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS
EAST ZIGZAG MOUNTAIN. IT IS IN THE MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST.
THE STATION MARK, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED ZIGZAG 1953, IS 17.3
FEET WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE,
17.9 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE AND
7.1 FEET EAST OF THE FLAG POLE. THE MARK IS SET IN THE TOP OF
A LONG, NARROW BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND.
REFERENCE MARK 1, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED ZIGZAG NO 1 1953,
IS SET IN THE TOP OF A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 3 INCHES ABOVE
THE GROUND. THE MARK IS 6 INCHES HIGHER THAN THE STATION MARK
AND 2 FEET WEST OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE.
THE LOOKOUT HOUSE IS THE PROPERTY OF THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE
AND IS A GRAY, ONE ROOM, FRAME STRUCTURE THAT IS 13 1/2X13-1/2 FEET
SQUARE AND APPROXIMATELY 13 FEET HIGH. THE POINT OF THE SPIRE
WAS INTERSECTED AND MEASURED TO.
A 1-1/2 HOUR PACK. THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT
TO REACH IN WET WEATHER. THE TRAIL FROM THE END OF TRUCK
TRAVEL TO THE LOOKOUT HOUSE IS WELL MARKED.
STATION RECOVERY (1970)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970 (LFS)
THE STATION MARK, AND REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 WERE RECOVERED AS
DESCRIBED. THE DISK FOR REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 HAD BEEN PRIED OFF
BY SOME IRRESPONSIBLE PARTY LEAVING THE STEM SOLIDLY MOORED, AND
PLAINLY VISIBLE IN THE BOULDER. THE AZIMUTH MARK WAS SEARCHED
FOR BUT NOT RECOVERED. THE LOOKOUT HOUSE HAS BEEN DESTROYED,
BUT THE FOUNDATION REMAINS. THE FOLLOWING IS AN ALTERNATE TO
REACH.