Ochoco Mountain Trail Mountain Biking and Hiking Topo Map

Map includes: Ochoco Mountain Trail 823 (Segments: Apple Trail 817, Back Trail 818, Cottonwood Trail 819, Rim Trail 823A, Rock Creek Trail 823), Mascall Corral Trail 822, and Black Canyon Trail 820, Coffee Pot Trail 820B, Kelsey Trail 820C, Owl Creek Trail 820A, Payten Trail 820D, South Prong Trail 821 Wilderness Hiking Trails.

TH: Ride .9mi to FR3820, then ascend FR3820 2mi (500') to the Mascall Corrals TH.

3mi: Ascend Mascall Corral Tr822 2mi (800' ascent) to the Rim Tr823A TH on the southern flank of Spanish Peak.

5mi: Continue the ascent on Rim Tr823A, to the ride summit at 5.3mi, then descend 2000' through several grassy sloped drainages to the dense forest alongside First creek.

9.6mi: Go onto Rock Creek Tr823 and cross First creek, then ride alongside the E.O.Waterman mining ditch, crossing Second creek and Fir Tree creek drainages.

14mi: Short descent to Rock creek, followed by a steeper creekside ascent through willow and alder thickets to the TH.

 

Black Canyon Wilderness Hiking

The Black Canyon wilderness descends from near the summit of Wolf Mountain to the South Fork of the John Day River, through open ponderosa pine forest, dense mixed conifer forest, small meadows, shrubby streamsides and open grassy slopes, ending in a narrow basalt cliff canyon.

Black Canyon Tr820 parallels Owl Creek and Black Canyon Creek, terminating at the South Fork John Day River Rd (a good day-hike TH). The first three miles includes a number of wet Black Canyon Creek crossings, making this a hazardous trail during the Spring melt.

Owl Creek Tr820A (previously Boeing Field Trail) provides easier access to Black Canyon Tr820 in the Spring and Fall, and avoids travelling on the rough FR5840 to the Dusty Camp TH near Wolf Mtn.

Payten Tr820D was damaged in the 2002 '747' fire and may not be passable. This trail previously crossed private land, with that access prohibited. Check with the local ranger station or for TH signage prior to use.

Coffee Pot Tr820B and Kelsey Tr820C are very steep unmaintained trails which follow ridges and cross open slopes through grassy ponderosa pine forest with impressive views of Black Canyon Wilderness. Check with the local ranger station or for TH signage prior to use.

From the Mud Springs CG, South Prong Tr821 (damaged in the 2002 '747' fire) descends through mixed conifer and ponderosa pine forest on high terrain to a fenceline just east of Crowbar Spring, then descends 2mi (1600' descent) through dense mixed conifer forest to the bottom of Black Canyon.

Not shown on the map, but Pine Tree CG is on South Fork John Day River Rd, just north of the Black Canyon Tr820 TH.

Be prepared for close encounters with rattlesnakes, black bear and mountain lions.

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