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4.28.08 Urban Trail Series - Week 6 
Signed singletrack trail that begins at Council Crest and travels
through a picturesque Douglas fir, red alder, and big-leaf maple forest
through the Zoo, The Hoyt Arboretum, and finally The Rose Gardens.
Steep forest ascent and descent. Crazy switch backs. Numerous
paved road crossings. City and mountain views. This trail takes you on
a city escape through the fern-filled forest of Forest Park
4.21.08 Urban Trail Series: Week 5
Start your hike upstream along the scenic Balch Creek in a forested canyon. Hang a right at Witches Castle and begin traversing the eastern Tualatin Mountain range. The trail soon thin and the rolling elevation revs your cardio system. The trail winds along the ridges and drainages of the steep hillsides while building in altitude. After a couple miles of this enchanting trail, turn right to descend onto the popular Leif Erikson multi-use trail. This return route leads you through a historic neighborhood along Thurman street for about a mile to the starting point..
4.14.08 Urban Trail Series: Week 4
Dirt and paved trails that travel next to bubbling Balch Creek through a fantastic forest setting in Macleay Park and Forest Park. City and mountain views. Bridge crossings. This forest escape begins at Lower Macleay Park, located in Northwest Portland, and winds its way up Balch Creek Canyon for almost a mile to Upper Macleay Park through a second-growth forest of Douglas fir, western red cedar, and big-leaf maple.
The first half of the route you’ll pass by big rock pools that are haven to wild trout and wild raspberries, maidenhair fern, and vine maple. Brightly colored wildflowers line the trail with their unique beauty. At Upper Macleay Park you’ll cross Cornell Road and then continue your uphill odyssey through a fern-filled forest to the park-like grounds of the historic Pittock Mansion estate. Oregonian editor Henry L. Pittock built this enormous house in 1914. From this stately estate you can take a breather and gaze at Portland’s downtown skyline and majestic Mount Hood before retracing your route.