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Mountain Trail at about 1,400 feet (427 m) elevation and offers a more rugged hike to the summit. From the Pythian Road trailhead, the Lower and Upper Johnson Ridge trails climb relatively directly to the Hood Mountain
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Sugarloaf area. Hood Creek and Graywood Creek, draining portions of Mount Hood, are smaller tributaries that feed Sonoma Creek. Precipitation amounts to approximately 30 inches (76.2 cm) per annum on Mount Hood.
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548:Hood Creek
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480:poison oak
448:vegetation
301:Santa Rosa
293:bottomland
241:Yuki tribe
209:headwaters
193:Mount Hood
103:38°27′36″N
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693:"Hood Rm"
557:scrub jay
506:manzanita
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408:woodland
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305:Kenwood
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585:Hiking
565:juncos
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186:Trail
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