East Fork Willow Creek to Horse Mountain
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Six Rivers National Forest Click for map. The previous day was beach, so naturally I planned to go to the snow the next day. You can actually drive within 100 feet of the peak even in this season and with my car and complete lack of keys. But where's the journey in that? I spotted a bit of 4WD road that climbs most of the way up from East Fork Campground and decided that could be a route. There's actually a break in the middle, but I suspected it would connect. Anyway, there's a bit of ghost road in between on the Forest Service topo. (What's a ghost road? On the topographic maps showing vegetation, there's often white lines in the green where roads used to be marked. I've even found some of these that were still labeled with road designations.) These roads are both closed to motor vehicles in the wet season to try to limit the spread of Port Orford cedar root disease. That means I should have the roads all to myself, but probably need to quit the hike i