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East Zigzag Mountain - Burnt & Cast Lakes - 1 member in 3 triplogs has rated this an average 2 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Sep 16 2021
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38 male
 Joined Aug 16 2006
 Portland, OR
East Zigzag Mountain - Burnt & Cast LakesNorth Central, OR
North Central, OR
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keepmovingTriplogs 592
Hiking10.57 Miles 2,173 AEG
Hiking10.57 Miles   5 Hrs   22 Mns   1.97 mph
2,173 ft AEG7 LBS Pack
 
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Hiked up to Cast Lake, then west along the ridge to West Zig Zag Mtn and back down. Trailhead access is rough: 4x4/high clearance needed. Lots of solitude- only saw 1 other person at Cast Lake. Trail is never hard to follow, but it's a bit rugged and the section along the ridge was overgrown with bear grass and rhododendrons which wasn't super fun.
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Jun 23 2018
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East Zigzag Mountain - Burnt & Cast LakesNorth Central, OR
North Central, OR
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LucyanTriplogs 1,447
Hiking10.50 Miles 1,900 AEG
Hiking10.50 Miles
1,900 ft AEG
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Jun 06 2018
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38 male
 Joined Aug 16 2006
 Portland, OR
East Zigzag Mountain - Burnt & Cast LakesNorth Central, OR
North Central, OR
Hiking avatar Jun 06 2018
keepmovingTriplogs 592
Hiking11.70 Miles 2,688 AEG
Hiking11.70 Miles   5 Hrs   44 Mns   2.04 mph
2,688 ft AEG20 LBS Pack
 
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Beautiful day. Did a loop to Burnt Lake and Cast Lake. Intended on going even further, but ran out of time and was getting tired.

The drive to the trailhead is really rough- so I wasn't surprised to find I was the only vehicle parked there. Weather was nice, had some issues with mosquitoes, but nothing a little Deet couldn't handle.

Excellent fishing at Burnt Lake- lost a hefty looking 14" brook trout right at the shoreline as I was pulling it out of the water and pulled in a skinny 10" rainbow shortly afterwards. Fish were jumping and I hooked several more than came off before I got them to shore.

Cast Lake was super shallow, at least on the west shore where I did most of my fishing. I stopped on the east bank on my way back and did a couple of casts, but the access wasn't great and I gave up since I was tired. But I did see a couple of fish rising.
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average hiking speed 2.01 mph

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