Highlight • Summit
Mount Thielsen Summit
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Mount Thielsen Wilderness
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evan raymond spitzer
February 27, 2023
Hiking
Around 290,000 years old the extinct shield volcano known as Mount Thielsen stands out as a prominent landmark with an elevation of 9,184 ft (2,799 m).
Informally known as Big Cowhorn, Polish explorer Jon Hurlburt renamed the volcano after Hans Thielsen, a railroad engineer and builder. The Klamath name for the peak is hisc’akwaleeʔas.
It is said that the horn-like spire of Mount Thielsen is struck by lightning more often than any other High Cascade peak, hence the nickname, The Lightning Rod of the Cascades!
Informally known as Big Cowhorn, Polish explorer Jon Hurlburt renamed the volcano after Hans Thielsen, a railroad engineer and builder. The Klamath name for the peak is hisc’akwaleeʔas.
It is said that the horn-like spire of Mount Thielsen is struck by lightning more often than any other High Cascade peak, hence the nickname, The Lightning Rod of the Cascades!
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30
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14.5km
06:05
1,030m
1,030m
The Mount Thielsen Trail offers a challenging ascent through Southern Oregon's Umpqua National Forest, transforming from dense forests of mountain hemlock and fir into exposed, rocky terrain above the timberline.…
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Elevation 2,700 m