Highlight • Summit
Mount Thielsen Summit
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Mount Thielsen Wilderness
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February 27, 2023
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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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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
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