Kerby Peak Trail, Oregon

The Kerby Peak trail climbs steeply through beautiful old growth forest to a ridge where outcrops of serpentine alternate with other types of rock to make a mixed forest for hikers to explore. Brewers spruce is found on higher ridges.

Directions

Take Highway 199 to the small community of Selma and turn on to Deer Creek Road located at an intersection marked by a flashing yellow light and a large grocery store. Deer Creek Road has several abrupt and sharp turns that can be dangerous if you are driving too fast. Turn on to White Creek Road and drive about a half mile watching for a well graded gravel road on the left. Follow this road about three miles to the trailhead that is located at the intersection with a gravel road going off to the left.

Map of Kerby Peak Trail and roads from Highway 199 to the trailhead. Selma, Highway 199, southwest Oregon Siskiyou Mountains

Trail Description

Kerby Peak Trail, Highway 199, Selma, Oregon Kerby Peak Trail is one of the steepest trails along the Highway 199 corridor. It starts at an elevation of 2,943 feet and climbs steadily for about a mile and a half through a beautiful forest of Douglas-fir to an elevation of about 4,400 feet where it levels out at a saddle near Kerby Peak. The trail climbs at a more gentle rate with vistas of the surrounding mountains seen several places along the way. Brewers spruce are encountered just before the final ascent to Kerby peak, a section of trail that climbs through stands of small manzanita bushes to the peak at 5,554 ft elevation.

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