Zigzag Mountain
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Zigzag Mountain is a volcanic mountain in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] It is located Script error: No such module "convert". west-southwest of Mount Hood, Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Government Camp, Script error: No such module "convert". east of Zigzag, and north of the Zigzag River. Because of its proximity to Mount Hood, it is considered a foothill.
The highest peak has an elevation of over Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] Another peak, East Zigzag, is Script error: No such module "convert". and was the site of a United States Forest Service fire lookout station which was destroyed prior to 1970.[3] The mountain is capped by Pliocene andesite and basalt.[4]
The "Zigzag" name used was apparently derived from Oregon pioneer Joel Palmer's description of the zigzagging route he used to descend from Mount Hood's Zigzag Canyon (in which Zigzag Glacier is located) and on down what is now Zigzag Mountain.[5]
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