Distance
10.9 km to summit
15.8 km total
Elevation
1,396 m start
1,696 m max
Vertical
336 m gain
Time
3 hr 12 min to summit
5 hr 9 min total
Do NOT take this route. A friend told me about this parking spot, and since I'd just done Blue Ridge I was interested in a different approach for Channel. But they have completely decimated the area with logging recently (very recently you could still smell the trees like they were freshly cut last week). Its nearly impossible not to walk through clear cuts or across / along the logging road, which is obviously dangerous especially when they are working.