{"id":10273,"date":"2023-02-09T16:36:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T00:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/?page_id=10273"},"modified":"2023-02-09T20:41:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T04:41:04","slug":"5-legged-zigzag-spider","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/5-legged-zigzag-spider\/","title":{"rendered":"5-legged Zigzag Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/span>re you in the market for a 100km route with some decent elevation gain? The 5-legged Zigzag Spider<\/em> route with 20,000ft of elevation pain may be for you! Well, unless you have arachnophobia.<\/p>\n

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\r\n Credit for this route goes to John Harris, who pointed out to me that Zigzag mountain could be summited on 5 different trails.\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\n
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Overview of the 100km\/60mi 5-legged Zigzag Spider route. So scary.<\/p><\/div>\n

The route<\/h3>\n

Zigzag mountain<\/a> (5,015ft) sits rather unassumingly in the the Mt. Hood Wilderness<\/a> and offers amazing view of Mt. Hood, Mt. Jefferson, and the Washington volcanos. The 5-legged Zigzag Spider route summits Zigzag mountain 5 times, each time on a different access trail. Reaching the actual summit<\/a> (45.3463,-121.8377<\/a>) requires a ~0.2-mile off-trail travel from the Zigzag Mountain Trail #775 on the north side. Nothing too crazy, but you have been warned. The summit is flat(ish) and camping is possible if you want to make this into a multi-day adventure of some sorts.<\/p>\n

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\r\n Yellow garden spiders, a.k.a. zigzag spiders, are commonly found in the contiguous United States, Hawaii, southern Canada, Mexico, and Central America. The spiders are easily recognizable by their black abdomen with symmetrical patches of yellow coloration. “The web of the garden spider contains a highly visible zigzagging X-shaped pattern called a stabilimentum. The exact function of the stabilimentum is unknown, but its purpose may be to alert birds to the presence of the web so that they don\u2019t fly through and destroy it by mistake. The spider may eat and respin its web each night” [Source<\/a>].\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\n
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Yellow garden spider, a.k.a. zigzag spider, and its web with the characteristic stabilimentum. Source: WP<\/a>. Shared under CC BY 3.0<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

To complete the route in a “zigzag spidery” way, do the following:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Pick one of the 5 approach trails (i.e., a green, red, blue, yellow, or purple leg).<\/li>\n
  2. Summit Zigzag mountain<\/a> on that trail (summit #1).<\/li>\n
  3. Descend on a different trail.<\/li>\n
  4. Come back up the same trail and summit Zigzag mountain<\/a> again (summit #2).<\/li>\n
  5. Repeat until you have covered all 4 trails besides your initial approach trail (summit #3, #4, and #5).<\/li>\n
  6. Descend to your start location on the trail you did your first climb on.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Congrats, you are done!<\/p>\n

    Rules and regulations:<\/strong><\/p>\n