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Route: Crown-Zellerbach Trail (OR)

Submitted by Tim Peters on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 04:44pm
Location
Oregon, US
Distance
23 mi
Vertical Gain
1,827 ft
Description

The Crown Zellerbach (a.k.a. Crown Z) Trail is a former railroad line that ran timber and supplied work camps in the rural areas of Columbia County that connects to the Banks-Vernonia State Trail in Vernonia. The trail starts in Scappoose on the Multnomah Channel at Chapman Landing and transverses through the forested areas of Columbia County to Vernonia Lake, at the Vernonia Lake Trailhead. The Crown Z Trail is a partially paved, partially gravel linear trail. As a former logging line, it never gets too steep, but does wind its way through some beautiful forest. Most one-way runners choose to go from Vernonia to Scappose for their FKT attempts.

 

 

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Jean-Paul LaVoie
Fri, 05/28/2021 - 07:05pm

I am attempting the one way unsupported FKT on the CZ trail on 5/29/21. I will be starting at Vernonia Lake and running to Chapman Landing in Scappoose.

ccwalker_uwp
Thu, 06/25/2026 - 01:50pm

My current plan is to run this route out-and-back, unsupported, from Vernonia to Banks to Vernonia, starting on July 3rd, 2026. This effort will be a part of a larger adventure, running from Vernonia to Banks to Scappoose to Vernonia. The Vernonia to Banks to Vernonia portion will be unsupported, I will resupply at my vehicle in Vernonia, and then go from Vernonia to Scappoose to Vernonia unsupported. The adventure will finish through Vernonia to get 100 miles for the run!