Hand Shake Trail

South Cascades > Mount Adams Area

46.0786, -121.7598 Map & Directions

Length: 0.01 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 0 feet
Highest Point: 4,200 feet
Calculated Difficulty About Calculated Difficulty: Easy

The plaque commemorating the Handshake agreement. Photo by Susan Saul. Full-size image

Dogs allowed on leash
Fall foliage
Good for kids
Mountain views

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This short, accessible trail leads to a monument honoring the Hand Shake Agreement of 1932 that reserved a portion of the Sawtooth Berry Fields for use by Native Americans. Continue reading

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Hiking Hand Shake Trail

This short, accessible trail leads to a monument honoring the Hand Shake Agreement between the Forest Service and the Yakama Nation.

For generations, the Yakama people have gone to this area in late summer to gather huckleberries to can and dry for winter food. They claimed that their rights to gather roots and berries in this area were reserved for all time in the treaty of 1855.

In 1932, Yakama Chief William Yallup and Columbia National Forest (now the Gifford Pinchot National Forest) Supervisor J.R. Bruckart used a Hand Shake Agreement to reserve an area of the Sawtooth Berry Fields northeast of the Indian Heaven Wilderness for exclusive use by Native Americans and also to reserve the four campgrounds in the huckleberry fields for their exclusive use.

The historical significance of this agreement is honored by the monument accessed by the Hand Shake Trail.

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No toilet at trailhead

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Wheelchair Accessibility

The entire trail is wheelchair accessible. A person using a wheelchair may need assistance on gravel.

Hike Description Written by
Susan Saul, WTA Correspondent

Hand Shake Trail

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Trailhead

Co-ordinates: 46.0786, -121.7598 Open in Google Maps