The trail connects NW 119 Street with the Salmon Creek Trail. Cougar Creek is the first major tributary upstream from the mouth of Salmon Creek. Excellent riparian woodlands remain along much of the deep ravine in the lower reaches. Exposed sandstone along the stream bank bears the names and initials of visitors from over the past fifty years. Cougar Creek is the main watershed for the urbanized Hazel Dell area of Clark County.

This trail is a 6-foot-wide crushed gravel travel that is relatively flat and parallels the Cougar Creek. The entry from 119th Street is a steep slope down to the trail from the sidewallk. The trailhead from the Salmon Creek is a steep uphill path to the main trail. There is a picnic table under some Douglas Fir trees, steps and a steep slope at the intersection with the Salmon Creek trail (at about the half way point on the trail).

There is no off-street trailhead for this section of trail.

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Driving Directions
From I-5
W on 99th Street
N on Hazel Dell Ave
W on NW 114th St
N on 7th Ave
W on 119th St to 11th Ave