Hex Mountain #1343

Phenomenal views towards the top. We took the longer route as we forgot to bring the map with us and got confused trying to get to the trail. We parked at Newport Creek, walked south along the road, crossing Davis creek, and then took the road on the leading up to the Sasse mountain trailhead. From there we followed the main logging road up following the most beaten path. At about .6 mi, there was a fork in the road (bear creek loop), and we stayed left. We continue on following the main road for another ~1.5 mi until we hit some parking area/trailhead. From there we followed the signs to Sasse ridge/Mtn through a logging road and then hit the actual trailhead for Sasse Mtn. Then the climbing was steeper and if you follow that you will hit the summit in about 1 hr, with a couple of short downhill sections. The views were rewarding throughout. It was a mostly sunny day, and not windy except at the summit itself. We didn't have to use snowshoes at all, and we only ran into a one group of snowmobilers

However, it sounds like there's a more direct route if after parking at Newport Creek, you walk north along the road for a bit, before getting onto a logging road on the right. This is judging from the map and previous trip reports. Get a better idea of the way from the parking lot to the summit from the other trip reports and a topo map with the loggins roads.