(HOME) Mt. Hood National Forest Hikes in Order of Difficulty

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 Hike Name   Difficulty   Miles   Elevation 
 Change 		  Trail 
 Conditions 		  Trail 
 Access 		  Signage   Features   Usage   Forest 
 Pass 		  Horses   Bikes 
Alder Flats Easy 1.60 215 Excellent Excellent Excellent River Heavy No No No
Bald Mountain Overlook Easy 3.00 300 Good Good Good Views Moderate Yes No No
Bear Lake Easy 2.60 378 Good Good Good Lake Light No No No
Boulder Lakes Easy 2.40 310 Good Good Good Lake Light No Yes Yes
Catalpa Lake Easy 2.00 175 Good Good Good Lake Light No No No
Jean Lake Easy 1.25 265 Good Fair Good Lake Light No No No
Little Crater Lake Easy 0.50 10 Excellent Excellent Excellent Lake Heavy Yes No No
Little Zig Zag Falls Easy 1.50 50 Good Excellent Excellent Falls Heavy Yes No No
Lost Lake Loop Easy 3.20 10 Excellent Excellent Excellent Lake Heavy Yes No No
North Lake Easy 2.00 200 Good Good Good Lake Light No No No
Pyramid Lake Easy 1.20 100 Good Fair Good Lake Light No No Yes
Rainy Lake Easy 1.00 50 Good Good Good Lake Light No No No
Round Lake Easy 1.50 100 Good Good Poor Lake Light No Yes Yes
Shellrock Lake Easy 2.00 200 Good Good Good Lake Heavy No Yes No
Trillium Lake Loop Easy 2.00 50 Excellent Excellent Excellent Lake Heavy No No No
Barlow Pass to Palmateer Point Moderate 5.50 450 Good Excellent Good Views Moderate Yes Yes No
Buck Lake Moderate 1.00 300 Good Good Good Lake Moderate No No No
Clear Creek Trail to Keeps Mill Moderate 4.20 425 Fair Good Fair River Light No Yes Yes
Clear Lake Butte Moderate 4.00 1100 Excellent Excellent Good Lookout Light No No Yes
Fivemile Butte Loop Moderate 7.10 1077 Excellent Excellent Excellent Lookout Heavy Yes Yes Yes
Gordon Butte Overlook Moderate 4.00 728 Fair Fair Poor Views Light No Yes No
Hawk Mountain Moderate 4.50 927 Good Good Good Views Light No Yes No
Hidden Lake Moderate 4.00 700 Good Excellent Good Lake Light Yes Yes No
Indian Mountain Moderate 2.50 580 Good Fair Good Views Light Yes Yes No
Lookout Mtn via High Prairie Moderate 2.50 525 Excellent Good Good Views Moderate Yes Yes No
Lost Lake Butte Moderate 4.80 1168 Good Excellent Good Views Moderate No Yes No
Mirror Lake Moderate 3.20 700 Excellent Excellent Excellent Lake Extreme Yes No No
Mount Lowe Moderate 3.00 627 Good Good Poor Views Light No Yes Yes
Mt Defiance Moderate 4.50 1138 Good Good Good Views Moderate No No No
Old Baldy Mountain Moderate 7.60 1200 Fair Excellent Fair Forest Light No Yes Yes
Opal Creek Moderate 7.00 300 Good Good Good River Moderate No Yes No
Plaza Lake Moderate 1.60 512 Poor Poor Poor Lake Light No Yes No
Pyramid Butte Moderate 4.00 800 Good Poor Good Views Light No No No
Ramona Falls Moderate 7.10 1000 Good Excellent Good Falls Heavy Yes No No
South Olallie Lake Basin Moderate 6.60 1100 Good Fair Good Lake Moderate No Yes No
Surveyor Ridge via East Zig Zag Trail Moderate 3.40 900 Good Excellent Good Views Light No No Yes
Tamanawas Falls Moderate 3.80 500 Excellent Excellent Excellent Falls Extreme Yes No No
Tamanawas Falls via Polallie TH Moderate 4.25 900 Excellent Excellent Excellent Falls Moderate Yes No No
Veda Lake Moderate 3.00 800 Fair Poor Good Lake Light No No No
Whetstone Mountain Moderate 4.60 1069 Good Fair Good Views Light No Yes No
Zig Zag Canyon Overlook Moderate 4.60 500 Excellent Excellent Excellent Views Heavy No No No
Ball Point / School Canyon Challenging 7.20 1400 Good Good Good Forest Light No No No
Barlow Pass - Twin Lake Loop Challenging 9.75 1500 Good Excellent Good Lake Moderate Yes Yes No
Battle Ax Mountain Loop Challenging 4.40 1608 Good Poor Good Views Moderate No No No
Buck Peak from Indian Springs TH Challenging 12.50 1100 Good Fair Good Views Light No Yes No
Bull of the Woods Mtn Loop Challenging 8.00 1923 Good Good Good Lookout Moderate No Yes No
Burnt Granite Viewpoint Challenging 4.00 1405 Poor Good Poor Views Light No No No
Burnt Lake Challenging 6.00 1400 Good Fair Good Lake Heavy Yes No No
Castle Canyon Challenging 1.80 800 Fair Excellent Poor Views Light No No No
Chinidere Mountain Challenging 4.60 1173 Good Excellent Good Views Moderate Yes No No
Dog River Trail Overlook Challenging 7.00 1500 Excellent Excellent Good Views Heavy Yes Yes Yes
Elk Meadows via Newton Creek Challenging 6.20 1200 Fair Excellent Good Wildflowers Moderate Yes No No
Gnarl Ridge and Lamberson Butte Challenging 8.00 2033 Fair Excellent Good Views Moderate Yes No No
Gumjuwac Viewpoint Challenging 4.00 1500 Good Excellent Good Views Light Yes Yes Yes
Little Badger Creek / Kinzel Mine Challenging 8.50 1300 Fair Good Fair History Light No No No
Lookout Mountain via the Divide Trail Challenging 7.50 1092 Good Fair Good Views Light No Yes No
McIntyre Ridge to Wilcat Mountain Challenging 10.50 1530 Fair Good Good Views Light Yes Yes No
Memaloose Lake and South Mountain Challenging 4.60 1403 Good Good Good Lake Moderate No Yes No
Mt. Hood Meadows Loop Challenging 9.70 1400 Good Excellent Good Wildflowers Light Yes No No
Mud Lake Challenging 6.40 1300 Good Excellent Good Lake Light Yes No No
Newton Creek Loop Challenging 8.00 1400 Fair Excellent Good Forest Moderate Yes No No
North Olallie Lake Basin Challenging 10.00 1100 Good Fair Good Lake Moderate No Yes No
Oval Lake via Fret Creek Challenging 4.00 1020 Fair Good Good Lake Light No Yes No
Potato Butte via Red Lake Challenging 7.40 1680 Good Good Good Views Moderate No No No
Salmon River Challenging 12.00 1200 Fair Excellent Good River Moderate Yes Yes No
Serene Lake and Rock Lake Basin Challenging 8.10 1526 Good Poor Good Lake Moderate No Yes No
Shining Lake Challenging 9.40 987 Good Poor Fair Lake Light No Yes No
Silver King Lake via Whetstone Ridge Challenging 10.00 1511 Good Fair Good Lake Light No Yes No
Sisi Butte Lookout Challenging 4.20 1317 Excellent Poor Good Lookout Light No No Yes
Table Rock Challenging 7.20 1500 Good Good Good Views Moderate No No No
Thunder Mountain Challenging 3.20 966 Good Poor Good Views Light No Yes No
Timothy Lake Loop Challenging 13.00 200 Good Excellent Excellent Lake Heavy Yes No Yes
Tom Dick and Harry Mountain Challenging 6.40 1600 Excellent Excellent Excellent Views Heavy Yes No No
Tomlike Mountain Challenging 6.40 1200 Fair Excellent None Views Light Yes No No
Tumala Mountain - East Approach Challenging 4.00 1225 Good Poor Good Views Light No Yes No
Tumala Mountain - West Approach Challenging 3.80 1171 Good Excellent Good Views Light No Yes No
Twin Lakes from Frog Lake TH Challenging 9.00 1500 Good Excellent Good Lake Heavy Yes Yes No
Wildcat Mountain Challenging 3.50 961 Good Good Good Views Moderate Yes Yes No
Badger Lake via Gumjuwac Saddle Difficult 10.20 2400 Fair Excellent Good Lake Light Yes Yes Yes
Bald Butte via Oak Ridge Trail Difficult 9.40 2340 Good Excellent Good Views Heavy No No Yes
Barrett Spur via Vista Ridge Difficult 9.00 3250 Fair Good Poor Views Light No No No
Big Slide Lake Difficult 11.20 2580 Fair Fair Poor Lake Light No No No
Bluegrass Ridge Difficult 14.00 2700 Poor Excellent Poor Forest Light Yes Yes No
Buck Peak from Lost Lake TH Difficult 13.00 1700 Good Excellent Good Views Light Fee Yes No
Cairn Basin via Mazama Trail Difficult 6.00 2300 Good Good Good Wildflowers Light Yes No No
Cast Lake Difficult 9.00 2800 Fair Fair Poor Lake Light Yes Yes No
Cooper Spur from Cloud Cap Difficult 7.80 2600 Good Good Good Views Moderate Yes No No
East Zig Zag Mtn via Burnt Lake Difficult 8.00 2270 Good Fair Fair Views Moderate Yes No No
Elk Cove from Cloud Cap Difficult 9.20 2000 Fair Good Good Wildflowers Light Yes No No
Fish Creek Mountain / Lake Difficult 8.20 2572 Poor Good Fair Views Light No No No
Gunsite Butte - Badger Lake Loop Difficult 12.90 3116 Fair Excellent Good Lake Light No Yes Yes
Horseshoe Ridge Difficult 12.40 2000 Poor Poor Poor Views Light Yes Yes No
Lookout Mountain via Gumjuwac Saddle Difficult 11.00 3025 Good Excellent Fair Views Light Yes Yes No
McNeil Point Difficult 9.80 2180 Good Good Good Views Moderate Yes No No
Olallie Butte - Restricted Difficult 8.00 2565 Fair Fair Poor Views Light No No No
Paradise Park via Timberline Trail Difficult 11.80 2200 Good Excellent Excellent Wildflowers Heavy No No No
Salmon Butte Difficult 9.00 2770 Good Good Good Views Moderate Yes Yes No
Twin Lakes from Elk Lake TH Difficult 11.80 2050 Good Poor Good Lake Light No Yes No
Twin Lakes via Whetstone Ridge Difficult 14.80 1820 Good Fair Good Lake Light No Yes No
Welcome Lakes Difficult 11.80 2675 Fair Good Good Lake Light No Yes No
Zig Zag Mountain Loop Difficult 11.50 2270 Fair Fair Fair Views Light No Yes No
Big Slide Mountain and Lena Lake Very Difficult 12.80 3518 Fair Good Good Views Light No Yes No
Devils Peak Very Difficult 8.20 3200 Fair Good Good Lookout Light No No No
Pinnacle Ridge Trail Very Difficult 12.40 4153 Fair Good Fair Views Light No No No
Zig Zag Canyon Ridge to Paradise Park Very Difficult 13.00 3700 Good Excellent Good Views Light Yes Yes No
Timberline Trail around Mt. Hood Extreme 39.80 9000 Fair Excellent Good All Light Yes No No
Yocum Ridge Extreme 18.00 4600 Fair Excellent Good Views Light Yes No No
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