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