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