Best hikes in Mount Hood Wilderness

Ambleway maps 47 hikes in Mount Hood Wilderness, from a 1.5-mile walk to a 16-mile day out. 46 of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is McNeil Point Trail #600M Viewpoint & Pinnacle Ridge Trail #630 via Timberline Trail #600. The biggest climb is West Zigzag Trail #789 & Zigzag Mountain Trail #775, gaining 5,315 ft, and the network tops out at 7,844 ft. 3 start within walking range of public transit.

• Bald Mountain & Top Spur Trail #785 via Timberline Trail #600 1.5 mi · ▲ 624 ft
• Eliot Glacier–Eliot east moraine Loop, 3 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 912 ft
• Sandy River Trail #770 2.9 mi · ▲ 304 ft
• Pacific Crest Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 484 ft
• Inspiration Point via Forest Road 3511 3.1 mi · ▲ 600 ft
• Hidden Lake & Hidden Lake Trail #779 3.8 mi · ▲ 835 ft
• 3560-222 via 3560-221 3.8 mi · ▲ 563 ft
• Lower Twin Lake & Twin Lakes Trail #495 via Pacific Crest Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 655 ft
• West Zigzag Trail #789 & Zigzag Mountain Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,574 ft
• Catalpa Lake–Bonney Meadows Trail #471, 3 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,032 ft
• Burnt Lake Trail #772 4.8 mi · ▲ 751 ft
• 2610-024 & Bonney Meadows Trail #471 via Forest Road 2610-250 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,283 ft
• Palmateer Point–Barlow Pass, 5 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 986 ft
• Barlow Pass–Barlow Road Loop, 5 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,189 ft
• Cast Lake–Burnt Lake Trail #772, 4 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,320 ft
• Frog Lake Buttes–Lower Twin Lake Loop, 6 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,562 ft
• Ho Rock–Mount Hood Wilderness Viewpoint, 4 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 3,324 ft
• Owl Point & Forest Road 1630 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,398 ft
• Picnic Rock Viewpoint–Jack's Woods Trail Loop, 4 sights 8 mi · ▲ 1,699 ft
• Sahalie Falls–Newton Creek Trail #646 Loop, 4 sights 8.4 mi · ▲ 1,786 ft
• Coe Glacier–Ladd Glacier, 3 glaciers 8.9 mi · ▲ 3,467 ft
• The Rockpile & Forest Road 1630 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,909 ft
• Horseshoe Ridge Trail #774 9.5 mi · ▲ 2,859 ft
• Barlow Butte Trail #670 9.9 mi · ▲ 3,962 ft
• Ramona Falls Trail #797 & Top Spur Trail #785 Loop via Timberline Trail #600 9.9 mi · ▲ 3,002 ft
• McNeil Point Trail #600M Viewpoint & Pinnacle Ridge Trail #630 via Timberline Trail #600 10.7 mi · ▲ 3,064 ft
• Paradise Park Trail #778 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,241 ft
• Paradise Branch Falls–Pacific Crest Viewpoint, 3 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 2,754 ft
• Elk Mountain–Elk Mountain Vista #647C Viewpoint Loop, 9 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 2,648 ft
• Frog Lake–Blue Box Pass, 9 sights 11.9 mi · ▲ 2,760 ft
• Burnt Lake–Burnt Lake Trail #772, 4 sights 12.1 mi · ▲ 3,334 ft
• Ramona Falls–Ramona Falls Trail #797, 4 sights 12.6 mi · ▲ 3,023 ft
• Lolo Pass–Forest Road 1800-100, 3 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 2,816 ft
• Upper Twin Lake–Lower Twin Lake, 4 lakes 13.3 mi · ▲ 1,636 ft
• Split Rock–Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints 14.3 mi · ▲ 3,161 ft
• McGee Creek Overlook–McGee Creek Overlook Road, 4 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 3,287 ft
• West Zigzag Trail #789 & Zigzag Mountain Trail #775 14.5 mi · ▲ 5,315 ft
• Laurance Lake–Forest Road 2840-640, 3 sights 14.6 mi · ▲ 2,684 ft
• Forest Road 1630–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 3 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 3,000 ft
• Pacific Crest Viewpoint via Timberline Trail #600 14.7 mi · ▲ 3,580 ft
• Barlow Butte–Barlow Pass, 4 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 3,780 ft
• East Fork Trail #650–Elk Meadows Perimeter #645A, 3 sights 14.9 mi · ▲ 2,678 ft
• Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint–Pacific Crest Viewpoint, 4 sights 15.3 mi · ▲ 3,612 ft
• Bluegrass Ridge Trail #647–Elk Meadows Trail #645, 3 sights 15.6 mi · ▲ 3,998 ft
• Pacific Crest Viewpoint–Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint, 4 sights 16.1 mi · ▲ 3,693 ft
• Umbrella Falls & Umbrella Falls Trail #667 via Timberline Trail #600 16.1 mi · ▲ 4,442 ft
• Castle Canyon Trail #765 2 mi · ▲ 993 ft