Bald Mountain & McGee Creek Trail #627 via Timberline Trail #600 is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Lost Lake Resort, OR. The route reaches Bald Mountain at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,454 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,468 – 4,580 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mcgee Creek Trailhead 45.42287, -121.78219
Nearest town Lost Lake Resort, OR
Directions
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Bald Mountain & McGee Creek Trail #627 via Timberline Trail #600
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,454 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 3,467–4,579 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: Mcgee Creek Trailhead · 45.42287, -121.78219
Weather Sep 5: Light rain, high 58°F / low 42° · precip 35% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:39 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on McGee Creek Trail #627, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Timberline Trail #600, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Timberline Trail #600, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Bald Mountain Summit Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Bald Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Timberline Trail #600, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Timberline Trail #600, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto McGee Creek Trail #627, heading NE.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
36% dirt64% unspecified
Weather
Light rainTemperature 58°F42°
Feels like42°Precip35%Wind4 mphUV5Humidity79%
Rained 0.1″ yesterday (0.5″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
60°40°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:39 PM
Sun
56°44°
66%
Mon
60°43°
26%
Tue
71°46°
Wed
77°53°
Thu
67°51°
Fri
62°44°
23%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Mcgee Creek Trailhead Trailhead
- McGee Creek Overlook & McGee Creek Overlook Road 1.6 mi · ▲ 117 ft
- McGee Creek Trail #627 & Top Spur Trail #785 via Timberline Trail #600 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,538 ft
- Lolo Pass & McGee Creek Trail #627 via Pacific Crest Trail 9.6 mi · ▲ 2,475 ft
- McGee Creek Trail #627 & Ramona Falls Trail #797 via Timberline Trail #600 12.1 mi · ▲ 3,542 ft
- Ramona Falls–McGee Creek Trail #627, 4 sights 13 mi · ▲ 3,733 ft
- Mazama Trail #625 & McGee Creek Trail #627 via Timberline Trail #600 15 mi · ▲ 4,835 ft
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