Bald Mountain–McNeil Point Trail #600M, 3 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Lost Lake Resort, OR. The route reaches Bald Mountain at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 3,887 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,200 – 5,912 ft · steepest grade: 22%15.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Vista Ridge Trailhead 45.44290, -121.72920
Nearest town Lost Lake Resort, OR
Directions
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Bald Mountain–McNeil Point Trail #600M, 3 sights
15.2 mi · ▲ 3,887 ft · 7 hr 1 min
Elevation 4,201–5,911 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: Vista Ridge Trailhead · 45.44290, -121.72920
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Vista Ridge Trail #626, heading E.
- 2.5 miContinue straight onto Eden Park/Vista Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Timberline Trail #600, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear right onto McNeil Point Trail #600M, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading NW.
- 3.1 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Timberline Trail #600, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Bald Mountain Summit Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Bald Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Timberline Trail #600, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Timberline Trail #600, heading NW.
- 3.1 miBear right onto McNeil Point Trail #600M, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading NE.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Eden Park/Vista Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Vista Ridge Trail #626, heading NW.
- 2.5 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
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:41 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Vista Ridge Trailhead Trailhead
- The Rockpile–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 688 ft
- Owl Point–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 724 ft
- Coe Glacier–Ladd Glacier, 3 glaciers 8.9 mi · ▲ 3,467 ft
- McNeil Point Trail #600M Viewpoint & Vista Ridge Trail #626 via Timberline Trail #600 9.1 mi · ▲ 2,116 ft
- Eden Park Trail #600H & Vista Ridge Trail #626 via Timberline Trail #600 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,971 ft
- File Butte Road–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 3 sights 13 mi · ▲ 2,333 ft
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