Beargrass Trail & Gravy Train via Timberline Trail #600 is a 13.3-mile out-and-back in Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area near Government Camp, OR. It climbs 3,301 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi4,872 – 6,017 ft · steepest grade: 26%14.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Gravy Train 45.32218, -121.71623
Nearest town Government Camp, OR
Directions
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Beargrass Trail & Gravy Train via Timberline Trail #600
13.3 mi · ▲ 3,301 ft · 6 hr 5 min
Elevation 4,873–6,019 ft
Out & Back · Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area
Trailhead: Gravy Train · 45.32218, -121.71623
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 47°F / low 37° · precip 25% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:39 PM
- Start on Gravy Train, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Lodge Connector, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Timberline Lodge T2, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Silcox Hut access road, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach Gravy Train, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 2.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Silcox Hut access road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Timberline Lodge T2, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lodge Connector, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Gravy Train, heading N.
- 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
96% dirt1% paved3% unspecified
Weather
DrizzleTemperature 47°F37°
Feels like36°Precip25%Wind7 mphUV5Humidity84%
Rained 0.1″ yesterday (0.8″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
50°35°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:39 PM
Sun
44°39°
84%
Mon
52°36°
26%
Tue
68°36°
Wed
76°47°
Thu
66°44°
Fri
54°34°
19%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:13 PM for the 7:39 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM — 11 min before dark.
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