Burnt Lake–Burnt Lake Trail #772, 4 sights
12.1 mi · ▲ 3,334 ft · 5 hr 42 min
Burnt Lake–Burnt Lake Trail #772, 4 sights is a 12.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Rhododendron, OR. The route reaches Burnt Lake. It climbs 3,334 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Burnt Lake–Burnt Lake Trail #772, 4 sights
12.1 mi · ▲ 3,334 ft · 5 hr 42 min
Elevation 3,280–4,969 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: West Zigzag / Cast Lake Trailhead · 45.32476, -121.85711
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 55°F / low 44° · precip 59% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Burnt Lake Trail #772, heading NW.
- 3.4 miSharp right onto Zigzag Mountain Trail #775, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Burnt Lake Trail #772, heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach Burnt Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Zigzag Mountain Trail #775, heading SW.
- 4.7 miSharp left onto West Zigzag Trail #789, heading NW.
- 2.2 miSharp left onto Zigzag Mountain Road, heading SE.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from West Zigzag / Cast Lake Trailhead Trailhead
- West Zigzag Trail #789 & Zigzag Mountain Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,574 ft
- Burnt Lake Trail #772 4.8 mi · ▲ 751 ft
- Cast Lake–Burnt Lake Trail #772, 4 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,320 ft
- Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint–Pacific Crest Viewpoint, 4 sights 15.3 mi · ▲ 3,612 ft
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