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Mount Hood Wilderness

Cast Lake–Burnt Lake Trail #772, 4 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 1,320 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Cast Lake–Burnt Lake Trail #772, 4 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Rhododendron, OR. The route reaches Cast Lake at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 1,320 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,314 – 4,531 ft · steepest grade: 24%7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: West Zigzag / Cast Lake Trailhead 45.32476, -121.85711
Nearest town Rhododendron, OR
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Cast Lake–Burnt Lake Trail #772, 4 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 1,320 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Elevation 3,315–4,532 ft

Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness

Trailhead: West Zigzag / Cast Lake Trailhead · 45.32476, -121.85711

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Burnt Lake Trail #772, heading NW.
  2. 2.4 miTurn left onto Devil's Tie Trail #767, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Zigzag Mountain Trail #775, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cast Lake Trail #796, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftReach Cast Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right onto Zigzag Mountain Trail #775, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Devil's Tie Trail #767, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Burnt Lake Trail #772, heading S.
  10. 2.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cast-lake-cast-lake-out-back-5-sights-11-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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