East Fork Trail #650–Elk Meadows Perimeter #645A, 3 sights
14.9 mi · ▲ 2,678 ft · 6 hr 18 min
East Fork Trail #650–Elk Meadows Perimeter #645A, 3 sights is a 14.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Parkdale, OR. It climbs 2,678 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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East Fork Trail #650–Elk Meadows Perimeter #645A, 3 sights
14.9 mi · ▲ 2,678 ft · 6 hr 18 min
Elevation 2,914–5,273 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: Zigzag Trail #678 · 45.40996, -121.57050
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 57°F / low 44° · precip 40% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto East Fork Trail #650, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Tamanawas Falls Trail #650A, heading W.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Elk Meadows Trail #645, heading NW.
- 5 miTurn right onto Elk Meadows Perimeter #645A, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Elk Meadows Trail #645, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach East Fork Trail #650, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Elk Meadows Perimeter #645A, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Elk Meadows Trail #645, heading E.
- 5 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Tamanawas Falls Trail #650A, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto East Fork Trail #650, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Zigzag Trail #678 Trailhead
- Tamanawas Falls–East Fork Trail #650, 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 547 ft
- Clinger Spring–Forest Road 4400-620, 4 sights 4 mi · ▲ 1,328 ft
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