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Elk Meadows Perimeter #645A & Sahale Falls Trail #667C via Elk Meadows Trail #645 is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Government Camp, OR. It climbs 933 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi4,456 – 5,276 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Elk Meadows Trailhead 45.32239, -121.63379
Nearest town Government Camp, OR

Directions

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Elk Meadows Perimeter #645A & Sahale Falls Trail #667C via Elk Meadows Trail #645

4.9 mi · ▲ 933 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Elevation 4,457–5,277 ft

Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness

Trailhead: Elk Meadows Trailhead · 45.32239, -121.63379

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sahale Falls Trail #667C, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Elk Meadows Trail #645, heading NE.
  3. 1.7 miTurn left onto Elk Meadows Perimeter #645A, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miReach Sahale Falls Trail #667C, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Elk Meadows Trail #645, heading S.
  6. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Sahale Falls Trail #667C, heading SW.
  7. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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