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
- Start on Sahale Falls Trail #667C, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Elk Meadows Trail #645, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Elk Meadows Perimeter #645A, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Sahale Falls Trail #667C, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Elk Meadows Trail #645, heading S.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Sahale Falls Trail #667C, heading SW.
- 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
More from Elk Meadows Trailhead Trailhead
- Old Elk Meadows Trail & Sahale Falls Trail #667C 2.3 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Sahalie Falls–Sahale Falls Trail #667C Loop, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 792 ft
- Umbrella Falls–Beargrass Cutoff Trail Loop, 5 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,628 ft
- Newton Creek Trail #646–Old Elk Meadows Trail, 4 sights 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,981 ft
- Elk Mountain–Elk Mountain Vista #647C Viewpoint Loop, 9 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 2,648 ft
- Eliot Glacier–Gnarl Ridge Trail #652, 3 sights 14.2 mi · ▲ 3,553 ft
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