File Butte Road–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 3 sights
13 mi · ▲ 2,333 ft · 5 hr 30 min
File Butte Road–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 3 sights is a 13-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Lost Lake Resort, OR. It climbs 2,333 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,911 – 4,918 ft · steepest grade: 20%13.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Vista Ridge Trailhead 45.44290, -121.72920
Nearest town Lost Lake Resort, OR
Directions
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File Butte Road–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 3 sights
13 mi · ▲ 2,333 ft · 5 hr 30 min
Elevation 3,911–4,919 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: Vista Ridge Trailhead · 45.44290, -121.72920
Weather Sep 4: Light snow, high 48°F / low 39° · precip 49% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Vista Ridge Trail #626, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, heading N.
- 4 miTurn left onto Forest Road 1630, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto File Butte Road, heading S.
- 2 miReach Vista Ridge Trail #626, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miSharp right onto Forest Road 1630, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, heading E.
- 4 miSharp right onto Vista Ridge Trail #626, heading S.
- 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
43% dirt57% unspecified
Weather
Light snowTemperature 48°F39°
Feels like45°Precip49%Wind5 mphUV4Humidity78%
Rained 0.4″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
50°35°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:41 PM
Sat
49°41°
43%
Sun
55°42°
59%
Mon
58°39°
29%
Tue
69°42°
Wed
78°50°
Thu
68°51°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Eden Park Trail #600H & Vista Ridge Trail #626 via Timberline Trail #600 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,971 ft
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