Mount Hood Wilderness

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

  1. Start on Vista Ridge Trail #626, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left onto Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, heading N.
  3. 4 miTurn left onto Forest Road 1630, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miSharp left onto File Butte Road, heading S.
  5. 2 miReach Vista Ridge Trail #626, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 2 miSharp right onto Forest Road 1630, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, heading E.
  8. 4 miSharp right onto Vista Ridge Trail #626, heading S.
  9. 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° 12 AM: 4% rain1 AM: 11% rain2 AM: 10% rain3 AM: 4% rain4 AM: 7% rain5 AM: 15% rain6 AM: 22% rain7 AM: 20% rain8 AM: 25% rain9 AM: 27% rain10 AM: 27% rain11 AM: 13% rain12 PM: 16% rain1 PM: 25% rain2 PM: 33% rain3 PM: 45% rain4 PM: 49% rain5 PM: 43% rain6 PM: 40% rain7 PM: 30% rain8 PM: 24% rain9 PM: 15% rain10 PM: 9% rain11 PM: 11% rain
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°

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