Frog Lake Buttes–Upper Twin Lake, 8 sights
11.4 mi · ▲ 2,708 ft · 5 hr 9 min
Frog Lake Buttes–Upper Twin Lake, 8 sights is an 11.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Government Camp, OR. The route passes Upper Twin Lake and Lower Twin Lake before reaching Frog Lake Buttes at the turnaround, 5.7 miles in. It climbs 2,708 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Frog Lake Buttes–Upper Twin Lake, 8 sights
11.4 mi · ▲ 2,708 ft · 5 hr 9 min
Elevation 3,716–5,303 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: Barlow Road · 45.27149, -121.68026
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:39 PM
- Start on Barlow Road, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Devil's Half Acre Trail #482A, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Palmateer Trail #482, heading E.
- 1.8 miPass Upper Twin Lake.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Twin Lakes Trail #495, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miPass Lower Twin Lake.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Frog Lake Butte Trail #484, heading N.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Frog Lake Butte Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Frog Lake Buttes, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Frog Lake Butte Trail #484, heading E.
- 2.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Twin Lakes Trail #495, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Palmateer Trail #482, heading N.
- 1.8 miBear right onto Devil's Half Acre Trail #482A, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Barlow Road, heading E.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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