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Glade Trail #661–Skiway Trail #755B, 4 sights is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area near Government Camp, OR. It climbs 3,885 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi3,737 – 6,050 ft · steepest grade: 21%16.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.30314, -121.76732
Nearest town Government Camp, OR

Directions

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Glade Trail #661–Skiway Trail #755B, 4 sights

15.5 mi · ▲ 3,885 ft · 7 hr 7 min

Elevation 3,737–6,051 ft

Out & Back · Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area

Trailhead: 45.30314, -121.76732

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:37 PM

Transit-accessible: Best Western-Gov’t Camp stop 134 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Maggie's Tie, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miBear left onto Skiway Trail #755B, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Crosstown Trail #755, heading NE.
  6. 250 ftBear left onto Timberline To Town Trail #756, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Glade Trail #661, heading N.
  8. 2.7 miContinue straight onto Timberline To Town Trail #756, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 200 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Timberline Lodge T1, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Timberline Lodge T5, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 150 ftBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 2.9 miSharp right onto Yellow Jacket Ski Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.7 miReach Timberline To Town Trail #756, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.7 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
  20. 2.9 miBear left, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  22. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  23. 150 ftTurn left onto Timberline Lodge T5, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn right onto Timberline Lodge T1, heading N.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  27. 200 ftBear left onto Timberline To Town Trail #756, heading S.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Glade Trail #661, heading S.
  29. 2.7 miBear right onto Timberline To Town Trail #756, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftBear right onto Crosstown Trail #755, heading SW.
  31. 250 ftContinue straight onto Skiway Trail #755B, heading SW.
  32. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  33. 0.4 miSharp right onto Maggie's Tie, heading SW.
  34. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  35. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

64% dirt36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:37 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Best Western-Gov’t Camp stop 134 m from the trailhead

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