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Loop Trail–Red Shorts Cut, 4 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,255 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Loop Trail–Red Shorts Cut, 4 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back near Bridal Veil, OR. It climbs 1,255 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,266 – 2,385 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Multnomah County Road 625 45.54437, -122.16501
Nearest town Bridal Veil, OR
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Loop Trail–Red Shorts Cut, 4 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,255 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 1,266–2,384 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Multnomah County Road 625 · 45.54437, -122.16501

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

  1. Start on Multnomah County Road 625, heading E.
  2. 500 ftBear right onto Loop Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1.9 miSharp left onto She Devil, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Devil's Angle, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftBear left onto Red Shorts Cut, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Foxglove Way, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miSharp right onto She Devil, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Little Devil, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto The Way, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto She Devil, heading W.
  11. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Smith Road (Abandoned), heading SE.
  12. 400 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  13. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Loop Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Multnomah County Road 625, heading SW.
  15. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/loop-trail-red-shorts-cut-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:13 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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