Lower Twin Lake & Twin Lakes Trail #495 via Pacific Crest Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 655 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Lower Twin Lake & Twin Lakes Trail #495 via Pacific Crest Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Government Camp, OR. The route reaches Lower Twin Lake at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 655 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lower Twin Lake & Twin Lakes Trail #495 via Pacific Crest Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 655 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 3,919–4,405 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: 45.22931, -121.69971
Weather Sep 4: Heavy drizzle, high 52°F / low 41° · precip 50% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Twin Lakes Trail #495, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftReach Lower Twin Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Frog Lake Buttes–Lower Twin Lake Loop, 6 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,562 ft
- Palmateer Point–Upper Twin Lake, 6 sights 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,701 ft
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