Mount Hood Wilderness

Mazama Trail #625 & McGee Creek Trail #627 via Timberline Trail #600

15 mi · ▲ 4,835 ft · 7 hr 25 min

Mazama Trail #625 & McGee Creek Trail #627 via Timberline Trail #600 is a 15-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Lost Lake Resort, OR. It climbs 4,835 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,406 – 5,620 ft · steepest grade: 25%15.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mcgee Creek Trailhead 45.42287, -121.78219
Nearest town Lost Lake Resort, OR

Directions

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Mazama Trail #625 & McGee Creek Trail #627 via Timberline Trail #600

15 mi · ▲ 4,835 ft · 7 hr 25 min

Elevation 3,406–5,620 ft

Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness

Trailhead: Mcgee Creek Trailhead · 45.42287, -121.78219

Weather Sep 5: Light rain, high 58°F / low 42° · precip 35% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:39 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on McGee Creek Trail #627, heading S.
  2. 1.5 miTurn left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading NE.
  3. 2.3 miSharp left onto Mazama Trail #625, heading E.
  4. 3.6 miReach McGee Creek Trail #627, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 3.6 miSharp right onto Timberline Trail #600, heading S.
  6. 2.3 miTurn right onto McGee Creek Trail #627, heading W.
  7. 1.5 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

31% dirt69% unspecified

Weather

Light rainTemperature 58°F42°
Feels like42°Precip35%Wind4 mphUV5Humidity79%
Rained 0.1″ yesterday (0.5″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
60°40° 12 AM: 12% rain1 AM: 12% rain2 AM: 6% rain3 AM: 6% rain4 AM: 7% rain5 AM: 11% rain6 AM: 17% rain7 AM: 20% rain8 AM: 12% rain9 AM: 10% rain10 AM: 5% rain11 AM: 6% rain12 PM: 21% rain1 PM: 29% rain2 PM: 32% rain3 PM: 35% rain4 PM: 32% rain5 PM: 24% rain6 PM: 26% rain7 PM: 16% rain8 PM: 6% rain9 PM: 5% rain10 PM: 6% rain11 PM: 4% rain
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:39 PM
Sun 56°44° 66%
Mon 60°43° 26%
Tue 71°46°
Wed 77°53°
Thu 67°51°
Fri 62°44° 23%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~155 min). Leave by 4:44 PM for the 7:39 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

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