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Mazama Trail #625 & Top Spur Trail #785 via Timberline Trail #600 is a 13.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Lost Lake Resort, OR. It climbs 4,541 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,406 – 5,620 ft · steepest grade: 23%14.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Top Spur Trailhead 45.40777, -121.78588
Nearest town Lost Lake Resort, OR

Directions

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Mazama Trail #625 & Top Spur Trail #785 via Timberline Trail #600

13.9 mi · ▲ 4,541 ft · 6 hr 54 min

Elevation 3,406–5,620 ft

Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness

Trailhead: Top Spur Trailhead · 45.40777, -121.78588

Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 53°F / low 42° · precip 54% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Top Spur Trail #785, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading E.
  4. 2.9 miSharp left onto Mazama Trail #625, heading NE.
  5. 3.6 miReach Top Spur Trail #785, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 3.6 miSharp right onto Timberline Trail #600, heading SE.
  7. 2.9 miBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Top Spur Trail #785, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 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

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 53°F42°
Feels like46°Precip54%Wind6 mphUV4Humidity76%
Rained 0.5″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
55°40° 12 AM: 7% rain1 AM: 12% rain2 AM: 9% rain3 AM: 4% rain4 AM: 10% rain5 AM: 19% rain6 AM: 23% rain7 AM: 25% rain8 AM: 28% rain9 AM: 30% rain10 AM: 26% rain11 AM: 14% rain12 PM: 14% rain1 PM: 22% rain2 PM: 32% rain3 PM: 52% rain4 PM: 54% rain5 PM: 45% rain6 PM: 44% rain7 PM: 30% rain8 PM: 24% rain9 PM: 17% rain10 PM: 10% rain11 PM: 7% rain
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:41 PM
Sat 53°42° 39%
Sun 57°44° 64%
Mon 60°41° 35%
Tue 72°44°
Wed 80°52°
Thu 70°53° 15%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~134 min). Leave by 5:08 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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