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McGee Creek Trail #627 & Top Spur Trail #785 via Timberline Trail #600 is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Lost Lake Resort, OR. It climbs 1,538 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,468 – 4,387 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: McGee Creek Trail #627 45.42096, -121.78158
Nearest town Lost Lake Resort, OR

Directions

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McGee Creek Trail #627 & Top Spur Trail #785 via Timberline Trail #600

4.8 mi · ▲ 1,538 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 3,467–4,386 ft

Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness

Trailhead: McGee Creek Trail #627 · 45.42096, -121.78158

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

  1. Start on McGee Creek Trail #627, heading SE.
  2. 1.4 miTurn right onto Timberline Trail #600, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Top Spur Trail #785, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miReach McGee Creek Trail #627, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading SE.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto McGee Creek Trail #627, heading N.
  9. 1.4 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

41% dirt59% 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%

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