McNeil Point Trail #600M–Top Spur Trail #785, 3 sights is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Lost Lake Resort, OR. It climbs 4,022 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,947 – 5,912 ft · steepest grade: 24%15.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Vista Ridge Trailhead 45.44290, -121.72920
Nearest town Lost Lake Resort, OR
Directions
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McNeil Point Trail #600M–Top Spur Trail #785, 3 sights
15.5 mi · ▲ 4,022 ft · 7 hr 11 min
Elevation 3,947–5,911 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: Vista Ridge Trailhead · 45.44290, -121.72920
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 54°F / low 38° · precip 34% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:39 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Vista Ridge Trail #626, heading E.
- 2.5 miContinue straight onto Eden Park/Vista Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Timberline Trail #600, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear right onto McNeil Point Trail #600M, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading NW.
- 3.1 miBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Top Spur Trail #785, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Vista Ridge Trail #626, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading SE.
- 3.1 miBear right onto McNeil Point Trail #600M, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading N.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Eden Park/Vista Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Vista Ridge Trail #626, heading NW.
- 2.5 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
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 54°F38°
Feels like38°Precip34%Wind4 mphUV5Humidity72%
Rained 0.1″ yesterday (0.5″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
55°35°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:39 PM
Sun
52°44°
61%
Mon
57°39°
23%
Tue
67°42°
Wed
73°50°
Thu
64°47°
Fri
58°40°
21%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 7:39 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Vista Ridge Trailhead Trailhead
- The Rockpile–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 688 ft
- Owl Point–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 724 ft
- Coe Glacier–Ladd Glacier, 3 glaciers 8.9 mi · ▲ 3,467 ft
- McNeil Point Trail #600M Viewpoint & Vista Ridge Trail #626 via Timberline Trail #600 9.1 mi · ▲ 2,116 ft
- Eden Park Trail #600H & Vista Ridge Trail #626 via Timberline Trail #600 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,971 ft
- File Butte Road–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 3 sights 13 mi · ▲ 2,333 ft
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