McNeil Point Trail #600M Viewpoint & Vista Ridge Trail #626 via Timberline Trail #600
9.1 mi · ▲ 2,116 ft · 4 hr 5 min
McNeil Point Trail #600M Viewpoint & Vista Ridge Trail #626 via Timberline Trail #600 is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Lost Lake Resort, OR. The route reaches McNeil Point Trail #600M Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 2,116 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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McNeil Point Trail #600M Viewpoint & Vista Ridge Trail #626 via Timberline Trail #600
9.1 mi · ▲ 2,116 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Elevation 4,497–6,018 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: Vista Ridge Trailhead · 45.44290, -121.72920
Weather Sep 4: Light snow, high 48°F / low 39° · precip 49% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 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 miSharp left onto McNeil Point Trail #600M, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach McNeil Point Trail #600M Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Timberline Trail #600, heading NW.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Eden Park/Vista Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- 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
- 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
- Bald Mountain–McNeil Point Trail #600M, 3 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 3,887 ft
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