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Mount Hood Wilderness

Owl Point–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 4 sights

15.3 mi · ▲ 4,102 ft · 7 hr 9 min

Owl Point–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 4 sights is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Parkdale, OR. The route reaches Owl Point at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 4,102 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,652 – 5,830 ft · steepest grade: 21%15.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pinnacle Ridge Trailhead 45.44724, -121.68513
Nearest town Parkdale, OR
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Owl Point–Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, 4 sights

15.3 mi · ▲ 4,102 ft · 7 hr 9 min

Elevation 3,653–5,832 ft

Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness

Trailhead: Pinnacle Ridge Trailhead · 45.44724, -121.68513

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pinnacle Ridge Trail #630, heading SW.
  2. 3.3 miTurn right onto Timberline Trail #600, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Eden Park/Vista Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Vista Ridge Trail #626, heading N.
  5. 2.1 miContinue straight onto Old Vista Ridge Trail #626A, heading N.
  6. 1.6 miSharp right, heading NE.
  7. 500 ftReach Owl Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Vista Ridge Trail #626, heading S.
  9. 2.1 miContinue straight onto Eden Park/Vista Ridge Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Timberline Trail #600, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Pinnacle Ridge Trail #630, heading N.
  12. 3.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/owl-point-old-vista-ridge-trail-626a-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

53% dirt47% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~128 min). Leave by 5:12 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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