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Pacific Crest Trail is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area near Government Camp, OR. It climbs 1,417 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,649 – 6,047 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Timberline Lodge T3 45.33215, -121.71073
Nearest town Government Camp, OR

Directions

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Pacific Crest Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 1,417 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Elevation 4,648–6,047 ft

Out & Back · Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area

Trailhead: Timberline Lodge T3 · 45.33215, -121.71073

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

Transit-accessible: Timberline stop 204 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Timberline Lodge T3, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Timberline Lodge T4, heading N.
  3. 200 ftTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 2.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 2.9 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Timberline Lodge T4, heading SW.
  8. 200 ftSharp left onto Timberline Lodge T3, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftArrive 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

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Timberline stop 204 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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