Ramona Falls–Ramona Falls Trail #797, 4 sights is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Rhododendron, OR. The route reaches Ramona Falls. It climbs 3,023 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Ramona Falls–Ramona Falls Trail #797, 4 sights
12.6 mi · ▲ 3,023 ft · 5 hr 43 min
Elevation 2,441–4,371 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: Ramona Falls Trailhead · 45.38681, -121.83201
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 60°F / low 46° · precip 55% · wind 0 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sandy River Trail #770, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
- 2.9 miReach Ramona Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Timberline Trail Cutoff, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading SE.
- 4.5 miPass Ramona Falls.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ramona Falls Trail #797, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Timberline Trail #600, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Sandy River Trail #770, heading W.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.2 mi in (~211 min). Leave by 3:51 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Ramona Falls Trailhead Trailhead
- Sandy River Trail #770 2.9 mi · ▲ 304 ft
- Paradise Branch Falls–Pacific Crest Viewpoint, 3 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 2,754 ft
- Bald Mountain–Ramona Falls, 3 summits 13.3 mi · ▲ 3,270 ft
- Lolo Pass & Sandy River Trail #770 via Pacific Crest Trail 14 mi · ▲ 3,195 ft
- McGee Creek Overlook–McGee Creek Overlook Road, 4 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 3,287 ft
- Ho Rock–Mount Hood Wilderness Viewpoint, 4 sights 15.1 mi · ▲ 4,923 ft
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