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Surveyor's Ridge & 1700-663 via Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,100 ft · 3 hr 43 min

Surveyor's Ridge & 1700-663 via Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688 is a 9.5-mile out-and-back near Mount Hood, OR. The route reaches Surveyor's Ridge. It climbs 1,100 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,402 – 4,052 ft · steepest grade: 15%9.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688 45.52799, -121.52693
Nearest town Mount Hood, OR
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Surveyor's Ridge & 1700-663 via Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,100 ft · 3 hr 43 min

Elevation 3,401–4,051 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688 · 45.52799, -121.52693

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Surveyor's Ridge.
  3. 2.5 miBear left onto 1700-670, heading SE.
  4. 1.9 miContinue straight onto 1700-663, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miReach Surveyor's Ridge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 1700-660, heading N.
  7. 1.9 miBear right onto Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading NW.
  8. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/surveyors-ridge-1700-663-out-back

Trail surface

53% dirt47% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:20 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:40 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:11 PM.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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