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Umbrella Falls & Umbrella Falls Trail #667 via Timberline Trail #600 is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Government Camp, OR. The route reaches Umbrella Falls. It climbs 4,442 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi4,538 – 6,050 ft · steepest grade: 24%16.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.33125, -121.71285
Nearest town Government Camp, OR

Directions

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Umbrella Falls & Umbrella Falls Trail #667 via Timberline Trail #600

16.1 mi · ▲ 4,442 ft · 7 hr 35 min

Elevation 4,539–6,051 ft

Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness

Trailhead: 45.33125, -121.71285

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:37 PM

Transit-accessible: Timberline stop 290 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Timberline Lodge T1, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Timberline Lodge T5, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 1.1 miTurn left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading SE.
  10. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  11. 1.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miPass Umbrella Falls.
  17. 100 ftBear right onto Umbrella Falls Trail #667, heading NE.
  18. 1.6 miTurn left onto Elk Meadows Trail #645, heading E.
  19. 1.7 miReach Umbrella Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 1.7 miTurn right onto Umbrella Falls Trail #667, heading SW.
  21. 1.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 0.8 miTurn left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading NW.
  27. 1.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  28. 0.6 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
  29. 1.1 miBear left, heading N.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  31. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  32. 150 ftTurn left onto Timberline Lodge T5, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftTurn right onto Timberline Lodge T1, heading NW.
  34. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  35. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  36. 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

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:37 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Timberline stop 290 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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