Mount Hood circumnavigation

  • Date:
    2023/08/02 to 2023/08/04
    Car-to-car:
    3 days
    Round-trip distance:
    37 miles
    Elevation gain:
    10,600 feet
    Trip type:
    hike

    • Day 1

  • Timberline Ski Area
    Timberline Ski Area
  • Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
    Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
  • Paradise Park
    Paradise Park
  • Avalanche Lily
    Avalanche Lily
  • Sandy River ford
    Sandy River ford
  • Mount Hood
    Mount Hood
  • Camp in McGee basin
    Camp in McGee basin

    • Day 2

  • Coe Branch ford
    Coe Branch ford
  • Arnica
    Arnica
  • Helens, Rainier and Adams. Our next destinations!
    Helens, Rainier and Adams. Our next destinations!
  • Blowdown on the new Eliot Creek reroute trail
    Blowdown on the new Eliot Creek reroute trail
  • Eliot Creek canyon
    Eliot Creek canyon
  • Crossing Eliot Creek at 3 PM was the crux of our trip.
    Crossing Eliot Creek at 3 PM was the crux of our trip.
  • Cooper Spur area
    Cooper Spur area
  • Camp between Cooper Spur and Lamberson Butte
    Camp between Cooper Spur and Lamberson Butte
  • Rainier and Adams from camp
    Rainier and Adams from camp

    • Day 3

  • Drizzly morning
    Drizzly morning
  • Newton Creek ford
    Newton Creek ford
  • Clark Creek canyon
    Clark Creek canyon
  • Clark Creek rock hop
    Clark Creek rock hop
  • Dipper
    Dipper
  • Mount Hood Meadows ski area
    Mount Hood Meadows ski area
  • "White River. A violent glacial stream."
    "White River. A violent glacial stream."
  • White River was not a violent glacial stream at noon.
    White River was not a violent glacial stream at noon.
  • Our waterproof socks were great for fording streams.
    Our waterproof socks were great for fording streams.
  • Mt. Jefferson in the distance
    Mt. Jefferson in the distance
  • Timberline Lodge
    Timberline Lodge
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