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Best Hikes in Mount Hood National Forest
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Overview

Mount Hood National Forest, east of Portland, Oregon, encloses its namesake mountain. Mt. Hood itself is a volcano, still active, perpetually covered in multiple glaciers. The forest is bordered on the east by the Pacific Crest Trail.

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Silcox Hut Loop via Pacific Crest Trail
DIFFICULT 5.5 mi
Ho Rock Loop via Timberline Trail #600
DIFFICULT 11.1 mi
Ramona Falls Loop via Sandy River Trail #770
DIFFICULT 8.0 mi
Indian Point Loop via Gorton Creek Trail #408
DIFFICULT 7.9 mi
Split Rock via Pacific Crest Trail
DIFFICULT 12.4 mi
Mount Defiance
DIFFICULT 12.7 mi
Mirror Lake via 664
DIFFICULT 5.8 mi
Umbrella Falls Loop
EASY 4.4 mi
Salmon River Trail #742
DIFFICULT 7.5 mi
Burnt Lake
EASY 3.5 mi
Cloud Cap Inn via Cooper Spur Trail #600B and Timberline Trail #600
DIFFICULT 7.4 mi
Gumjuwac Saddle Loop via Gumjuwac Trail #480 and Divide Trail #458
DIFFICULT 13.6 mi
Elk Cove Camp via Elk Cove Trail #631
DIFFICULT 4.6 mi
Mirror Lake
EASY 1.7 mi
Devil's Peak via Cool Creek Trail #794
DIFFICULT 3.2 mi
Elk Meadows
DIFFICULT 6.3 mi
Devil's Peak Loop via Cool Creek Trail #794
DIFFICULT 7.4 mi
Salmon Butte Loop
DIFFICULT 10.7 mi
Mirror Lake
EASY 2.6 mi
Silcox Hut Loop
EASY 3.0 mi
Ramona Falls Loop via Yocum Ridge Trail #771
DIFFICULT 18.8 mi
Trillium Lake Campground Loop via Trillium Lake Loop Trail #761
EASY 1.8 mi
Tilly Jane Campground via Tilly Jane Ski Trail #643 and Polallie Ridge Trail #643A
DIFFICULT 6.6 mi
Eliot Glacier Loop via Tilly Jane Ski Trail #643
DIFFICULT 7.7 mi
Chinidere Mountain Loop via Pacific Crest Trail
EASY 4.3 mi
Bald Mountain via Pacific Crest Trail
DIFFICULT 5.9 mi
Indian Point Loop
DIFFICULT 8.2 mi
The Pinnacle via Pinnacle Ridge Trail #630
DIFFICULT 3.3 mi
Bull of the Woods Loop via Pansy Lake Trail #551
DIFFICULT 7.0 mi
Lamberson Butte Loop via Timberline Trail #600
DIFFICULT 10.8 mi