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Mount Hood Car Camp

  • Start date: 08/12/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/14/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Exploring Mt. Hood- 2 nights 3 days car camping at Still Ck Campground:
Day 1: Vista Ridge to Cairn Basin to Timberline Tr. to Elk Cove estimated 11 miles 2,000 ft gain
Day 2: Tilly Jane TH to Cooper Spur Shelter to Timberline Tr. to Compass Ck Falls estimated 9.6 miles 2,000 ft gain
Day 3: Lower Twin Lake 5 miles 700 ft gain
Cost: $90 campground fee divided by number of participants. plus carpool fee to campsite and to trailheads
Please Read: We will be hiking @ 6,000 ft elevation on rugged Timberline Trail. The conditions on this trail are unpredictable. We could possibly encounter loose rocks, patches of snow or creek crossings. Please consider if you are comfortable with these potential conditions before you sign-up. Thank you; Daphne

  • Event Leader: Daphne James

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-683-7488

  • Event Leader Email: daphleej@yahoo.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type:

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 286

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: departing from Fred Meyers on Q st. in Springfield. Meeting up at 10 at Zig Zag Ranger station.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 21

  • Member Fees: 2

  • Elevation Gain: 5500

  • Non-Member Fees: 10

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

As the highest mountain in Oregon, Mount Hood dominates the skyline for miles and provides countless opportunities for adventure. Lakes, streams and waterfalls abound on the mountain and in the surrounding forests.
Our first day we explored the northeast side of Hood on the Cooper Spur trail. Starting out at Tilly Jane trailhead, we hiked above Polallie Canyon to a stone shelter for lunch. From there above the tree line we had spectacular close up views of Eliot Glacier as well as sightings of Mount Adams and Rainier in the distance. We continued to climb the rocky switchbacks, with the more ambitious among us making it up to Tie-in Rock, a large boulder at over 8,400 ft elevation.
Our second day we explored the wildflower meadows at Cairne Basin. We hiked along Vista Ridge through a burn area covered with ripe huckleberries, crossed Ladd creek on logs, and enjoyed the lovely green meadows and brilliant wildflowers at Eden Park and Cairne Basin. We stopped at a sweet small creek at Wy East Basin to kick back and cool off before heading back down Vista Ridge.
On our last day we hike through green forest to lovely Lower Twin Lake for lunch and swimming.