Mt. Hood Area Hikes
9 trails in Mt. Hood Area, ranked by popularity. Each page shows current weather, road, and trail conditions.
Eagle Creek (Clackamas)The "other" Eagle Creek: an old cattle-access trail rambling through Cascade foothills old-growth along a Clackamas tributary.
Old Growth
Punchbowl Falls Park (Hood River)A short loop at the East-and-West-Fork confluence of the Hood River, past a columnar-basalt amphitheater waterfall on ground that was private timberland until 2016.
WaterfallRiver
Mount Hood Meadows LoopA 10-mile loop through what may be Mount Hood's most expansive wildflower meadows, linking Elk Meadows to the Timberline Trail above a Newton Clark Glacier moraine.
Mt. Hood Meadows Resort LoopA summer-only loop through ski runs bursting with bear-grass, old-growth hemlock groves, and a Picnic Rock outcrop with views to Mount Jefferson.
Old Growth
Mt. Hood Meadows via White River CanyonA 9-mile Timberline Trail traverse linking Timberline Lodge to Mt. Hood Meadows across the White River \u2014 one of Hood's toughest glacial stream crossings included.
River
Umbrella Falls LoopA family-friendly four-mile lollipop below the Meadows resort, tying two named waterfalls and a Hood-view wildflower meadow.
Waterfall
Elk Cove from Vista RidgeThe easier way to Elk Cove: a moderate 8.8-mile traverse through the 2011 Dollar Lake burn into one of Mount Hood's best alpine basins.
Gnarl Ridge from Hood River MeadowsA 9.5-mile lollipop to Lamberson Butte on the highest stretch of the Timberline Trail, with Elk Meadows and two Newton Creek crossings.
Summit
Little Zigzag FallsA near-flat 0.8-mile stroll to a 41-foot two-drop waterfall, accessed from an old quarry used to build the 1923 Mount Hood Highway.
Waterfall