With beautiful views, amazing spring wildflowers, and a relatively short effort, this is one of the most popular hikes in the Gorge. On a good day, you can get a view of Mt. Hood and the Columbia River.

Good resources: WTA Portland Hikers

Activity Notes

See Dog Mountain in all its wildflower glory, without the crowds!  We'll hike at a pretty quick pace, we're racing the sun.  We'll take More Difficult up, and Difficult down.  If it's a beautiful spring evening we'll take a longish snack break at the top.

Sunset is at 8:34pm.  Headlamps required, it will be dark when we return to the cars.

Optional carpool, meeting at Gateway Transit Center park n ride, 4pm.  

Or, meet directly at trailhead, ready to hike at 5:30pm.  Northwest Forest Pass/America the Beautiful parking pass required.  There is a pit toilet at the trailhead.

Other Information
Driving Distance from Portland 98 miles
Driving Time from Portland 1 hours
Distance - Round Trip 7 miles
Expected Duration Car to car in one day
Interesting Features Ridgelines, Spectacular Views
Awards Qualified Awesome Ridges Award
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