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

Let's cross our fingers and hope we hike during "peak balsamroot"!

This is going to be a briskly paced walk up and down Dog Mtn, taking the steepest option up and the least steep option down.

We will have lunch at the top.

The leader will have water jugs and climbing ropes for those hikers who wish to add some extra weight and get in a little extra conditioning with their wildflowers.

We will meet at the MMC at 7:50 AM to organize carpools for a prompt 8 AM departure , and we should arrive at the trailhead (located here)-(will add when link plug-in works) at  9:10 AM, and we will begin hiking at 9:25 AM.

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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