High Prairie: Cooks Meadow Tr639 to Lookout Mountain Tr450
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Overall: 6
Aerobic: 7
Technical: 6
Steepness: 6
Flow: 5
Singletrack: 75%
The Mount Hood Oregon High Prairie loop, consisting of Cooks Meadow Tr639 to Lookout Mountain Tr450, involves some fireroad and a long, steady climb whether done CW or CCW.
Type
Loop
Length
Avg: 17.4mi
Ascent
Moderate
Elevation Change
TH:4575'
Avg Ascent:2200'
Ascent Incline
7%
Duration
Avg: 3hr
Weather
Forecast
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Often just ridden as a Lookout Mountain Tr450 OAB, a CW route maximizes the Cooks Meadow Tr639 downhill, or use a shuttle to the FR4420 TH.
Thanks to 44 Trails, Cooks Meadow Tr639 now extends to High Prairie, perfect for a downhill run.
Both Lookout Mountain Tr450 and Cooks Meadow Tr639 have rubber waterbars, so be careful on the descent.
Directions: NW Forest Pass required right at the Surveyors Ridge TH. Pass the Parkdale ranger station and continue SR35S to FR44. Go 7.9mi on FR44 to the Bottle Prairie CG. View Larger Map. No Map?.
Loop Directions
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- TH: From the Surveyors Ridge TH, ride 1.4mi to the Cooks Meadow Tr639, go left on FR44 to the Bottle Prairie TH. Advanced Option: continue on Surveyors Ridge Tr688 to the Super Connector Trail, then ride to Knebal Springs Tr474, and ascend that hill to the Bottle Prairie TH. This would require completing most of the Knebal Springs Tr474 ascent, so bring some intermediate to advanced climbing skills.
- 4mi: Ascend Lookout Mountain Tr450 to FR4420, then continue to the upper Cooks Meadow Tr639 TH.
- 9.3mi: Descend through a series of switchbacks to FR44, then go left onto Surveyors Ridge Tr688 to the TH.
Trail Index
This Ride
Cooks Meadow Trail 639, Lookout Mountain Trail 450
Area
Mount Hood Wilderness Hiking
Campgrounds
Bottle Prairie Campground, Eightmile Crossing Campground, Fifteenmile Campground, Knebal Springs Campground, Pebble Ford Campground
Trail Rankings
Ranking consistently applied to all of the listed trails.
- Overall Rating: Ride quality and challenge
- Aerobic: Ascent challenge
- Technical Difficulty: Terrain challenge
- Steepness: Average incline
- Flow: Uninterrupted riding
- Elevation Change: Total elevation gain
- Ride Difficulty: Terrain challenge
