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Cougar Rock via Elevator Shaft Hike/Log

From Portland Hikers Field Guide

Cougar Rock via Elevator Shaft Hike

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Larch Mountain Trail #441
Hike Mile Trail Mile Dual Trail Mile Elevation Notes Location
0.0 40 Multnomah Falls Parking Lot
0.1 0.0 (400) 6.9 60 Multnomah Falls Lodge
0.1 0.0 (400) 6.9 70 Multnomah Falls Trailhead
0.3 0.3 (400) 7.1 120 Multnomah Falls
0.3 0.3 (400) 7.1 120 Benson Bridge
0.5 0.5 (400) 7.3 200 Larch Mountain-Gorge Trail Junction
1.2 650 Jct Top of the Falls Trail #441A - 0.1 miles to Multnomah Falls Upper Viewpoint
1.3 760 Second Multnomah Creek Bridge
1.3 760 Larch Mountain-Perdition Trail Junction
1.4 840 Lower, Middle and Upper Dutchman Falls
1.5 950 Dutchman Tunnel
1.6 950 Weisendanger Falls
1.7 1040 Ecola Falls
1.8 1150 Larch Mountain-Wahkeena Trail Junction
2.0 1160 Third Multnomah Creek Bridge
2.5 1400 Jct Highwater Trail (bypass to flooded trail)
2.7 1600 (On High Water Trail) Jct Multnomah Basin Trail
2.8 1580 Multnomah Basin Road (Closed to most vehicles, hikeable to Nesika Lodge or Devil's Rest)
3.1 1770 Larch Mountain-Franklin Ridge Trail Junction
3.2 1760 East Fork Multnomah Creek Bridge
3.7 2120 West Fork Multnomah Creek Bridge
3.9 2280 Open rock area
4.9 2840 Larch Mountain-Multnomah Creek Way Trail Junction
5.4 3160 Road 315 Junction (Hikeable 0.3 miles to Larch Mountain Road at Mile 10.6
6.9 3890 Larch Mountain Trailhead


GorgeTrail #400 (Western Portion)
Hike Mile Trail Mile Dual Trail Mile Elevation Notes Location
0.0 (415) 0.0 130 Angel's Rest Trailhead
0.4 (415) 0.4 200 Coopey Falls overlook
0.5 (415) 0.5 440 Upper Coopey Falls
0.6 (415) 0.6 500 Coopey Creek Bridge
2.1 (415) 2.1 1600 Side Trail to Angel's Rest
2.3 (415) 2.3 1680 Angel's Rest-Foxglove Way Trail Junction
2.4 (415) 2.4 1680 Mist Creek Bridge
2.9 (415) 2.9 1770 Campsite
3.4 (415) 3.4 1760 Angel's Rest-Foxglove Trail Junction
4.8 (415) 4.8 1440 Wahkeena Springs
4.9 (415) 4.9 1420 Wahkeena-Angel's Rest Trail Junction
4.9 (420) 1.5 1420 Wahkeena-Angel's Rest Trail Junction
5.3 (420) 1.1 980 Wahkeena-Vista Point Trail Junction
5.4 (420) 1.0 900 Fairy Falls
5.6 (420) 0.8 700 Wahkeena Canyon
5.7 (420) 0.7 600 Lemmon's Viewpoint
6.2 (420) 0.2 200 Wahkeena Falls
6.4 (420) 0.0, (442) 0.0 100 Wahkeena Trailhead
6.9 (442) 0.5, (441) 0.1 70 Multnomah Falls Trailhead
7.1 (441) 0.3 170 Benson Bridge
7.3 (441) 0.5 200 Larch Mountain-Gorge Trail Junction
7.8 200 Elevator Shaft
8.7 120 Trail dips to Historic Columbia River Highway
9.2 (424) 0.2 120 Oneonta-Gorge Trail Junction
9.5 (424) 0.5 360 Side trail to viewpoints
9.8 (424) 0.8 325 Oneonta-Horsetail Falls Trail Junction
9.8 (438) 1.3 325 Oneonta-Horsetail Falls Trail Junction
9.9 (438) 1.2 240 Oneonta Creek Bridge, Middle Oneonta Falls
10.4 (438) 0.7 300 Side trail to viewpoints
10.7 (438) 0.4 350 Ponytail Falls
10.9 (438) 0.2 160 Horsetail Falls-Gorge Trail Junction
11.4 (AL) 0.1 220 Gorge-Ainsworth Loop West Trail Junction
11.5 (AL) 0.2 200 Gorge-Ainsworth Loop East Trail Junction
12.0 190 Side Trail to Ainsworth Campground
12.9 100 Dodson Trailhead


Elevator Shaft Trail
Hike Mile Trail Mile Dual Trail Mile Elevation Notes Location
0.9 0.0 200 Elevator Shaft
2.0 1.1 1730 Multnomah Basin-Elevator Shaft Trail Junction


Multnomah Basin Trail
Hike Mile Trail Mile Dual Trail Mile Elevation Notes Location
2.4 1700 Nesika Lodge
2.4 2.4 1.6 1720 Side trail to Cougar Rock
2.0 2.8 1.2 1730 Multnomah Basin-Elevator Shaft Trail Junction
3.6 0.4 1900 Junction Multnomah Basin Road


Multnomah Basin Road (Closed to most cars, open to hikers and bikers)
Hike Mile Trail Mile Dual Trail Mile Elevation Notes Location
1.9 1800 End of Road
3.6 1.5 1900 Jct Multnomah Basin Trail
3.9 1.2 1920 Jct Multnomah Basin Trail at hairpin turn
1.0 1580 Jct Larch Mountain Trail #441
0.3 2100 Jct Side trail from Devil's Rest Trail #420C
0.0 2200 Jct Palmer Mill Road (Also closed)


Multnomah Basin Trail
Hike Mile Trail Mile Dual Trail Mile Elevation Notes Location
3.9 0.1 1920 Junction Multnomah Basin Road at hairpin turn
4.0 0.0 1600 Junction High Water Trail


Larch Mountain Trail #441
Hike Mile Trail Mile Dual Trail Mile Elevation Notes Location
6.9 3890 Larch Mountain Trailhead
5.4 3160 Road 315 Junction (Hikeable 0.3 miles to Larch Mountain Road at Mile 10.6)
4.9 2840 Larch Mountain-Multnomah Creek Way Trail Junction
3.9 2280 Open rock area
3.7 2120 West Fork Multnomah Creek Bridge
3.2 1760 East Fork Multnomah Creek Bridge
3.1 1770 Larch Mountain-Franklin Ridge Trail Junction
2.8 1580 Multnomah Basin Road (Closed to most vehicles, hikeable to Nesika Lodge or Devil's Rest)
4.0 2.7 1600 (On High Water Trail) Jct Multnomah Basin Trail
4.2 2.5 1400 Jct Highwater Trail (bypass to flooded trail)
4.7 2.0 1160 Third Multnomah Creek Bridge
4.9 1.8 1150 Larch Mountain-Wahkeena Trail Junction
5.0 1.7 1040 Ecola Falls
5.1 1.6 950 Weisendanger Falls
5.2 1.5 950 Dutchman Tunnel
5.3 1.4 840 Lower, Middle and Upper Dutchman Falls
5.4 1.3 760 Larch Mountain-Perdition Trail Junction
5.4 1.3 760 Second Multnomah Creek Bridge
5.5 1.2 650 Jct Top of the Falls Trail #441A - 0.1 miles to Multnomah Falls Upper Viewpoint
6.2 0.5 (400) 7.3 200 Larch Mountain-Gorge Trail Junction
6.4 0.3 (400) 7.1 120 Benson Bridge
6.7 0.0 (400) 6.9 70 Multnomah Falls Trailhead


Connecting Trail

Wahkeena Trail #420
Hike Mile Trail Mile Dual Trail Mile Elevation Notes Location
0.0 (400) 6.4 100 Wahkeena Trailhead
0.2 (400) 6.2 200 Wahkeena Falls
0.3 (400) 6.1 360 Wahkeena-Perdition Trail Junction
0.7 (400) 5.7 600 Lemmon's Viewpoint
0.7 (400) 5.7 600 Side trail to Monument Viewpoint (Closed)
0.7 (400) 5.7 600 Abandoned trail to Top of Wahkeena Falls
0.8 (400) 5.6 650 2nd Bridge over Wahkeena Creek
0.9 (400) 5.5 720 3rd Bridge over Wahkeena Creek
1.0 (400) 5.4 900 Fairy Falls
1.1 (400) 5.3 980 Wahkeena-Vista Point Trail Junction
1.5 (400) 4.9 1420 Wahkeena-Angel's Rest Trail Junction
1.9 1580 Wahkeena-Devil's Rest-Vista Point Trail Junction
2.8 1150 Larch Mountain-Wahkeena Trail Junction


:Campsite :Closed area :Restrooms :Road access :Trail junction :View :Water source

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