Dog Mountain

Dog Mountain is a difficult, six mile round-trip hike with a high point of 2,800 feet elevation. The trail is accessible March through December.

This heavily used loop opportunity climbs rapidly in the first 0.5 mile, gaining 700 feet in elevation. The trail forks, giving hikers the option of heading north on the more direct, but steep route to the summit, or to the east for a longer but more gradual climb.

The eastern fork climbs 2,000 feet in elevation in 2.5 miles to the site of a former fire lookout. A 1-mile loop trail to the summit provides easy access through flowered hillsides and offers an incredible view of the western portion of the Columbia River Gorge You can also get superb views along the eastern fork of the trail, without having to climb all the way to the summit.

The northern route climbs steeply for 2.5 miles through a dense forest to the lookout site. The trail intersects the loop trail to the summit of Dog Mountain.

NOTE: Poison Oak and rattlesnakes (which are poisonous) are along the trail, so please stay on the trail. The snakes are as afraid of you as you are of them; please respect them.