Oregon hiking trails - East Mountain Trail, Central Cascade Range, Clackamas County

   
  Put on your trekking shoes, and hit the hiking and backpacking trail, East Mountain Trail in Clackamas County, Oregon is such an outstanding place. In Oregon you never run out of outdoors fun. It's a lengthy journey from Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton to East Mountain Trail, but trekking along this hiking and backpacking trail is very amusing. This hiking trail is not that long but you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. The hiking trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you won’t have
    to worry about different climate zones along your backcountry trek. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in spot. Great outdoors trails like this one here in the Central Cascade Range are a really brilliant way to spend quality time in the great outdoors.
The number of great outdoors hiking trails in this neighborhood is not very high. The total elevation difference for East Mountain Trail is 479 feet which is a lower than average number. There are numerous hiking trails in Oregon, and each one is different from the others. Oregon has plenty of great hiking trails, and among these are East Mountain Trail in Clackamas County. A great deal of precipitation falls at East Mountain Trail; the month of December is the wettest with most of the rain while July is commonly the driest month. Backpacking in Oregon  
is something that is always fun to do. Summer brings highs in the 70's to East Mountain Trail with nighttime lows in the 50's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the 40's while East Mountain Trail nighttime low temperatures through the winter are in the 30's. This is a one trailhead wilderness hiking trail, so you'll be backcountry trekking it in and back out. With its 2.8 miles of walking distance it's a shorter type backcountry trek. This backpacking and hiking trail is on the short side with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this great outdoors hiking trail perfect for the average walker looking for an exciting adventure. This hike shouldn't take more than 2.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that.

Briefly about the general area:
Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Central Cascade Range. Skookum Lake Campground is a nice campground here, and East Mountain Trail is a tremendous location to camp, B and B Rentals is a tremendous location.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 44.9985, Longitude -122.1644
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Total in and out hiking length = 2.8 miles

Total climbing distance = 1.2 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 479 feet


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 Trails Near East Mountain Trail:
South Fork Mountain Trail, Clackamas County County , 2 miles away,  5.6 hiking miles, 2378 feet elevation difference
Thunder Mountain Trail, Clackamas County County , 2 miles away, 4.6 hiking miles, 3377 feet elevation difference
Molalla Trail, Clackamas County County , 3 miles away, 3 hiking miles, 1285 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near East Mountain Trail:
Skookum Lake Campground, Clackamas County, 1 miles away
B and B Rentals, Detroit, 10 miles away
Silver Fox RV Park, Estacada, 12 miles away
Northwest Land Management, Estacada, 13 miles away
Lookout Springs Campground, Clackamas County, 13 miles away
 Hotels Near East Mountain Trail:
Best Western Sandy Inn, Sandy , 21 miles away
Resort at the Mountain, Welches , 22 miles away
Whispering Woods (Vri), Welches , 22 miles away
Whispering Woods Resort, Welches , 22 miles away
Howard Johnson Gresham, Gresham , 30 miles away
 Lakes Near East Mountain Trail
Skookum Lake, Clackamas County , 1 miles away
Surprise Lake, Clackamas County , 1 miles away

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