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TOM,
DICK & HARRY MOUNTAIN LOOP
from
Hikes & Walks On Mt Hood
DIFFICULTY: Strenuous (elevation
gain; and indistinct, uneven trail in places) 
DISTANCE: 6 mile loop, 4-5 hours
ELEVATION GAIN: 1660 ft. total rise
MAPS: USGS Government Camp Quadrangle
FEATURES:
This is one of the most
spectacular hikes in Oregon.
The views are breathtaking in every direction and the flowers are abundant.
This is not the hike for someone who prefers the well-trodden path, however;
and it requires clear visibility.
DESCRIPTION: 
A spectacular loop hike
that includes Mirror Lake, the three summits of Tom, Dick and Harry Mountain and Ski Bowl. Mt. Hood
towers to the north; the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness and Mt. Jefferson,
Three Sisters, and Broken Top to the south. The hike starts on the Mirror
Lake trail and finishes at Ski Bowl so it does require a short (0.6 mile) car
shuttle or walk along Hwy 26. This hike is ranked as strenuous because there
is an appreciable elevation gain, the trail is indistinct for part of the
way, and the trail down Upper Ski Bowl is steep and uneven.
ACCESS: 
From the Summit Rest Area at the
far (east) end of the Government Camp business loop, drive 2.2 miles west on
Hwy 26 to the trailhead for Mirror Lake on the left (south) side of the road
beside the creek, between mileposts 51 and 52.
CAR SHUTTLE:
You can leave one car at Ski Bowl
West, and the other at the Mirror Lake Trail Head, about .6 miles apart. If
you don't have a shuttle, you'll need to bridge this gap on foot at the end
of your hike.
THE HIKE:
The trail starts on the far side
of the creek, over a footbridge. Follow the trail 1.6 miles to Mirror Lake, take the right fork just before the lake, and the next
right fork signed to Tom, Dick & Harry Mountain.
The viewpoint at one of the three summits of Tom, Dick & Harry Mountain is 1.6 miles further, on a
well-maintained trail that climbs at a steady grade. After this viewpoint the
trail becomes quite indistinct - especially where it goes over rocks. If you
stay just below the ridge, you won't go wrong, though. Keep following the
ridge as it cimbs to the third summit of Tom, Dick
& Harry Mountain - the western limit of Ski
Bowl runs. From there, the trail follows a ski trail to the top of the Upper
Bowl chairlift. When it joins a service road at a green metal building (just
before the last bend before the top of the chairlift), turn right and follow
this road down for about ¼ mile to where the top of the Upper Bowl is close
to the road. Next, take the steep Upper Bowl mountain bike trail down the
east side (right side, facing down) of the Upper Bowl and continue down to
the signed mountain bike trails to the Day Lodge. (Be sure to yield the
trail to mountain bikes on the roads and trails marked for their use at Ski
Bowl - they have the right of way.)
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