Little Boulder
Oregon
Free — you'll pick up right here.
1.0 mi
Distance
267 ft
Gain
24 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Mt. Hood National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Little Boulder
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.0 mi
- Elevation gain
- 267 ft
- Elevation loss
- 267 ft
- Highest point
- 4,661 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,542 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Surface
- Natural
Source for surface: USDA Forest Service National Forest System Trails (EDW)
About this trail
Little Boulder is a short out-and-back trail in Oregon managed by the Forest Service. The trail is 1.00 miles round trip with 133 feet of elevation gain and 160 feet of elevation loss.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 4,631 ft
- High point
- 4,661 ft
- Total climbing
- 267 ft
- Total descent
- 267 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 12% grade around mile 0.3 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 1 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
It rolls up and down the whole way rather than holding one long climb.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Barlow Ranger District · Ranger district
- Mt. Hood National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Barlow Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Closure in place for Grasshopper Fire
critical · posted Oct 1, 2026
Sportsman's Park Fire & Occupancy Restrictions
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Boulder LakeCamping0.5 mi
- Boulder Lake ShoreHiking0.6 mi
- FOREST CREEKHiking1 mi
- Bonney MeadowsCamping1.5 mi
- White RiverCanoeing2.6 mi
- Section 3Rock climbing8.6 mi
- Trillium Lake Crag (Mosquito Butte)Rock climbing8.6 mi
- Badger CreekCanoeing8.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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