Mount Hood
- 9,524 ft
- summit
- Jul–Aug
- best months
Mount Hood is a mountain in Alberta, Canada, with its summit at about 9,520 ft (2,903 m) above sea level. It stands inside Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Fortress Junction, about 4.1 miles southeast of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Mount Packenham, Mount Brock and King Creek Ridge. For camping, Canyon Campground and Romulus Equestrian are within about 6 miles. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
- Summit elevation
- 9,524 ft
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Mount Hood. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Mount Hood
How tall is Mount Hood?
9,524 ft (2,903 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Mount Hood?
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide.
Mount PackenhamSummit · Next doorPhoto: davebloggs007 Thank you for visiting my page from Canada, CC BY 2.5 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mount BrockSummit · ~1 min drivePhoto: davebloggs007 Thank you for visiting my page from Canada, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mount Evan-ThomasSummit · ~2 min drivePhoto: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada Artix Kreiger, CC BY 2.5 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mount BlaneSummit · ~3 min drivePhoto: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada, CC BY 2.5 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mount WintourSummit · ~6 min drivePhoto: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.5 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mount JerramSummit · ~6 min drivePhoto: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada Artix Kreiger, CC BY 2.5 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mount RomulusSummit · ~9 min drivePhoto: davebloggs007 Thank you for visiting my page from Canada, CC BY 2.5 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Fisher PeakSummit · ~9 min drivePhoto: Adam Kahtava, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- King Creek RidgeSummit · ~2 min drive
- Packenham JuniorSummit · ~2 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Pocaterra HutHut camping · ~6 min drive
- LodgepoleCross-country skiing · ~7 min drive
Canyon CampgroundCamping · ~7 min drivePhoto: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Spruce RoadHiking · ~10 min drive
Edworthy FallsWaterfall · ~12 min drivePhoto: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Mount Hood
Best months: July–August. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
10° / -3°
9 wet
Feb
14° / -2°
9 wet
Mar
21° / 4°
11 wet
Apr
29° / 12°
12 wet
May
37° / 20°
12 wet
Jun
47° / 27°
13 wet
Jul
55° / 34°
12 wet
Aug
55° / 34°
12 wet
Sep
45° / 25°
10 wet
Oct
31° / 14°
9 wet
Nov
16° / 2°
10 wet
Dec
7° / -6°
9 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 8,760 ft), not measured at a weather station. The square averages about 800 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
