Oregon · Ice climbing · Mount Hood Parkdale · Near Mount Hood Villages

West Ridge

5.4
grade
Trad Gear
style

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Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 6 alerts for Mt. Hood National Forest.

As of · Source: USFS · Mt. Hood National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

This is the easiest climb catalogued at Illumination Rock, part of the eight routes established in Mt. Hood National Forest's grade system spanning 5.4 to 5.10c.

Around this trail

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  • Sleep close

    Elk Cove Camp

    Campground

    Campground · 3.0 mi from the trail
  • Eat after

    Summit

    Fast food

    On your way back · 5 mi
  • If it rainsJmasterson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum

    Museum

    Museum · 23 mi from Mount Hood Villages

    Aviation and automobile museum in Oregon, United States

Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: Jmasterson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (commons)

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Local outfitters

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Photo of the crag

Mt. Hood National Forest — the crag this route is on
Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: jared goss, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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