Trails and Maps

This page has a listing of popular ONC day tours and ski trails. This info is for personal use and as a resource for leaders.  If you find an error or have an update, please submit it on our contact form

Links

Guide Books & Short Guides

Maps

In addition to the maps listed here the State ONC site (listed above) has links to a number of maps.

  • Mt. Hood Winter Trails by Mark Wiggs – A nice map which covers all the cross country ski trails on Mt. Hood. Only issue I have is the advanced trails are shown in black and they can be hard to read.
  • Forest Service Mt. Hood Maps – Link to a number of trail maps
  • ONC Trails Database on CalTopo – Courtesy of Scott Diamond.  A collection of GPS tracks and Sno-Parks (in .gpx format) for most of the places the club does day tours. You can get CalTopo for your mobile phone or you can download all the tracks from the CalTopo website and import them into your favorite mapping application.  Contact Scott Diamond if you need help on how to use this. 
  • Government Camp Area Ski Trails Map A geo-referenced pdf map which will work with Avenza Maps app.
  • Ochoco Mountains ski trails maps and GPS files.  See README for info on content and other resources.  Also note corrections on slideset.
  • Ski trails and some gpx tracks for Gifford-Pinchot National Forest (includes Marble Mtn., Kalama, Old Man Pass, Pineside, and Sno King)

Day Tour Planning Packets

This section is focused on tour leaders but if you are looking for a personal tour you may peruse this to get ideas. The starting point is Day Tours which provides a brief description of the most popular day tours we lead. The table below has a collection of PowerPoint files for a number of day tours Scott Diamond has lead. Feel free to steal/edit these for any tour you lead.

NAME LEVEL STATS LINK NOTES
Pocket Creek Loop BEG/INT 5.9mi
~200ft

rev03
I love this loop. Warm up by heading out on pocket creek road and have fun skiing back on the tie trail
Pocket Creek – Teacup BEG/INT ~9mi
~200ft

rev04
 Another Pocket Creek tour. This time take the tie trail out of Pocket creek to Teacup and then take Pocket creek road back in – the “Corner Pocket”.
West Leg Rd INT 11mi, 1,800 ft
rev01
Ski up West Leg road to Timberline, have hot chocolate and zoom back down
Still Creek INT 13mi, -2000 ft
rev02
Car shuttle to take rarely skied Still creek road from Trillium to Rhododendren
Trillum & Mud Creek Loop INT 5-11 mi
200ft

rev02
One of the most popular beginner tours on Hood. With the exception of the initial drop, this is an easy tour which still allows skiing a long distance.
Government Camp Encirclement INT 12mi
~400ft

rev06
Have a ski adventure without leaving Government camp. This tour connects together a number of fun trails.
Bennett Pass Loop INT ~9mi
~1500ft

rev04
Out across the terrrible traverse and then drop to pocket creek trail for a long, exciting tour
Twin Lakes INT 10.7mi-300ft
rev02
The quintisential Mount Hood Intermediate day tour. Do this tour after a fresh snowfall
Pocket/Bennett INT 12mi
~1000ft

rev04
Connect together two great tour areas
Sights on Gunsight ADV 12mi
~1000ft

rev05
A new favorite tour of Hood. Covers quite a few miles and gain lots of elevation.
Turning Yellow ADV 12mi
~1000ft

rev02
Take on the Yellow Jacket trail and ski some rarely used trails on this long loop.
Cooper Spur ADV 10mi
3,000ft

rev07
Break out the Telemark skis and visit Tilly Jane A shelter and explore the bowls above treeline at Cooper Spur.
Wy’East ADV 18mi
~1500ft

rev06
The big one. String together most of the trails on Mt. Hood in one day as you ski from Ski Bowl to Pocket Creek.