3.6 hr
Overview
The Laurance Lake High Loop Trail #632 is not actually a loop but a proposal by mountain biker groups. The plan was that the switchbacking Trail #632 would join with Bear Creek Road, which descends to the Clear Branch Road. Riders could then cycle back along Laurance Lake to the Clear Branch Dam Trailhead to complete the loop. The proposal was taken off the table with the addition of acreage to the Mount Hood Wilderness under the 2009 Omnibus Public Land Management Act: this put the Bear Creek Road below the Laurance Rim and the west end of Clear Branch Road into wilderness, and both routes are now decommissioned. The survivor of all this, however, is the switchbacking trail that leads up from Laurance Lake to the rim above. From here, there are expansive views across to the north slopes of Mount Hood as well as plentiful huckleberries in season, a worthy excursion as part of a day at Laurance Lake !
Trail Stats
10.6 km
357 m
1224 m
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