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Zig Zag Mountain Trail to Burnt Lake and Cast Lake route map
Difficulty: ExpertOut and Back
Oregon

Zig Zag Mountain Trail to Burnt Lake and Cast Lake

Rhododendron, Oregon

20.8 mi

Distance

6,791 ft

Elev. Gain

10h 16m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Zig Zag Mountain Trail to Burnt Lake and Cast Lake unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:513 ft
Max:1,503 ft
Gain:2,070 ft
Loss:2,070 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 513 ft and 1,503 ft across 20.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.513 ft843 ft1,173 ft1,503 ft0.0 mi5.2 mi10.4 mi15.5 mi20.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi513 ft
High point8.5 mi1,503 ft
End20.7 mi513 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Mount Hood Villages, OR · about 1 mi away
County:
Clackamas County, OR

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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