Devil's Peak is located in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness with a summit at 5045 feet. There is a fire lookout tower located on the summit which is in good condition and available for overnight stays. The Cool Creek Trail makes for a challenging ascent and provides some great views of Mt. Hood and other surrounding peaks along the way. While this route provides steep grades, it is also runnable at times.
The route up and down follows the Cool Creek Trail #794 which begins just off Still Creek Road. The starting point of the route is where the trail begins off of Still Creek Road just before the Cool Creek Trail sign (see pic). There are only two trail intersections along the route to the top. At the first intersection with the Hunchback Mountain Trail, turn right. Continue on for about 100 yards, then make a left to reach the top of Devil's Peak.
The turn-around point is the rock pile just to the right (south) of the lookout tower with a geodetic survey marker on top (see pics).
There are existing Strava segments for the ascent: https://www.strava.com/segments/8915362?filter=overall and Roundtrip: https://www.strava.com/segments/15280692?filter=overall
