Route: Guardian Peaks Trifecta (OR, WA)

The Guardian Peaks consists of climbing and descending the three volcanic mountains that are visible from Portland, Oregon: Wy'east (Mt. Hood), Pahto (Mt. Adams), and Loowit (Mt. St. Helens), on foot in a single push, using a motor vehicle to drive between (or bicycle if multisport).  Clock starts upon departing the trailhead at the first peak and ends upon returning to the trailhead of the final peak.  Mountains can be climbed in any order.  

The standard routes are as follows:

Wy'east (11,249') - South Side Route from Timberline Lodge (6.4 miles round trip, 5,249 gain/loss)

Pahto (12,281') - South Climb from Cold Springs Campground/South Climb Trailhead (12.4 miles round trip, 6,740’ gain/loss)

Loowit (8,363') - Worm Flows Winter Route from Marble Mountain Sno-Park (12 miles round trip, 5,700’ gain/loss), or the Monitor Ridge Route from Climber's Bivouac.

Total:

30.8 miles, 17,689’ 

This is destined to become a classic single-push link-up the stunning, one-of-a-kind Cascade volcanoes around Portland, Oregon!

For the bike variation one would bike between THs instead of using a car.

For the on foot variation, Christoff Teuscher has laid down the groundwork for route and style by pioneering both Mt. Adams to Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams to St. Helens back in 2014-2015, as such the completion of this on foot variation would be a natural next extension of his groundwork laid back then. The GPX files for this exact route may be downloaded from each of the above separate FKTs. You can reach out to Christof on his website to let him know what you are doing!