Timberline Trail itinerary
Every mile marker on the Timberline Trail route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one, and which permit each stretch needs. To set alerts for your dates, go to the Timberline Trail permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Timberline Trail. One reservation is a trailhead or zone plus an entry date; you roam after that, issued by walk-up.
The permit is issued for a named entry point. Timberline Lodge and Timberline Lodge (loop end) are the ones on this list.
- Stops mapped
- 5
- Across the markers
- 41.5 mi
- Published route length
- 41.5 mi
How long it takes: 3-4 days. That is the figure the permit publishes. This page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.
The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
The Timberline Trail route, stop by stop
Mile 0.0
5,942 ft
Timberline Lodge
Entry point: the permit is issued for this trailhead
Historic WPA-era lodge at 5,940 ft. Most popular starting point.
3.7 miles to Paradise Park Loop Trail #757, southern end
Mile 3.7
Paradise Park Loop Trail #757, southern end
31.2 miles to Newton Creek crossing
Mile 34.9
5,388 ft
Newton Creek crossing
Ford at the Wilderness boundary. Clark Creek and the White River still follow, with no bridges.
5.6 miles to Timberline Trail #600 / Pacific Crest Trail #2000 junction
Mile 40.5
Timberline Trail #600 / Pacific Crest Trail #2000 junction
1.0 mile to Timberline Lodge (loop end)
Mile 41.5
5,942 ft
Timberline Lodge (loop end)
Entry point: the permit is issued for this trailhead
Getting a Timberline Trail for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Timberline Trail dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations. They return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag checks Timberline Trail around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.