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  3. …Portland Metro and Mt. Hood
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“Fast and rowdy; a top to bottom experience of Sandy Ridge. ”

Leslie Kehmeier
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3.5

Miles

5.6

KM
Singletrack

2,273' 693 m

High

1,046' 319 m

Low

37' 11 m

Up

1,265' 386 m

Down

7%

Avg Grade (4°)

17%

Max Grade (9°)

Dogs Unknown

E-Bikes Unknown

Parking fee: A day pass is $5 for a passenger vehicle, $10 for a van, and $20 for a bus and annual pass is $30. The annual pass is a district-wide pass for the whole Oregon North Cascades District. All transactions can be done through Recreation.gov or the Rec.gov app.

Description

Hide and Seek is unique in that it's the only top to bottom experience at Sandy Ridge. It's fast and rowdy, a trail that screams fun. Hide and Seek is really two trails in one, with an upper and lower section that is split by Homestead Rd just after the intersection with Two Turntables and a Microwave.

Starting at the upper kiosk, drop into a few quick berms before diving into tight, sometimes loose singletrack on the upper section of the route. Be ready for fast straight runs through gigantic tree gateways that dive into big sweeping switchbacks.

Check your speed from the rapid descent as you approach the junction with Two Turntables and a Microwave. You'll navigate a wet armored section before making a sharp right turn onto the bridge.

Stay right at the intersection past the bridge to get to the bottom half of Hide and Seek. The trail becomes more about long carving turns and the forest is more dense on the lower reaches.

Look both ways at the Homestead Rd crossing and stay right at two intersections with Laura's Loop as you finish the route at the bottom of Sandy Ridge.

Contacts

Local Club: Northwest Trail Alliance

Nov 28, 2025: Improving Drainage and Flow on Gales Creek

Nov 26, 2025: Archaeology Training at Stub Stewart Helps NWTA Volunteers Protect Cultural Resources

Nov 25, 2025: Board candidate solicitation 2026

Land Manager: BLM Oregon - Salem Office

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Leslie Kehmeier
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  4.4 from 63 votes

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  4.4 from 63 votes
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#3

in Oregon

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IMBA video of Sandy Ridge
Oct 7, 2013 near Mount H…, OR
Fast and rowdy on Hide and Seek
Jul 30, 2013 near Mount H…, OR
Rolling through the wet armored section above the bridge
Jul 30, 2013 near Mount H…, OR
Endless Flow in a Near Perfect Trail System
Jul 19, 2017 near Mount H…, OR
The forest is big and open on the upper section of Hide and Seek
Jul 30, 2013 near Mount H…, OR
Top of Hide and Seek
Mar 18, 2020 near Mount H…, OR

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Jun 14, 2025
Anna West
Jun 14, 2025
Caleb Perkins
Added on flow motion and 338 and climbed the road. 1750 vert 9mi
Jul 18, 2024
Nathan Scherneck
Upper H&S to the cut-off, back up and did Flow Motion, then lower H&S. Next time I'd probably just do FM->Lower H&S.
Jul 16, 2023
Jim Ryan
Aug 6, 2022
Mike Redacted
Jul 10, 2022
Mike Redacted
Jun 5, 2022
Calvin Young
Sep 6, 2021
Mikhail Bondarew

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