Mt. Hood National Forest · Oregon
Cast Lake
0.5 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 796 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 45.3494, -121.8270 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
West Zigzag/Cast Lake Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
No fee required.
This trailhead provides access to the West Zigzag Trail located just before the trailhead, and the south end of the Burnt Lake Trail at the end of the trailhead providing access to the south west corner of the Mount Hood Wilderness . The West Zigzag Mountain Trail provides a short access to the ridge of Zigzag Mountain.
Provides access to: Mount Hood Wilderness via West Zigzag Mountain Trail #789 and Burnt Lake Trail #772 .
Restrictions <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mthood/?cid=STELPRDB5192346">Wilderness restrictions apply</a>
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Mt. Hood National Forest
About this trail's facts
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.
