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[[Image:Cooper Spur Shelter.jpg|thumb|400px|Cooper Spur Shelter and Mount Hood ''(Tom Kloster)'']]
 
[[Image:Cooper Spur Shelter.jpg|thumb|400px|Cooper Spur Shelter and Mount Hood ''(Tom Kloster)'']]
  
 
* Hikes including this location:
 
* Hikes including this location:
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Cloud Cap Trailhead|hike=Cooper Spur Hike|log=Cooper Spur Hike/Log|previous=Cloud Cap Trailhead|next=Cooper Spur}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Cloud Cap Trailhead|hike=Eliot Moraine Hike|log=Eliot Moraine Hike/Log|previous=Timberline-Cooper Spur-Tilly Jane Trail Junction|next=Eliot Glacier Moraine}}
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Cloud Cap Trailhead|hike=Eliot Moraine Hike|log=Eliot Moraine Hike/Log|previous=Cloud Cap Trailhead|next=Cooper Spur Shelter}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Cloud Cap Trailhead|hike=Cooper Spur Hike|log=Cooper Spur Hike/Log|previous=Timberline-Cooper Spur-Tilly Jane Trail Junction|next=Cooper Spur}}
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Cloud Cap Trailhead|hike=Gnarl Ridge from Cloud Cap Hike|log=Gnarl Ridge from Cloud Cap Hike/Log|previous=Cloud Cap Trailhead|next=Timberline High Point}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Cloud Cap Trailhead|hike=Gnarl Ridge from Cloud Cap Hike|log=Gnarl Ridge from Cloud Cap Hike/Log|previous=Timberline-Cooper Spur-Tilly Jane Trail Junction|next=Timberline High Point}}
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Tilly Jane Trailhead|hike=Tilly Jane Hike|log=Tilly Jane Hike/Log|previous=Tilly Jane Trailhead|next=Cloud Cap Trailhead}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Tilly Jane Trailhead|hike=Tilly Jane Loop Hike|log=Tilly Jane Loop Hike/Log|previous=Timberline-Cooper Spur-Tilly Jane Trail Junction|next=Eliot Glacier Moraine}}
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Timberline Lodge Trailhead|hike=Timberline Trail around Mount Hood Hike|log=Timberline Trail around Mount Hood Hike/Log|previous=Cloud Cap Trailhead|next=Timberline High Point}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Tilly Jane Sno Park Trailhead|hike=Cooper Spur via Tilly Jane Ski Trail Hike|log=Cooper Spur via Tilly Jane Ski Trail Hike/Log|previous=Timberline-Cooper Spur-Tilly Jane Trail Junction|next=Cooper Spur}}
{{maplinkinfo|latitude=45.3892|longitude=-121.662}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Timberline Lodge Trailhead|hike=Timberline Trail around Mount Hood Hike|log=Timberline Trail around Mount Hood Hike/Log|previous=Timberline-Cooper Spur-Tilly Jane Trail Junction|next=Timberline High Point}}
*Elevation: 6800 feet
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* Elevation: 6810 feet
  
 
=== Description ===
 
=== Description ===
The Cooper Spur Shelter is halfway up [[Cooper Spur]], just above the junction of the Tilly Jane Trail with the Timberline Trail.  You get great views up the mountain, and of area to the east.
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The Cooper Spur Shelter is halfway up [[Cooper Spur]], just above the junction of the Tilly Jane Trail with the Timberline Trail.  You get great views up the mountain, and of area to the east. The shelter is a stone shelter with metal roof that drips when it rains; it has an open door and a fireplace with chimney.  It's big enough for a couple of people.  It would be a good shelter in a storm.
  
The shelter is a stone shelter with metal roof (that drips when it rains), open door, and a fireplace with chimneyIt's big enough for a couple people. It would be good in a storm.
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There are a number of nearby spots for tentsThe closest drinking water is 0.5 miles below in the Tilly Jane canyon.
  
There are a number of good nearby spots for tents.  The closest drinking water is 0.5 miles below in the Tilly Jane canyon.
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From the [[Timberline-Cooper Spur-Tilly Jane Trail Junction|junction of Tilly Jane Trail and Timberline Trail]], take the Tilly Jane Trail directly up. There is a sign that says "Cooper Spur". 
  
From the [[Timberline-Cooper Spur-Tilly Jane Trail Junction|junction of Tilly Jane Trail and Timberline Trail]], take the Tilly Jane Trail directly up.  There is a sign that says "Cooper Spur".  You can also get to the shelter from the detour across Eliot Creek - go directly up a faint trail up the ridge on the east side of Eliot Creek.
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=== More Links ===
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* [https://www.summitpost.org/cooper-spur/155414  Cooper Spur (Summit Post)]
  
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=== Guidebooks that cover this destination ===
 
* ''Hiking Oregon's Geology'', by Ellen Morris Bishop
 
* ''60 Hikes within 60 Miles of Portland'', by Paul Gerald
 
 
=== More Links ===
 
  
 
=== Page Contributors ===
 
=== Page Contributors ===
 
* [[User:Splintercat|Splintercat (Tom Kloster)]] (primary)
 
* [[User:Splintercat|Splintercat (Tom Kloster)]] (primary)
 
* [[User:Retiredjerry]]
 
* [[User:Retiredjerry]]

Latest revision as of 00:04, 27 September 2021

Cooper Spur Shelter and Mount Hood (Tom Kloster)

Description

The Cooper Spur Shelter is halfway up Cooper Spur, just above the junction of the Tilly Jane Trail with the Timberline Trail. You get great views up the mountain, and of area to the east. The shelter is a stone shelter with metal roof that drips when it rains; it has an open door and a fireplace with chimney. It's big enough for a couple of people. It would be a good shelter in a storm.

There are a number of nearby spots for tents. The closest drinking water is 0.5 miles below in the Tilly Jane canyon.

From the junction of Tilly Jane Trail and Timberline Trail, take the Tilly Jane Trail directly up. There is a sign that says "Cooper Spur".

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