The Top Spur Trailhead is on the northwest side of Mt. Hood at 3,900 feet elevation. The trail to Ladd Glacier Creek is on the north northwest side of Mt. Hood at 5,600 feet elevation. I planned on reaching the terminus of the Vista Ridge Trail which is on the other side of Ladd Glacier Creek, on the north side of Mt. Hood, but the creek was a raging torrent that I couldn't cross.

Total hike: 7.6 miles. Total climbing: 2,000+ feet. Hiking time: 6 hours, 57 minutes, and 51 seconds.

It took me 22 minutes to hike the Top Spur Trail to its terminus at the Timberline Trail, climbing to an elevation of 4,300 feet in about a quarter of a mile. The Top Spur Trail is the rootiest trail I've ever been on and it is very slow going coming back down, and so I didn't make it back any faster than going. Once while carrying my camera coming down on the Top Spur Trail, I stumbled over a root and fell flat on my face. Several times after that hike, I always put my camera in my pack before starting down the Top Spur Trail. But I felt that that original accident was just stupid careless, and so this time I kept my camera out and took a few pictures on the Spur Trail coming back, and I didn't fall. Also my feet held out just fine.

There is one stream crossing that has a bank on the other side that is extremely steep. This is a very scenic little stream with lots of moss-covered rocks and boulders, reminiscent of a much larger falls on Mt. Hood called Ramona Falls. From now on, I'll call this much smaller stream that looks like Ramona Falls, Little Ramona Falls.

Timelines: Started the hike at 8:15 AM, 00:00:00 hiking time o'clock. Milestones:
1. 1:41o'clock: Arrived at an elevation of 4,800 feet at the first open view of Mt. Hood along an east-west running ridge on the Timberline Trail. Forest fires around the Pacific Northwest obscured Mt. Hood worse than I'd ever seen in my 37 years living near Mt. Hood.
2. 1:55:56 o'clock (13.59 minutes after the previous milestone): Rested and brunched down two healthy bars before resuming the hike.
3. 3:31:27 o'clock (1 hour, 35 minutes, and 30 seconds after the previous milestone): arrived at Ladd Glacier Creek, which blocked further progress. Took lots of pictures of the raging creek.
4. 4:29:40 o'clock (58 minutes and 12.84 seconds after the previous milestone): Made a rest stop just past Little Ramona Falls for a small lunch, sunscreen, and change to short sleeved shirts.
5. 4:50:04 o'clock (20 minutes and 24.27 minutes after the previous milestone): Resumed the hike.
6. 6:57:51 o'clock (2 hours, 7 minutes, and 46 seconds after the previous milestone): Arrived back at the car.

Took 104 photos, of which 69 made the cut.