This was fun! Such a fun mix of different transportation modes. The forest part of the trail is generally well-marked. It was great to breathe such fresh air. Muddy in March, but with good shoes, it was no problem as long as we weren't rushed. On warmer days, finding a picnic spot in the forest would be great fun. I used the all-trails app to ensure I was on the right forest trail as at some points (especially when walking through neighborhoods), it would have been easy to make a wrong turn. We took the OHSU tram downhill, and we were charged $7/person. It seems as if the free-downhill tram is a thing of the past. Other costs of this trip: parking (we parked at Washington Park at the Zoo, Hop passes for the trolly and train). Overall, a very fun day!

Great if your family loves hiking as we went through many falls and did short hikes while seeing beautiful falls!

I chose to go counter clockwise and started downtown with the $5 MAX daily max pass that takes you to the zoo. The only issue, is that I had to keep the alltrails map open to find the trail once I got to the zoo, but once you are a 1/4mile in it's mostly easy to stay on the trail. going this direction has about 1500ft elevation change mostly up front. This is about a 3 hours hike. The trail through the hospital to get to the sky lift/tram is creative. The walk through the forested sections is cool even in the summer. Two hints, when you arrive at the zoo, the path is south and towards the entrance to the zoo, stay on the side walk, go past the entrance and down the hill, stay left when the main road turns at the bottom of hill and hike left over the bridge/highway, turn left on the service road for about 100 ft and main trail head is on the left. At the hospital parking lot when you exit the trail at the top of the hill, walk south through the parking lot and make a left on the main road, go about 200 ft and look for the white building on your right with a sign that say Tram. enter and follow the Tram signs though the building. At the bottom there are about a dozen restaurants should you be hungry.