First, we hiked Fret Creek trail to Palisade Point. Starting at the opposite of the parking area. At mile ~2, reach Oval Lake (nothing special, good water source, no more water after that). Continue up a little bit to the junction of Divide Trail. Gain 1000', with a few steep sections and flat sections. Found one big larch tree of ~5' wide. 
Turn left for a few zigzag to the ridge, and quickly reached the rock outcrops of Palisade Point. 
Nice view to the north: Mt Jefferson, and Hood to the west while the moon is falling behind it. Now we descent through dusty trails towards Flag Point Lookout. That's about 2 miles and ~500' drop, ~300' up from the junction. 
Boogi, the current fire watcher, kindly gave us a tour (in two batches) and demo of how the reading is done. The other batch had a leisure lunch on the rocks in front of the tower. Delightful 360° views. of Mt. Rainier, Adams, Hood, Jefferson, and all the way to the desert eastern Oregon. Too foggy to see the Sisters. A better time to come here will be in October, as there're quite a number of larch trees.Back at the trail juntion, now we continued on Divide Trail to Lookout Mountain, another 2 miles and 800' gain.
At 6525', it's the highest after Hood in Mt. Hood National Forest. Again, dusty trail, but great 360° view. Only a foundation of a former lookout here. Large flat area on the top to sit and enjoy the view and twisted limbs of whitebark pine. Can see Mt St. Helen as well as the aforementioned Volcanic peaks. Only on this section, we met other people, only ~8.
Stopped at Solera Brewery in Parkdale on the way home. I had Hedonist IPA - the only one on tap that's low in alcohol and made in house. It's okay. The setting is quite nice though. Its window faces Mt Hood, and it has a large open space that can accommodate a band and picnic tables.Direction (copied from PortlandHikersFieldGuide): 45.349711, -121.472139, Elevation: 4610'.
- Via Sandy: 31 miles south, passing Government Camp, exit right onto Highway 35 for Hood River. Drive 13.7 miles and turn right onto FR 44 for Lookout Mountain, Camp Baldwin, and Dufur.
- Via Hood River: I-84 Exit 64 for White Salmon and Government Camp. Turn right, and then right again immediately for 0.4 miles to a four-way stop. Keep straight for Highway 35 South for Odell, Parkdale and Mt. Hood. Drive 26 miles and turn left onto FR 44 for Lookout Mountain, Camp Baldwin, and Dufur.
- From RF 44: 5.3 miles on paved FR 44, turn right to stay on FR 44 for another 3.3 miles. Turn right onto FR 4420 for 0.9 miles. Bear right, keeping to the pavement for 1.2 miles. Keep straight on FR 2730 for 2.2 miles, pulling off to the left 0.2 miles past the Fifteenmile Forest Camp.
