Though the base of the trail around the luxury hotel was packed with tourists, only a few of us made the 5 1 / 2-mile climb to the Plain of Six Glaciers Teahouse at 6, 900 feet, the primary resting point of that day's 10-mile walk, and another mile beyond to the Abbot Hutt Lookout.
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As a resting point, the park sits closely between many areas of interest to those in the street life, for example the TriMet transit mall, the east-west light rail service, the Portland Streetcar service, Powell's Books, and Burnside Street as well as Stark Street, home of Portland's The Roxy, which is open 24 hours most days . The park is designated as both part of Portland Police Bureau's " Drug-Free Zone " as well as " Prostitution-Free Zone ", due to its frequent association with drug-and prostitution-related crimes.
