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Diamond Peak: PCT and Mt. Yoran trails

  • Start date: 08/19/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/19/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

To make this a one-way hike we will do a key exchange and divide into two hiking groups. Joel Greer will lead one group and Steve Adey the other.

One group will start at the Vivian Lake trailhead (by Hemlock Butte) on W side of Diamond Peak. They will hike E on the Mt. Yoran Trail, past Divide Lake, and then N on the PCT to the trailhead by Pengra Pass near Odell Lake. See Sullivan #97, Divide Lake and #95, Midnight and Yoran Lakes.

The second group will do the reverse, starting at the Pengra Pass PCT trailhead by Odell Lake and hiking S on the PCT and then W past Divide Lake to the Vivian Lake trailhead.

Theoretically we will meet in the middle. And find a vehicle at the exit point.

  • Event Leader: Steve Adey

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-520-9285

  • Event Leader Email: steve80adey@gmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: South Eugene High School, 19th & Patterson

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 140

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Lunch and water. Sun and bug protection. Be aware that professional medical assistance may be a long way off. Some hikers always bring all of the 10 essentials.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 11.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1500

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

A key exchange allows this to be a one-way through hike, rather than an out-and-back. The travel time to either trail head is about 1.5 hours. Hiking time, including good lunch break, is about 6 hours at a brisk pace, 7 hours at a more moderate pace. The 6.7 mile PCT section is not particularly exciting, but is a nice gradual climb in the woods past several lakes. The Divide Lake trail (4.8 to the PCT) is steeper and has more views. Some might prefer to walk up it rather than down. The huckleberries were mostly gone. No mosquitoes.