Past Activity

Canceled: Diamond Peak PCT 20lb Challenge

  • Start date: 08/12/2022

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/15/2022

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Day 1 -Afternoon start at Trapper creek trailhead across from Odell Lake Lodge near Willamette Pass. Hike 5 miles to Diamond View Lake and dinner. Excellent possible group camp site here if conditions warrant. After dinner hike, 2.5 miles to camp at an unnamed lake with a stunning in-your-face view of Diamond Peak.

Day 2 – Late start possible if needed. Hike 7 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail with spectacular views all around to camp among a series of alpine tarns off the northeast side of Diamond Peak.

Day 3 – Early start. Hike 8 miles taking the new cutoff trail down Yoran Lake passing lovely swimmable lakes and concluding with a refreshing ford of Trapper Creek to TH.

  • Event Leader: Davies Russ

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 140

  • Season: 2022

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: 10 essentials and 2 days of food. This trip has a 20 lb total pack weight challenge! In accordance with PCT lore, tradition and practice, we will conduct a pre-trip PCT Pack Dump Triage to help you lighten your load.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 22

  • Member Fees: 2

  • Elevation Gain: 2300

  • Non-Member Fees: 10

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees:

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 8
  • Number of spots available: 7
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Davies, Russ 541-525-3719 N 2