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Canceled: Three Sisters PCT Section Hike

  • Start date: 09/15/2022

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 09/18/2022

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is Oregon’s finest Section hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, a four-day 30-mile stretch through spectacular alpine lava flows as the South Sister slips away to reveal the Middle and then the North.
The proposed hike is one-way northbound and will need a shuttle. On the way out, we’ll drive over Mackenzie Pass and leave a vehicle at Lava Camp Trailhead then continue around through Bend to Elk Lake. At hike’s conclusion, swing back through Elk Lake and head home to Eugene via Willamette Pass.
The hike itself is straightforward. Hike up to the PCT and go North. Day 1 – Elk Lake TH 6 miles to Sisters Mirror Lake. Day 2 – PCT Northbound 9 miles crossing Wickiup Plain and passing S Sister to Chambers Cr/Reese Lk. Day 3 – PCT Nobo 8 miles with lunch at Sisters Spring and Obsidian Falls to camp on Opie Dillock Pass. Day 4 – PCT Nobo 7 miles passing the Ahalapam Cinder Field and Yapoah Crater to the finish at Lava Camp TH.

  • Event Leader: Davies Russ

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: Red Barn Grocery, 4th & Blair

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 350

  • Season: 2022

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Bring mountain backpacking gear including the mandatory 10 essentials. Expect rain, wind, sun, heat, cold and snow and carry appropriate clothing to match. Water is available regularly, but campsites may be dry so bring overnight capacity. Carry 3 days of food plus a stove if cooking. Fires are not allowed above 5,700’ anywhere in the Sisters Wilderness.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 30

  • Member Fees: 2

  • Elevation Gain: 3000

  • Non-Member Fees: 10

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 6
  • Number of spots available: 4
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Davies, Russ 541-525-3719 N 2
2 Signed-Up Harris, Jean 541-953-0268 N 2