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Backpacker Magazine Bend, OR: South Sister Loop 

Circumnavigate South Sister, a snowy volcanic crater patched with glaciers and old lava fields, as you connect alpine lakes on this 29.9-mile camping loop.


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Author: Backpacker Magazine
Date: 29 Nov 2005 4:21:05 PM
Activity: Hiking
State: Oregon (OR)
Distance: 28.31 mi  (Change units)
Survey Elevation: Total Gain: 6993 ft
Total Loss: 6645 ft
Net Change: 348 ft
Difficulty: 7 / 10
Tags: Portland, Oregon, Bend, Favorite
Rating:   1 rating(s) Rate it


TO TRAILHEAD: From Bend, take US 20 NW to Sisters. Turn L onto OR 242, then L onto FR 15. After 7.1 mi., stay L @ Y, then follow to Pole Creek trailhead.

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SSL01

Distance: 28.31 mi Points: 1033
Total Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Active Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Bend: South Sister Loop

Points of Interest

SSL001

Location: 44.183128, -121.705399
Begin hiking S from parking lot

SSL002

Location: 44.163414, -121.708397
Cross log bridge, then turn L @ T

SSL003

Location: 44.116550, -121.704803
R @ fork to Green Lakes. Keep quiet?the creek-riddled land ahead in Three Sisters Wilderness is a wildlife haven

SSL004

Location: 44.082291, -121.727798
Veer R around S Green Lake, then swing S on Green Lakes Trail

SSL005

Location: 44.054062, -121.740196
Turn L @ T and climb to Moraine Lake, fore- ground for South Sister, 3rd highest Oregon peak at 10,358 ft.

SSL006

Location: 44.059891, -121.764297
Stay L, passing two summit trails on R. Tip: Basecamp near here for early, nontechnical summit attempt

SSL007

Location: 44.059952, -121.808998
Turn R onto Pacifi c Crest Trail

SSL008

Location: 44.079491, -121.818001
Cross icicle-cold Mesa Creek; soak feet in glacier-fed stream

SSL009

Location: 44.113201, -121.810104
From small, pristine lake, bushwhack R, roughly following dry bed of Separation Creek

SSL010

Location: 44.116661, -121.802498
Keep bushwhacking from small lake SE 1 mi., then merge with trail

SSL011

Location: 44.119137, -121.782295
Follow intermittent trail through rocky washout; keep hiking E, then skirt S side of Chambers Lakes

SSL012

Location: 44.133171, -121.760002
Pass Camp Lake; good camp spot. Go to lake?s NE corner to find trail

SSL013

Location: 44.147858, -121.737389
Cross silty runoff from Hayden Glacier and end loop @ WPT 2. Turn L; return to trailhead

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