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3 sisters loop, short 

A 33 mile loop around the Middle and South Sisters, in Central Oregon.


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Author: davidtate
Date: 23 Jul 2008 9:23:08 AM
Activity: Backpacking
State: Oregon (OR)
Distance: Total: 33.98 mi
Active: 0 mi
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Difficulty: 6 / 10
Tags: Oregon, Bend, 3 Sisters, 3 Sisters Wilderness
Rating:   2 rating(s) Rate it

35 mile loop around the Middle and North Sisters.

Position Format: Datum:

Points of Interest

POI 0 Camp lake

Location: 44.132854, -121.759369
campsite at Camp Lake

POI 1Eileen Lake

Location: 44.138359, -121.849548
campsite at Eileen Lake

POI 2 Sawyer Bar

Location: 44.188816, -121.804245
Where we spent the night, fresh water, and a flat spot devoid of snow!

POI 3 Opie Dilldock pass

Location: 44.190704, -121.794899
Opie Dilldock Pass

POI 4 South Matthieu Lake

Location: 44.231739, -121.773033
South Matthieu Lake, campsite

Collier Cone View

Location: 44.186760, -121.784805
Looking towards the Middle Sister, Center, and the North Sister and thier associated Glaciers

North Sister

Location: 44.208256, -121.791771
Looking back south, to the north and middle sisters, across the meadow.

Pacific Crest trail, lava beds

Location: 44.220932, -121.775932
On the PCT, headed towards South Matthieu Lake, just north of the Yapoah crater.

South Matthieu Lake

Location: 44.231754, -121.773781
South Matthieu Lake, looking south towards the North Sister.

North Sister

Location: 44.190067, -121.736801
North Sister, one of the few times along this portion of the trail that we were in the open, where we could get a good view.

Squaw Creek

Location: 44.148075, -121.737404
Taken on the North Fork of Squaw Creek, where the trail junction is to go to Demaris lake.

South Sister sunset

Location: 44.133095, -121.760002
Taken across Camp Lake, at sunset from our campsite.

Eileen Lake

Location: 44.138756, -121.849243
Middle sister as seen across the surface of Eileen lake.

Obsidian Falls

Location: 44.168270, -121.817024
Called Obsidian Falls because the cliff here and the surrounding terrain, is mostly pure Obsidian.

Sawyer Bar

Location: 44.188614, -121.803543
The lava beds around Sawyer Bar, invaded by ghostly trees.

Routes

Route 0

Distance: 33.02 mi
Distance Name Location Distance to next
0.00 mi wpt 1 44.187248, -121.700523 Then go 0.15 mi
0.15 mi wpt 2 44.185844, -121.702721 Then go 0.15 mi
0.30 mi wpt 3 44.184544, -121.705177 Then go 0.13 mi
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33.02 mi wpt 245 44.187351, -121.700867

Collier Cone route

Distance: 0.96 mi
Our little side trip up around the Collier Cone
Distance Name Location Distance to next
0.00 mi wpt 1 44.189816, -121.791969 Then go 0.14 mi
0.14 mi wpt 2 44.188015, -121.790665 Then go 0.09 mi
0.23 mi wpt 3 44.186710, -121.790619 Then go 0.17 mi
0.40 mi wpt 4 44.185810, -121.787506 Then go 0.07 mi
0.47 mi wpt 5 44.186058, -121.786110 Then go 0.12 mi
0.59 mi wpt 6 44.187263, -121.784401 Then go 0.09 mi
0.68 mi wpt 7 44.188614, -121.784103 Then go 0.07 mi
0.75 mi wpt 8 44.189316, -121.785103 Then go 0.21 mi
0.96 mi wpt 9 44.189919, -121.789215
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