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Pacific Crest Trail: OR Section 9

Pacific Crest Trail: OR Section 9

FR 4220 @ BREITENBUSH LAKE to TIMOTHY LAKE: Knobby buttes dominate this 31.4-mile trip through a landscape of glistening lakes offering big views of Mount Jefferson.

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Trail Facts

  • Distance: 50.5

Waypoints

PCT1258

Location: 44.7656173706055, -121.787017822266

From FR 4220 near Breitenbush Lake, head N

PCT1259

Location: 44.7756843566894, -121.796630859375

Stay straight @ Gibson Lake Trail jct.

PCT1260

Location: 44.7766494750977, -121.797996520996

Keep straight @ Horseshoe Saddle Trail jct.

PCT1261

Location: 44.792350769043, -121.80606842041

Nice views of lakes to the W, including Olallie Lake and Ollalie Butte

PCT1262

Location: 44.8019332885742, -121.812232971191

Stay straight @ jct. with Trail #735

PCT1263

Location: 44.8080177307129, -121.810768127441

Stay R @ jct.

PCT1264

Location: 44.8138847351074, -121.78971862793

Ollalie Lake Resort: Small store with soda and ice cream, boat rentals, camping; no swimming allowed in this reservoir

PCT1265

Location: 44.8415336608887, -121.777381896973

Stay straight @ jct., crossing a dirt road and power lines

PCT1266

Location: 44.851734161377, -121.77173614502

Stay R around the small lake @ spur to Rd. 512

PCT1267

Location: 44.8540153503418, -121.767601013184

Stay straight @ Russ Lake Trail jct.

PCT1268

Location: 44.8619155883789, -121.764579772949

Pass a spring

PCT1269

Location: 44.8890151977539, -121.747032165527

Cross dirt road

PCT1270

Location: 44.90625, -121.748802185059

Lemiti Meadows: A nice, large campsite here, but the water in Lemiti Creek had a minimal flow

PCT1271

Location: 44.9048652648926, -121.742767333984

PCT swings L; pass spur to Trooper Spring (the water here may not be the best to drink)

PCT1272

Location: 44.9252815246582, -121.745635986328

Cross dirt road

PCT1273

Location: 44.9438323974609, -121.755470275879

Stay straight @ spur to Pinhead Saddle

PCT1274

Location: 44.9678649902344, -121.732315063477

Cross dirt road

PCT1275

Location: 44.9819183349609, -121.724914550781

Cross dirt road

PCT1276

Location: 44.9831504821777, -121.724685668945

Pass spur to spring

PCT1277

Location: 44.9964332580566, -121.717102050781

Cross dirt road

PCT1278

Location: 45.0006675720215, -121.716819763184

Cross Warm Springs River and a campsite

PCT1279

Location: 45.005298614502, -121.718368530273

Pass a spur to spring; continue heading N

PCT1280

Location: 45.0208320617676, -121.714263916016

Cross dirt road

PCT1281

Location: 45.0470504760742, -121.711235046387

Cross dirt road @ power lines

PCT1282

Location: 45.0771484375, -121.719253540039

Cross dirt road

PCT1283

Location: 45.0949821472168, -121.738616943359

Stay straight @ Miller Trail jct.

PCT1284

Location: 45.1005821228027, -121.743347167969

Stay straight @ Joe Graham Trail

PCT1285

Location: 45.1017684936523, -121.74658203125

Cross paved road near campground;

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