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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Trail Facts
- Distance: 45.6
Waypoints
SSL002
Location: 44.1634140014648, -121.708396911621
Cross log bridge, then turn L @ T
SSL003
Location: 44.1165504455566, -121.704803466797
R @ fork to Green Lakes. Keep quiet?the creek-riddled land ahead in Three Sisters Wilderness is a wildlife haven
SSL004
Location: 44.0822906494141, -121.727798461914
Veer R around S Green Lake, then swing S on Green Lakes Trail
SSL005
Location: 44.0540618896484, -121.740196228027
Turn L @ T and climb to Moraine Lake, fore-
ground for South Sister, 3rd highest Oregon peak at 10,358 ft.
SSL006
Location: 44.0598907470703, -121.764297485352
Stay L, passing two summit trails on R. Tip: Basecamp near here for early, nontechnical summit attempt
SSL007
Location: 44.0599517822266, -121.80899810791
Turn R onto Pacifi c Crest Trail
SSL008
Location: 44.0794906616211, -121.818000793457
Cross icicle-cold Mesa Creek; soak feet in glacier-fed stream
SSL010
Location: 44.1166610717773, -121.80249786377
Keep bushwhacking from small lake SE 1 mi., then merge with trail
SSL011
Location: 44.1191368103027, -121.782295227051
Follow intermittent trail through rocky washout; keep hiking E, then skirt S side of Chambers Lakes
SSL012
Location: 44.133171081543, -121.76000213623
Pass Camp Lake; good camp spot. Go to lake?s NE corner to find trail
SSL001
Location: 44.1831283569336, -121.70539855957
Begin hiking S from parking lot
SSL009
Location: 44.1132011413574, -121.810104370117
From small, pristine lake, bushwhack R, roughly following dry bed of Separation Creek
SSL013
Location: 44.1478576660156, -121.73738861084
Cross silty runoff from Hayden Glacier and end loop @ WPT 2. Turn L; return to trailhead