Pacific Crest Trail: OR Section 1
OREGON BORDER to OR 66: Pass under thick white firs on this 40.8-mile leg in the Siskiyou Mountains. Bonus: Watch the sunrise over Shasta from the Grouse Gap shelter.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 65.7
Waypoints
PCT1089
Location: 42.0037231445312, -122.909942626953
California-Oregon Border
PCT1090
Location: 42.0050849914551, -122.912651062012
Cross dirt road; head NE
PCT1091
Location: 42.0094909667969, -122.896667480469
Pass springs
PCT1092
Location: 42.0213508605957, -122.878318786621
Cross dirt road
PCT1093
Location: 42.0327682495117, -122.873519897461
Cross dirt road @ Sheep Camp Spring
PCT1094
Location: 42.0373649597168, -122.856964111328
Pass spring
PCT1095
Location: 42.0484504699707, -122.849685668945
Cross dirt road
PCT1096
Location: 42.050048828125, -122.846580505371
Head N toward Big Red Mtn. from Wrangle Gap
PCT1097
Location: 42.050651550293, -122.806434631348
Continue SE trek from Siskiyou Gap
PCT1098
Location: 42.0490684509277, -122.801651000977
Cross dirt road
PCT1099
Location: 42.0544013977051, -122.795829772949
Keep straight @ 5-way intersection
PCT1100
Location: 42.0580825805664, -122.794532775879
Pass spring
PCT1101
Location: 42.0814819335938, -122.739433288574
Continue straight on PCT @ Grouse Gap. If you want to visit the shelter, go R on road
PCT1102
Location: 42.0782318115234, -122.737152099609
Grouse Gap Shelter, a 2-sided shelter with large fire pit and some picnic tables, has no accomodations for sleeping, but provides shelter from a storm. There’s a bathroom here, too.
PCT1103
Location: 42.074348449707, -122.716918945312
Cross dirt road on the S slope of Mt. Ashland
PCT1104
Location: 42.0735321044922, -122.697219848633
Cross paved road
PCT1105
Location: 42.0720481872559, -122.691764831543
Cross dirt road
PCT1106
Location: 42.067798614502, -122.671882629395
Mt. Ashland Inn offers a picnic table and a water spigot for hikers to use
PCT1107
Location: 42.0760154724121, -122.651214599609
4 roads converge; stay straight, heading E
PCT1108
Location: 42.0778160095215, -122.629615783691
Pass springs
PCT1109
Location: 42.0773849487305, -122.622001647949
Creek crossing
PCT1110
Location: 42.0663986206055, -122.602951049805
Turn R onto old OR 99 and head S to reconnect with PCT .6 mi. down road on L. To hitch a ride N to Ashland (roughly 12 mi.): Turn L and walk roughly 1 mi. to I-5 onramp
PCT1111
Location: 42.0583648681641, -122.602569580078
Watch closely! It’s easy to miss the spot on L side of road where trail tread resumes
PCT1112
Location: 42.0499153137207, -122.585784912109
Cross dirt road
PCT1113
Location: 42.0475654602051, -122.583930969238
Cross dirt road
PCT1114
Location: 42.0306510925293, -122.570648193359
Cross dirt road at the foot of Pilot Rock
PCT1115
Location: 42.0534820556641, -122.507865905762
Refill water at a piped spring surrounded by fencing
PCT1116
Location: 42.0566177368164, -122.50341796875
Cross dirt road
PCT1117
Location: 42.0709342956543, -122.480934143066
Stay straight @ jct.
PCT1118
Location: 42.0852508544922, -122.48168182373
Cross gravel road near power lines
PCT1119
Location: 42.0951156616211, -122.473281860352
Stay straight @ jct. with Hobart Bluff spur
PCT1120
Location: 42.1097831726074, -122.477020263672
Walk through a nice meadow with good camping
PCT1121
Location: 42.1299514770508, -122.482696533203
Cross OR 66 @ Green Springs Summit;
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CA-OR Border Sign
Location: 42.0041847229004, -122.914398193359
©Jack Haskel
CA-OR Border Mileage Sign
Location: 42.0056991577148, -122.913642883301
©Jack Haskel
Grouse Gap Shelter
Location: 42.0779418945312, -122.736526489258
2-sided shelter with large fire pit and some picnic tables, has no accomodations for sleeping, but provides shelter from a storm. There’s a bathroom here, too. ©Jack Haskel
Forested slopes
Location: 42.0189933776856, -122.893501281738
©Jack Haskel
Open ridge and flowers
Location: 42.0288276672363, -122.875938415527
©Jack Haskel
