Badger Lake–Badger Lake Trail #479A, 6 sights
12.1 mi · ▲ 2,747 ft · 5 hr 24 min
Badger Lake–Badger Lake Trail #479A, 6 sights is a 12.1-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route reaches Badger Lake. It climbs 2,747 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Badger Lake–Badger Lake Trail #479A, 6 sights
12.1 mi · ▲ 2,747 ft · 5 hr 24 min
Elevation 3,881–5,231 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: Mud Spring Trail #466A · 45.27704, -121.48941
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 50°F / low 40° · precip 38% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
- Start on Mud Spring Trail #466A, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Post Camp Trail #467, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Pine Creek Trail #465, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Forest Road 140, heading NE.
- 2.4 miPass Badger Lake.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Badger Lake Trail #479A, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Badger Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Forest Road 140, heading NE.
- 2.4 miTurn left onto Pine Creek Trail #465, heading S.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Post Camp Trail #467, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left onto Mud Spring Trail #466A, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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