Bull Run Watershed Management Unit
Buck Peak & Buck Peak Trail #615 via Pacific Crest Trail
15.7 mi · ▲ 2,439 ft · 6 hr 27 min
Buck Peak & Buck Peak Trail #615 via Pacific Crest Trail is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Bull Run Watershed Management Unit near Lost Lake Resort, OR. The route reaches Buck Peak at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It climbs 2,439 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Buck Peak & Buck Peak Trail #615 via Pacific Crest Trail
15.7 mi · ▲ 2,439 ft · 6 hr 27 min
Elevation 3,514–4,733 ft
Out & Back · Bull Run Watershed Management Unit
Trailhead: Forest Road 1800-050 · 45.42835, -121.80045
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 54°F / low 42° · precip 54% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
- Start on Forest Road 1800-050, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 7.3 miContinue straight onto Buck Peak Trail #615, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Buck Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
- 7.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Forest Road 1800-050, heading SW.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.8 mi in (~149 min). Leave by 4:52 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Forest Road 1800-050 Trailhead
- Pacific Crest Trail 14.8 mi · ▲ 2,228 ft
- Lost Lake–Huckleberry Mountain Trail #617, 3 sights 14.9 mi · ▲ 2,206 ft
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