Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477 & Post Camp Trail #467 via Badger Creek Trail #479
10.9 mi · ▲ 2,900 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477 & Post Camp Trail #467 via Badger Creek Trail #479 is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. It climbs 2,900 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 98/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477 & Post Camp Trail #467 via Badger Creek Trail #479
10.9 mi · ▲ 2,900 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Elevation 3,287–5,444 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: Little Badger Trail #469 · 45.32351, -121.47589
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 47°F / low 36° · precip 38% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477, heading W.
- 3.1 miTurn left onto Badger Creek Trail #479, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Post Camp Trail #467, heading S.
- 1.7 miReach Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miBear left onto Badger Creek Trail #479, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477, heading N.
- 3.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM — 13 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Little Badger Trail #469 Trailhead
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- West Point via Forest Road 2730-200 1.7 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint & Oval Lake 2.7 mi · ▲ 741 ft
- Palisade Point & Oval Lake via Divide Trail #458 3.1 mi · ▲ 854 ft
- Little Badger Trail #469–Tygh Creek Cutoff #460A Loop, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 934 ft
- Forest Road 2730-200 5.3 mi · ▲ 967 ft
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