Frog Lake–Blue Box Pass, 5 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 993 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Frog Lake–Blue Box Pass, 5 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Government Camp, OR. The route passes Blue Box Pass before reaching Frog Lake at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 993 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Frog Lake–Blue Box Pass, 5 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 993 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 3,915–4,432 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 45.22931, -121.69971
Weather Sep 4: Heavy drizzle, high 52°F / low 41° · precip 50% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Blue Box Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto 220, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto 221, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto 220, heading S.
- 1 miPass Blue Box Pass.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Frog Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1 miBear left onto 221, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto 220, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Blue Box Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 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 0.5 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM — 3 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Pacific Crest Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 456 ft
- Lower Twin Lake & Twin Lakes Trail #495 via Pacific Crest Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 655 ft
- Blue Box Pass–220, 5 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,049 ft
- 2610-221–Frog Lake Butte Road, 4 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,731 ft
- Frog Lake Buttes–Lower Twin Lake Loop, 6 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,562 ft
- Palmateer Point–Upper Twin Lake, 6 sights 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,701 ft
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