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Badger Creek Wilderness

Jean Lake–Camp Windy Trail #685B, 3 sights

6 mi · ▲ 1,032 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Jean Lake–Camp Windy Trail #685B, 3 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route reaches Jean Lake. It climbs 1,032 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,223 – 5,942 ft · steepest grade: 24%6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Forest Road 4860 45.29150, -121.56800
Nearest town Sportsmans Park, OR
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Jean Lake–Camp Windy Trail #685B, 3 sights

6 mi · ▲ 1,032 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Elevation 5,225–5,942 ft

Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness

Trailhead: Forest Road 4860 · 45.29150, -121.56800

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 47°F / low 36° · precip 42% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Forest Road 4860, heading W.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto Camp Windy Trail #685B, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 4860, heading W.
  4. 500 ftContinue straight onto Camp Windy Trail #685B, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miSharp right onto Forest Road 3550, heading N.
  6. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Jean Lake Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miReach Jean Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right onto Forest Road 3550, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miSharp left onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading N.
  10. 1.8 miTurn left onto Camp Windy Trail #685B, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right onto Forest Road 3550, heading E.
  12. 250 ftSharp left onto Forest Road 4860, heading SW.
  13. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Camp Windy Trail #685B, heading E.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 4860, heading E.
  15. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/jean-lake-jean-lake-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 47°F36°
Feels like45°Precip42%Wind5 mphUV4Humidity70%
Rained 0.6″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
50°35° 12 AM: 4% rain1 AM: 10% rain2 AM: 8% rain3 AM: 6% rain4 AM: 9% rain5 AM: 17% rain6 AM: 16% rain7 AM: 16% rain8 AM: 21% rain9 AM: 24% rain10 AM: 18% rain11 AM: 8% rain12 PM: 8% rain1 PM: 12% rain2 PM: 24% rain3 PM: 32% rain4 PM: 42% rain5 PM: 38% rain6 PM: 37% rain7 PM: 33% rain8 PM: 25% rain9 PM: 13% rain10 PM: 5% rain11 PM: 3% rain
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:40 PM
Sat 50°39° 33%
Sun 51°41° 57%
Mon 60°38° 24%
Tue 63°41°
Wed 70°48°
Thu 69°52°

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