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Bull Run Watershed Management Unit

Lost Lake–Huckleberry Mountain Trail #617, 3 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 2,499 ft · 6 hr 29 min

Lost Lake–Huckleberry Mountain Trail #617, 3 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Bull Run Watershed Management Unit near Lost Lake Resort, OR. The route reaches Lost Lake. It climbs 2,499 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,969 – 4,505 ft · steepest grade: 18%15.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.49833, -121.83093
Nearest town Lost Lake Resort, OR
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Lost Lake–Huckleberry Mountain Trail #617, 3 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 2,499 ft · 6 hr 29 min

Elevation 2,971–4,505 ft

Out & Back · Bull Run Watershed Management Unit

Trailhead: 45.49833, -121.83093

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right onto Old Skyline Trail #655, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Lake Branch Cascades Trail #618A, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Lakeshore Trail #656, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftPass Lost Lake.
  6. 1.1 miBear left onto Lost Lake Vista Trail #656A, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Huckleberry Mountain Trail #617, heading S.
  9. 2 miSharp right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
  10. 3.3 miReach Lost Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 3.3 miSharp left onto Huckleberry Mountain Trail #617, heading SE.
  12. 2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Lost Lake Vista Trail #656A, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miBear right onto Lakeshore Trail #656, heading N.
  15. 1.1 miTurn right onto Lake Branch Cascades Trail #618A, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Skyline Trail #655, heading NW.
  17. 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
  18. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lost-lake-huckleberry-mountain-trail-617-out-back-3-sights-25-km

Trail surface

41% dirt59% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.3 mi in (~171 min). Leave by 4:30 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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