Plaza Lake–Fanton Trail #505, 3 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 3,808 ft · 7 hr 16 min
Plaza Lake–Fanton Trail #505, 3 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness near Bissell, OR. The route reaches Plaza Lake at the turnaround, 8.1 miles in. It climbs 3,808 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Plaza Lake–Fanton Trail #505, 3 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 3,808 ft · 7 hr 16 min
Elevation 3,112–4,527 ft
Out & Back · Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
Trailhead: Fanton Trail #505 · 45.24243, -122.12324
Weather Sep 4: Light rain, high 55°F / low 45° · precip 65% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
- Start on Fanton Trail #505, heading SE.
- 3.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Baldy Trail #502, heading SE.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 4610, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Plaza Lake Trail #788, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Plaza Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Forest Road 4610, heading SW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Old Baldy Trail #502, heading SW.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto Fanton Trail #505, heading NW.
- 4.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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