Oregon hiking trails - Blue Lake Trail, Central Cascade Range, Linn County

   
  Oregon is a tremendous spot for outdoors folks. You'll have to go far from Bend to get to Blue Lake Trail, but you always have a brilliant time when you're backcountry backpacking along it. Going for a backcountry hike here in Oregon never gets boring. This is one of many backpacking and hiking trails in the surrounding vicinity. Blue Lake Trail has a total elevation difference of 2,356 feet which is about average. There are many perfect trails in Oregon, and Blue Lake Trail in Linn County is one of them. At parts of the year this region sees very little rain,
    so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. Being 13.2 miles long; it's a long great outdoors trail. For the period of the summertime highs here at Blue Lake Trail reach the 70's with night lows in the 50's. Throughout
the winter the highs are typically in the 40's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Blue Lake Trail. Each one of the many trails of Oregon is well worth a backcountry hike. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Of course, this is an overnight trek, 2 days normally, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. Blue Lake Trail is a very long hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this backpacking and hiking trail tremendous for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. This great  
outdoors trail goes through some very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the great outdoors trail. Keep in mind that this is a long wilderness hiking trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Hey, time for a backcountry walk don’t you think? Blue Lake Trail in Linn County, Oregon is the outdoors at its best. Blue Lake Trail is a wet place that gets a lot of rainfall; December is when you get the most rain here; the driest month of the year is July. Great outdoors hiking trails like this one here in the Central Cascade Range are a very good way to see these mountains. This hiking and backpacking trail has only one trailhead, so you'll be backcountry trekking it in and back out.

Briefly about the general area:
You'll really wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the fun stuff in the Central Cascade Range. A splendid place for whitewater paddling close to Blue Lake Trail is Marion Creek. That right there is plenty of exciting stuff already but it goes on, the Central Cascade Range has it all. Santiam River - North is a great whitewater spot in the vicinity of Blue Lake Trail; a nice place to camp here at Blue Lake Trail is Cold Springs Resort.
Blue Lake Trail is wonderful enough to spend more than a day at, Trout Lake Campground is a wonderful local campground, and if you're here, you could stop at Eight Lakes Creek. Why not stop at close by Jack Creek if you're here at Blue Lake Trail; a trip to Marion Falls will fill your spirit with glorious feelings. This is a great river. Minto Pass is near Blue Lake Trail and is a brilliant location, and don’t forget to go to Eight Lakes Basin if you're here at Blue Lake Trail.
What a spot this is for outdoors people. Do set aside some time for Marion Flats if you're here at Blue Lake Trail It's always perfect to pop by Gatch Falls.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 44.5765, Longitude -121.8938
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Total in and out hiking length = 13.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 5.1 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 7.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 2356 feet


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These outdoors activities are available near Blue Lake Trail.
 Trails Near Blue Lake Trail:
Marion Lake Trail, Linn County County , 1 miles away,  5.8 hiking miles, 1041 feet elevation difference
Pine Ridge Trail, Linn County County , 2 miles away, 7 hiking miles, 1692 feet elevation difference
Swallow Lake Trail, Linn County County , 2 miles away,  14.4 hiking miles, 3182 feet elevation difference
Bingham Ridge Trail, Linn County County , 3 miles away,  6 hiking miles, 1458 feet elevation difference
Minto Pass Trail, Linn County County , 5 miles away,  8.4 hiking miles, 967 feet elevation difference
Duffy Lake Trail, Linn County County , 5 miles away,  9.2 hiking miles, 1541 feet elevation difference
Turpentine Peak Trail, Linn County County , 5 miles away,  14.6 hiking miles, 2018 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Blue Lake Trail:
Trout Lake Campground, Jefferson County, 16 miles away
Cold Springs Resort, Camp Sherman, 17 miles away
Black Butte Resort, Camp Sherman, 17 miles away
Wizard Falls Campground, Jefferson County, 17 miles away
Suttle Lake Resort and Marina, Sisters, 17 miles away
 Whitewater Near Blue Lake Trail:
Marion Creek, Linn County County , 3 miles away, Class IV(V) - 7 miles long (Gooch Falls)
Santiam River - North, Marion/ Linn County County , 16 miles away, Class III-IV - 7.3 miles long (Bruno Mt. Road Bridge to Detroit Reservoir)
Breitenbush River, Marion County County , 17 miles away, Class IV - 8.2 miles long (Cleator Bend Campground to Detroit Lake)
Collawash River, Marion County County , 22 miles away, Class III-IV(V) - 5 miles long (Elk Lake Creek to river mile 5.5)
Metolius River, Jefferson County County , 22 miles away, Class III-IV - 28.5 miles long (Riverside Forest Campground to Lake Billy Chinook)
 Hotels Near Blue Lake Trail:
Lodge at Suttle Lake, Sisters , 18 miles away
Detroit Motel, Detroit , 21 miles away
Comfort Inn, Sisters , 25 miles away
Best Western Ponderosa Lodge, Sisters , 25 miles away
All Season's Motel, Detroit , 25 miles away
 Lakes Near Blue Lake Trail
Jenny Lake, Linn County , 1 miles away
Melis Lake, Linn County , 1 miles away

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