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| | In Oregon you never run out of outdoors fun. Oregon has plenty of brilliant trails, and one of these is High Trail in Wallowa County. There are plenty of trails in Oregon; each one of them is different from the others. Hey, time for a hike don’t you think? High Trail in Wallowa County, Oregon is the outdoors at its best. The total elevation difference for High Trail is 3,735 feet, and that is higher than average. For the period of the summertime months highs here at High Trail get into the 90's, and the overnight is rather chillier of course, mostly in |
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the 50's. The winter brings highs down to the 40's, and winter nights come with lows in the 20's to High Trail. When you're here in Oregon backcountry backpacking along one of its trails is the brilliant thing to do. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions
| | in site. Backcountry hiking here in the Wallowa Mountains is an outstanding way to explore these peaks. This backcountry hiking trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the backcountry hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. There is only one trailhead, so you're looking at an in and out backcountry trek. This is a backpacking trail that is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. High Trail gets very little rainfall; the month with most of the rain is May; July meanwhile is | |
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the driest month. This vicinity does get very dry sometimes, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. High Trail is a backpacking and hiking trail quite far from Lewiston, but it is a really fine backpacking and hiking
trail. This is one of a very small number of backpacking trails in this vicinity. High Trail is a very long backcountry trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a tremendous backpacking trail for experienced trekkers in nice shape. High Trail is 18.2 miles
long; it's longer than many backcountry hiking trails. This backcountry hike should take you about 2.5 days, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed.
Briefly about the general area: Near High Trail you come across wonderful sites like Sluice Creek Saddle.
You'll need more than a day to look at everything High Trail has to offer, you can camp at Seven Devils Campground. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy this location. There are some magnificent whitewater spots on Snake River. There's so much to do here at High Trail that you need
to camp here for a while, Windy Saddle Campground is a nice site for that. Some of the water nearby flows, like Rattlesnake Creek; there's whitewater on Snake River for all you thrill seekers. You just can't picture the amount of outdoors fun things the Wallowa Mountains has
to offer. Rough Creek is a fine local stream. Whohoo, so many exciting things in one place! The Wallowa Mountains is so good! A pleasant place like Sour Apple Flat here at High Trail is too wonderful to miss, and a spree to Sacajawea Spring will fill your soul with tremendous
feelings. Dry Basin is a splendid site here at High Trail; do put some time aside to spend at Waterspout Rapids since you're here at High Trail.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 45.4367, Longitude -116.6632 - - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 18.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 7.8 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
2.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 days
Total elevation difference: 3735 feet

Best Western Salmon Rapids Lodge, Riggins
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22 miles away
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Best Western Rama Inn & Suites, Enterprise
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45 miles away
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| These outdoors activities are available near High Trail. |
| | Trails Near High Trail:
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Western Rim National Recreation Trail, Wallowa County
County
, 8 miles away, 7.4 hiking miles, 1434 feet elevation difference |
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Summit Creek Trail, Wallowa County
County
, 13 miles away, 4.7 hiking miles, 3050 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near High Trail:
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Snake River, Wallowa County
County
, 4 miles away, Class III-IV - 32 miles long (Hells Canyon Dam to Pittsburg Landing) |
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Snake River, Wallowa County
County
, 14 miles away, Class II-IV - 71.5 miles long (Hells Canyon Dam to Washington Border) |
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Salmon River, Idaho County
County
, 18 miles away, Class II-IV - 50 miles long (White Bird to Snake River confluence) |
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Imnaha River, Wallowa County
County
, 19 miles away, Class III-IV - -blank- miles long (to Snake Lake) |
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Little Salmon River, Idaho/ Adams County
County
, 24 miles away, Class II-V - 20 miles long (Hazard Creek to Salmon River at Riggins) |
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| | Hotels Near High Trail:
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Best Western Salmon Rapids Lodge, Riggins
, 22 miles away |
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Best Western Rama Inn & Suites, Enterprise
, 45 miles away |
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Western Mountain Lodge, Mccall
, 46 miles away |
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AmericInn McCall, Mccall
, 46 miles away |
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Mccall Super 8 Lodge, Mccall
, 46 miles away |
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