Oregon hiking trails - Howard Cutoff Trail, Wallowa County

   
  Oregon is a good site for outdoors folks. Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Howard Cutoff Trail in Wallowa County, Oregon is the great outdoors at its best. You'll have to go far from Lewiston to get to Howard Cutoff Trail, but it is a really glorious backcountry trail. Every backcountry trail in Oregon is beautiful in its own way. Howard Cutoff Trail is 3.6 miles long it's a short wilderness hiking trail. There is only one trailhead, so in and out is the way to backcountry hike it normally. If you happen
    to be in Oregon, why not go backcountry trekking, it never gets boring. Summertime highs at Howard Cutoff Trail commonly tend to be in the 80's, and throughout the night it cools down to the 50's. Highs throughout the winter are frequently in the 30's, and winter nights come with
lows in the 20's to Howard Cutoff Trail. The total elevation difference for Howard Cutoff Trail is 671 feet which is a lower than average number. You should count on this backcountry trek taking about 3 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Howard Cutoff Trail is on the short side with very little uphill walking involved which makes it a good great outdoors hiking trail if you're looking for an easy stroll or if you're bringing small kids. This backpacking trail is not that long but it's always  
good to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. The number of great outdoors hiking trails in this region is not very high. At parts of the year this neighborhood sees very little rain, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. Trails are magnificent and plentiful in Oregon, and Howard Cutoff Trail is one of them, and it's in Wallowa County. Howard Cutoff Trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your hike. Howard Cutoff Trail is regularly a pretty arid site; May is the wettest month with most rain, and the driest month is July. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping.

Briefly about the general area:
If you came to camp Black Pine Campground is a good place to do that; the beauty of mother nature reveals herself at Howard Spring.
There's so much to do here at Howard Cutoff Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Kirkland Campground is a glorious place for that, and Box Spring is an inspiring site to pop by while here.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 45.8511, Longitude -116.9367
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Total in and out hiking length = 3.6 miles

Total climbing distance = 1.1 miles

Difficulty : Easy

Casual Hiking Pace: 3 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 2 hours

Total elevation difference: 671 feet


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 Trails Near Howard Cutoff Trail:
Cook Creek Trail, Wallowa County County , 3 miles away, 7.7 hiking miles, 4256 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Howard Cutoff Trail:
Kirkland Campground, Wallowa County, 14 miles away
Black Pine Campground, Nez Perce County, 19 miles away
 Hotels Near Howard Cutoff Trail:
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Holiday Inn Express LEWISTON, Lewiston , 27 miles away
Comfort Inn Lewiston, Lewiston , 28 miles away
Red Lion Hotel Lewiston, Lewiston , 28 miles away
Lewiston Inn & Suites, Lewiston , 28 miles away

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