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| | Every hiking and backpacking trail in Oregon has its own character. Finally, backcountry hiking time is here again, and Howard Cutoff Trail in Wallowa County, Oregon is the wilderness at its best. If you are in Oregon during backcountry trekking season you have to go backcountry trekking. At parts of the year this area 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. Throughout the months of summer highs here at Howard Cutoff Trail get into the 80's, and the nighttime is somewhat |
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chillier of course, regularly in the 50's. Daytime highs through the winter are in the 30's while the cold winter nights at Howard Cutoff Trail are in the 20's. This hike shouldn't take more than 3 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared
| | for that. There's not much difference in elevation along the hiking trail which means the conditions are about the same from start to finish. Howard Cutoff Trail has only one trailhead, so in and out is the way to walk it normally. Brilliant hiking and backpacking trails in Oregon are in abundance, and Howard Cutoff Trail in Wallowa County is one of them. This backcountry hiking trail is not that long but it's always tremendous to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. Howard Cutoff Trail is pretty dried up mostly; the month of | |
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May is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest month of the year is July. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in site. This backcountry trail has a total elevation difference of 671 feet which is a lower than average number. Backcountry
trekking here in Oregon is something that is always fun to do. Howard Cutoff Trail is a wilderness trail pretty far from Lewiston, but it is a glorious wilderness trail. This great outdoors trail is a very short great outdoors trail, and it's pretty flat a great backcountry hiking
trail for an easy stroll for the whole family. With its 3.6 miles of walking distance it's shorter than many hiking trails. The number of backcountry hiking trails in this neighborhood is not very high.
Briefly about the general area:
Black Pine Campground is a good
local campground, and a short journey to Box Spring is always worthwhile.
If you came for an overnight stay Kirkland Campground is a magnificent spot to camp, and a spree to Howard Cutoff Trail wouldn't be complete without taking a look at Howard Spring.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 45.8511, Longitude -116.9367
- - Directions and Road Map
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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