Oregon hiking trails - Lake Way, Central Cascade Range, Lane County

   
  As long as you like the great outdoors you will like Oregon. Every hiking and backpacking trail in Oregon is stunning in its own way. There are hiking and backpacking trails all over Oregon; one of those is Lake Way in Lane County. The hiking and backpacking trails of the Central Cascade Range are a really fine way to spend quality time in the great outdoors. Lake Way is not very next to Bend at all, but it's one of those spots where trekking is tremendous. Lake Way is many miles long with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a great backpacking
    trail for experienced walkers in nice shape. This backpacking trail sometimes gets very dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Of course, this is an overnight backcountry trek, 2 days normally, so
make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. With its 14.8 miles of walking distance; it's longer than many hiking trails. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, Lake Way in Lane County, Oregon is the outdoors at its best. Throughout the summertime months at Lake Way temperatures are ordinarily in the 80's. For the duration of the dark hours of summer temperatures dip down into the 40's. For the duration of the winter this place gets highs in the 30's while Lake Way night low temperatures during the winter are in the 20's. And keep  
in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. Lake Way is a wet place that gets a lot of rain; December is the month that gets the most rain; July is when it's the driest. Lake Way has a total elevation difference of 1,337 feet which is about average. This is a long backpacking trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Here in Oregon backcountry trekking is so much fun. This hiking trail has only one trailhead, so you'll be trekking it in and back out. You spend the whole trek in roughly the same elevation zone, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your trek. There are so many backpacking trails in this area.

Briefly about the general area:
This location, the Central Cascade Range, has so much outdoors cool things. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Horse Creek, and a visit to Island Meadow revives the soul. If you came to camp East Lake Resort and RV Parks is a wonderful location to do that, and close by you find magnificent spots like Corral Draw.
If you're here at Lake Way, you could visit Sink Creek, and a trip to Elk Lake Springs will fill your soul with glorious feelings. Reserve Meadow is a splendid spot, and Lake Way is good enough to spend more than a day at, Upper Campground is a good local campground. So much enjoyable stuff to do in the Central Cascade Range, not enough time. The beauty of mother nature reveals herself at Wright Spring.
There's just no way someone can get bored here at Lake Way. It's a splendid idea to stop by Quinn Creek, it's close to Lake Way, and get soaked paddling on Deschutes River.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 43.9547, Longitude -121.8026
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Total in and out hiking length = 14.8 miles

Total climbing distance = 6.7 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 9 hours

Total elevation difference: 1337 feet


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 Trails Near Lake Way:
Mink Lake Loop Trail, Lane County County , 0 miles away,  17 hiking miles, 1087 feet elevation difference
Mud Lake Trail, Lane County County , 1 miles away,  19 hiking miles, 1637 feet elevation difference
Senoj Trail, Lane County County , 1 miles away,  10 hiking miles, 1087 feet elevation difference
Island Meadow Trail, Lane County County , 2 miles away,  9 hiking miles, 704 feet elevation difference
Horse Mountain Trail, Lane County County , 2 miles away,  12.2 hiking miles, 1359 feet elevation difference
Sunset Lake Trail, Lane County County , 3 miles away,  6.6 hiking miles, 275 feet elevation difference
Horse Lake Trail, Lane County County , 3 miles away,  7.6 hiking miles, 427 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Lake Way:
East Lake Resort and RV Parks, La Pine, 5 miles away
Upper Campground, Deschutes County, 7 miles away
North Wickiup Campground, Deschutes County, 14 miles away
Twin Springs Campground, Lane County, 18 miles away
Twin Lake Resort RV Park, Bend, 19 miles away
 Whitewater Near Lake Way:
Deschutes River, Deschutes County County , 19 miles away, Class I-IV - 9 miles long (Wickiup Dam to Pringle Falls)
Horse Creek, Lane County County , 19 miles away, Class III - 11 miles long (above Separation Creek to McKenzie River)
Squaw Creek, Deschutes County County , 21 miles away, Class IV+ - 6.5 miles long (FS 1514 Bridge to Gaging Station)
Deschutes River, Deschutes County County , 23 miles away, Class I-II - 16 miles long (Pringle Falls to Big River Campground)
McKenzie River - South Fork, Lane County County , 23 miles away, Class III-IV - 6.2 miles long (Dutch Oven Camp to Cougar Reservoir)
 National Parks Near Lake Way:
Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake - OR , 55 miles away
 Hotels Near Lake Way:
Lodge at Suttle Lake, Sisters , 26 miles away
Best Western Ponderosa Lodge, Sisters , 27 miles away
Five Pine Lodge, Sisters , 28 miles away
Best Western Newberry Station, La Pine , 28 miles away
Sunriver Resort, Sunriver , 29 miles away
 Lakes Near Lake Way
Elk Lake, Deschutes County , 4 miles away

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