Oregon hiking trails - Mountain Lakes Trail, Southern Cascade Range, Klamath County

   
  You'll must go far from Klamath Falls to get to Mountain Lakes Trail, but backcountry hiking it is always fun. While visiting this vicinity in Oregon it's a splendid idea to go backcountry backpacking too. Every hiking and backpacking trail in Oregon is different from the others. Oregon has plenty of great hiking and backpacking trails, and one of those is Mountain Lakes Trail in Klamath County. Mountain Lakes Trail sees pretty high levels of rain; during the month of December you get the most snow around here; the driest of the months is July. The total
    elevation difference for Mountain Lakes Trail is 2,862 feet which is a higher than average number. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. This is a wilderness trail that is quite long, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. This is one of many great outdoors hiking
trails in the surrounding neighborhood. Some parts of this great outdoors hiking trail are much higher up than other parts of the great outdoors hiking trail, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations. This wilderness trail is a wilderness trail of wonderful length having an average number of uphill miles which makes it an excellent great outdoors hiking trail for experienced backcountry walkers in great shape. When you're here in Oregon trekking along one of its hiking and backpacking trails never gets boring. This wilderness  
trail sometimes gets very dry, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. This backcountry walk should take you about 2.5 days, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. Backcountry hiking here in the Southern Cascade Range is the best way to enjoy these mountains. Mountain Lakes Trail is a one trailhead wilderness trail, so you're looking at an in and out walk. Mountain Lakes Trail is 17.2 miles long; it's a long great outdoors hiking trail. We all need to get out in nature once in a while, and if you happen to be in Klamath County of Oregon, Mountain Lakes Trail is a fine local wilderness trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. At Mountain Lakes Trail all through the warm months highs are in the 60's. Once the sun is down it falls down to the 40's. The winter comes with highs in the 30's, and winter nights come with lows in the 10's to Mountain Lakes Trail.

Briefly about the general area:
Seldom Creek is a wonderful stream that is worth checking out, and you should definitely dedicate some time to Fourmile Flat Quarry since you're here at Mountain Lakes Trail. Having a magnificent time in the Southern Cascade Range is painless. Whitewater paddling is tremendous on Klamath River.
Mountain Lakes Trail is a magnificent place to camp, Saddle Campground is a magnificent place, and Crystalline Spring is an inspiring place to stop at while here. Don't forget to take a fine little spree to Cold Creek, and close by you discover nice sites like South Pass. You truly must like Mountain Lakes Trail. In the event that you don't mind getting covered with water, you can always go whitewater paddling on Klamath River, and a tour to nearby Rainbow Bay is very relaxing.
You just can't imagine the amount of outdoors cool stuff the Southern Cascade Range has to offer. A visit to Mountain Lakes Trail wouldn't be complete without taking a look at Rainbow Springs, and White Pine Campground is a brilliant campground here.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 42.3926, Longitude -122.1777
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Total in and out hiking length = 17.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 7.7 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 days

Total elevation difference: 2862 feet


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These outdoors activities are available near Mountain Lakes Trail.
 Trails Near Mountain Lakes Trail:
Varney Creek Trail, Klamath County County , 2 miles away,  8.2 hiking miles, 1592 feet elevation difference
Greylock Mountain Trail, Klamath County County , 2 miles away, 6.5 hiking miles, 3383 feet elevation difference
Moss Creek Trail, Klamath County County , 4 miles away,  7.6 hiking miles, 1926 feet elevation difference
South Pass Lake Trail, Klamath County County , 5 miles away,  7.4 hiking miles, 3151 feet elevation difference
Pelican Butte Trail, Klamath County County , 7 miles away, 10.4 hiking miles, 3325 feet elevation difference
Rocky Point Trail, Klamath County County , 8 miles away,  3.2 hiking miles, 2163 feet elevation difference
Lost Peak Trail, Klamath County County , 8 miles away,  6.8 hiking miles, 1319 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Mountain Lakes Trail:
White Pine Campground, Klamath County, 5 miles away
Saddle Campground, Jackson County, 14 miles away
Hemlock Lake Campground, Klamath County, 14 miles away
Lake Of The woods Resort, Klamath Falls, 15 miles away
Upper South Fork Campground, Jackson County, 17 miles away
 Whitewater Near Mountain Lakes Trail:
Klamath River, Klamath County County , 14 miles away, Class IV+ - 5 miles long (JC Boyle Dam to Powerhouse)
Klamath River, Klamath County County , 16 miles away, Class III - 5.5 miles long (Keno Dam to JC Boyle Reservoir)
Trask River, Klamath County County , 17 miles away, Class IV-V - 15 miles long (John Boyle Power Plant to Copco Lake)
Klamath River, Klamath County County , 17 miles away, Class III-IV+ - 17 miles long (JC Boyle Powerhouse to Copco Reservoir)
Jenny Creek, Jackson / Siskiyou County County , 23 miles away, Class IV-V+ - 14 miles long (Ashland Oregon to Iron Gate Reservoir California)
 National Parks Near Mountain Lakes Trail:
Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake - OR , 27 miles away
Lava Beds National Monument, Tulelake - CA , 51 miles away
 Hotels Near Mountain Lakes Trail:
Klamath Falls Super 8 Motel, Klamath Falls , 24 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn, Klamath Falls , 24 miles away
Quality Inn Klamath Falls, Klamath Falls , 25 miles away
Golden Eagle Motel, Dorris , 25 miles away
Econo Lodge Klamath Falls, Klamath Falls , 25 miles away
 Lakes Near Mountain Lakes Trail
Storm Lake, Klamath County , 1 miles away
Lake Waban, Klamath County , 1 miles away

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