Oregon hiking trails - Salt Trail, Wallowa Mountains, Union County

   
  Each one of the many great outdoors trails of Oregon is different from the others. Pretty far from La Grande you come across Salt Trail, but it is a really wonderful trail. Time to get out, and breathe some fresh air, and Salt Trail in Union County, Oregon is a really wonderful location to spend some time. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Great great outdoors trails in Oregon are in abundance, and Salt Trail in Union County is one of them. With its 11.6 miles of walking distance; it's considered a longer backcountry walk. Salt Trail
    has a total elevation difference of 3,105 feet, and that is higher than average. The great outdoors trails of the Wallowa Mountains are a brilliant way to explore these mountaintops. Salt Trail is mostly a reasonably dried up place; December is when you get the most snow here,
and the driest month is July. This is a backpacking trail that is quite long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Backpacking in Oregon is the great thing to do. Some parts of this backcountry trail are much higher up than other parts of the backcountry trail which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the backcountry trail. This is just one of a large number of backcountry hiking trails in this area. Salt Trail is many miles long with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a brilliant  
backcountry hiking trail for experienced backcountry trekkers in magnificent shape. Trekking in Oregon is such a brilliant thing to do. Now, this is roughly a 1.5-day backcountry hike, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. During the warmest time of the year here at Salt Trail, high temperatures mostly get into the 80's. Once the sun is down it dips down to the 40's. The winter comes with highs in the 30's, and winter nights come with lows in the 20's to Salt Trail. This is a one trailhead great outdoors hiking trail, so you'll be backcountry trekking it in and back out. Sometimes this backpacking trail gets really dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out.

Briefly about the general area:
If you go for the outdoors you'll go for it here in the Wallowa Mountains. If you came for an overnight stay Goebel's is a great place to camp, and a short trip to Horseshoe Spring is always worthwhile.
Mud Spring is a pretty place to pop by while you're at Salt Trail; why not a little side visit to Grizzly Creek. A good spot like Whiskey Flat here at Salt Trail is too great to miss, and if you desire a little side spree, try Big Canyon. You'll in fact wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the amusing things in the Wallowa Mountains. You ought to certainly dedicate some time to Deadhorse Flat while you're here at Salt Trail; swing by Dobbin Creek it's a magnificent spot to go to.
Be careful coming to Salt Trail, you might not ever want to go back home again. Camping is available at Hells Canyon Packers; at Salt Trail you always meet someone from La Grande.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 45.2744, Longitude -117.6748
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Total in and out hiking length = 11.6 miles

Total climbing distance = 4.5 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 6.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 3105 feet


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 Trails Near Salt Trail:
Lodgepole Trail, Union County County , 2 miles away, 5.4 hiking miles, 774 feet elevation difference
Huckleberry Trail, Union County County , 3 miles away,  6.6 hiking miles, 2763 feet elevation difference
Rock Spring Trail, Union County County , 8 miles away,  5.6 hiking miles, 2858 feet elevation difference
Washboard Trail, Wallowa County County , 9 miles away,  20.6 hiking miles, 897 feet elevation difference
Crooked Trail, Wallowa County County , 11 miles away, 0.9 hiking miles, 516 feet elevation difference
Cougar Ridge Trail, Wallowa County County , 11 miles away, 5.2 hiking miles, 3577 feet elevation difference
Bear Creek Trail, Wallowa County County , 11 miles away, 22.1 hiking miles, 4687 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Salt Trail:
Hells Canyon Packers, Union, 9 miles away
Goebel's, Wallowa, 16 miles away
Wallowa Valley Stay and wash, Wallowa, 18 miles away
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Best Western Rama Inn & Suites, La Grande , 31 miles away

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