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| | Here in Oregon trekking is something that is always fun to do. There are wilderness hiking trails all over Oregon; one of these is Windy Lakes Trail in Klamath County. Windy Lakes Trail is a hiking trail pretty far from Klamath Falls, but what a glorious spot for backpacking it is. High temperatures at Windy Lakes Trail during the summer months are in the 80's. Summer night lows dip down to the 40's. For the period of the wintertime highs are regularly in the 40's while Windy Lakes Trail night low temperatures throughout the wintertime are in the 20's. |
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Windy Lakes Trail sees pretty high levels of rainfall; of all the months in a year December is the one with the most rain, and July is when it's the driest. This is a long hiking trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety
| | restrictions in spot. The time needed for this backcountry hike is roughly 7 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. This great outdoors trail is a mid length great outdoors trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this a very tough great outdoors trail for advanced backcountry walkers looking for a magnificent challenge. There are so many great outdoors trails in this vicinity. Every Oregon wilderness hiking trail has its own character. At parts of the year this vicinity sees | |
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very little rain, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. Being 8 miles long it's an average length wilderness trail. Windy Lakes Trail is a one trailhead backpacking and hiking trail, so you're looking at an in and out hike. The great outdoors
trails of the Central Cascade Range are a very pleasant way to see these highlands. Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to get out in the wilderness a bit, and Windy Lakes Trail in Klamath County, Oregon is just what you need. This backpacking and hiking trail has a total
elevation difference of 1,381 feet, and that is about average. Windy Lakes Trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time which means the conditions are about the same from start to finish. Oregon is a perfect outdoors state.
Briefly about the general
area: Stay the night at Lake Lucile Campground, and some nearby water includes Whitefish Creek. Bingham Meadow is a brilliant location to stretch your legs a bit; Windy Lakes Trail is a fine place to visit for more than one day, Shelter Cove Resort is a fine place to camp nearby.
Crater Lake National Park is one of the destinations right next door to Windy Lakes Trail that are perfect to go to. And that's not all the things you can do here in the Central Cascade Range. Cowhorn Creek is right next door to Windy Lakes Trail and is always a diversion to visit, and a journey to Tandy Bay is always a good idea.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 43.4593, Longitude -122.0313 - - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 8 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.3 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
7 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4.5 hours
Total elevation difference: 1381 feet

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Calamut Way, Douglas County
County
, 3 miles away, 2.7 hiking miles, 595 feet elevation difference |
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Fawn Lake Way, Klamath County
County
, 4 miles away, 14 hiking miles, 2081 feet elevation difference |
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Windy Pass Way, Douglas County
County
, 4 miles away, 10.5 hiking miles, 1518 feet elevation difference |
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Pretty Lake Trail, Klamath County
County
, 5 miles away, 6.8 hiking miles, 1098 feet elevation difference |
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Kelsay Way, Douglas County
County
, 6 miles away, 6.2 hiking miles, 2161 feet elevation difference |
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Fawn Lake Trail, Klamath County
County
, 6 miles away, 5.6 hiking miles, 863 feet elevation difference |
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Sawtooth Way, Douglas County
County
, 6 miles away, 4.8 hiking miles, 1284 feet elevation difference |
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| | Hotels Near Windy Lakes Trail:
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Best Western Oakridge Inn, Oakridge
, 34 miles away |
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Best Western Newberry Station, La Pine
, 40 miles away |
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Sunriver Resort, Sunriver
, 47 miles away |
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The Pines at Sunriver, Sunriver
, 48 miles away |
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