Contact Info
3285 11th St.
PO Box 947
Baker City, OR 97814
- Phone:
- 541-523-4476
Basics
- Length:
- 3 miles
- Difficulty:
- Intermediate,
Difficult - Time:
- 1 - 2 hours
- Trailhead Elevation:
- 6800 feet
- Elevation Range:
- 6800 feet to 7100 feet
- Elevation Change:
- 300 feet
- Usage:
- Moderate
- Season:
- Summer to Fall
Description
Crawfish Lake Trail offers a short and moderately steep access to the northwest side of the Elkhorns and North Fork John Day Wilderness. The trail starts by following an old dirt road for a short distance and intersects old roads three times within the first mile. It climbs through thick stands of young fir, spruce and lodgepole pine along the northwest edge of the North Fork John Day Wilderness. The lake lies at the base of the jagged northern peaks of the Elkhorn Mountains. The trail continues around the lake and descends gradually. After descending for a half-mile it then ascends steeply for a half-mile through a ghostly stand of trees burned in a 1986 fire and ends at the Upper Crawfish Lake Trailhead.
Wilderness is closed to motorized and mechanized travel.
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Map + Directions
Basic Directions
From Baker City, Oregon, take U.S. Highway 30 to Haines, turn west on County Road 1146, follow the Elkhorn Drive Scenic Byway signs to Anthony Lakes (32 miles). Continue on this highway (Forest Road 73) past the Elkhorn summit to the crossing of Crawfish Creek. The trailhead is on the west side of the road.
