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Crawfish Lake Trail - No. 1606

Contact Info
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
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.

Details

Length:
3 miles
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Difficult
Time:
1 - 2 hours
Trailhead Elevation:
6800
Elevation Range:
6800 feet to 7100
Elevation Change:
300
Usage:
Moderate
Season:
Summer to Fall

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.


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