Category: cascade lakes highway

• Devil’s Chair Pictographs & Todd Lake

  

   Wednesday I awoke, it was cold and the heater had turned on, it whirred and clicked. It whirred again. Something was different. Where was the Robin that so irritatingly called me awake at 5am? The room was stuffy, I’d shut the window sometime before dawn. Little wet blobs clung to the glass, was that rain? The forest […]

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  May 16, 2016

  cascade lakes highway, petroglyphs, The Devil’s Playground, todd lake

  cascade lakes highway, devil’s playground, todd lake

• Green Lakes Trail

  

  A hike with a beer namesake? That’s got to a be a pretty good sign! This hike (and it’s beer) is a Bend staple. Crisp, clean, and positively mood-altering; The Green Lakes Trail is a robust, and full bodied hike. Beer metaphors aside, when my friend called and asked me to last-minute-join her on on the trail, I […]

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  May 16, 2016

  bend oregon, cascade lakes highway, green lakes, Three Sisters Wilderness

  #featured, bend oregon, century drive, green lakes, green lakes trailhead, hiking

• Fall River Trail

  

  Crystal clear and cold as Hell, that’s Fall River! One time I thought I would be quite clever and come here to anchor my float tube. I found out really quickly why no one floats here, the water is painfully cold. My feet and ankles turned purple and then numb, I didn’t dare try sitting. Good […]

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  May 16, 2016

  cascade lakes highway, fall river, fly fishing, south century, sunriver

  central oregon, fall river, fly fishing, hiking, south century, sunriver

• Brown’s Crossing

  

  Brown’s Crossing, 24 miles south of Sunriver,  is one of my favorite spots to observe a plethora of local wildlife. This 2- square mile habitat is a lush home to a variety of waterfowl and birds of prey, hummingbirds, beavers, deer, and bats. In early Spring I visited and found several deer carcasses from the […]

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  May 16, 2016

  browns crossing, cascade lakes highway, crane prairie, deschutes river, south century, sunriver

  browns crossing, browns mountain, central oregon, crane prairie, crane prairie dam, south century, sunriver

• Cascade Lakes Highway Driving Tour

  

  A Summer driving tour of Cascade Lakes Highway in Bend, Oregon.

  naybeline

  May 16, 2016

  bend, cascade lakes highway, crane prairie, cultus lake, davis lake, elk lake, Little Lava Lake, scenic byway, sparks lake

  #featured, Bend, bend oregon, cascade lakes highway, central oregon, crane prairie, davis lake, elk lake, lava lake, mt bachelor

• Muskrat Lake Shelter

  

  In July of 2012 I visited Muskrat Lake Shelter, a half forgotten fur-trapper’s cabin nestled in the The Three Sisters Wilderness. The cabin was built in 1934 by famed cabin builder Luther Metke. The cabin was built to house fur trappers who managed traps that supplemented a muskrat farm owned by Ted Wallace. The business eventually failed […]

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  May 16, 2016

  cascade lakes highway, cultus lake, muskrat lake shelter, Three Sisters Wilderness, winopee trail

• The Devil’s Playground

  

  On the westside of Sparks Lake is an area called the Devil’s Playground, a meadow marsh near Satan’s Creek. I stumbled upon this place by accident, following fall colors and finding quite a bit more. This area is home to several abandoned campsites including the Satan Creek Forest Camp (pictured). Satan Creek is spring fed and flows […]

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  May 16, 2016

  cascade lakes highway, satan creek, sparks lake, The Devil’s Playground

• Little Lava Lake & Deschutes River

  

  Little Lava Lake is by far my favorite childhood lake. I have memories of hiking a primitive lake loop to a volcanic rock cropping, where we caught our limit of rainbow trout.  Little Lava is fed by a subsurface spring that sources the Deschutes River. The lake covers 138 acres and has an average depth of […]

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  January 12, 2015

  cascade lakes highway, deschutes river, Little Lava Lake, The Blue Lagoon

• Cascade Lakes Highway (Devil’s Lake)

  

  In early October I was able to get in one last trip around the Cascade Lakes Highway. Highway 46 is 66 miles long and features  a dozen lakes, 16 interpretive sites, and views of Mt. Bachelor, South Sister, and Broken Top. Campgrounds and trailheads provide access to fishing, hiking, rock climbing, and mountain biking. One could […]

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  January 12, 2015

  bend oregon, cascade lakes highway, devil’s playground

  Bend, cascade lakes highway, devil’s lake