Three Sisters and Eagle Cap Wildernesses
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:29 pm
Since I live in Bend Maverick asked if I ever visit Green lakes in the Three Sisters Wilderness or the Eagle Cap Wilderness. The answer is yes. Green lakes is 45 minutes driving time and 2 hours hiking time from my house. I generally get up there at least once a year.
Including Eagle Cap (photo is from my top secret favorite fishing lake) North of Mirror lake is Matterhorn Mountain. This hand held photo at 1/8 second is a bit fuzzy but you get the idea. This place is crazy beautiful.
Except for the spruce trees instead of lodgepole pines much of the area is like the Sierra. I took my wife with me this labor day and she thought it was pretty nice, too, except for the cold and snow we had. She was even more impressed when Telkwa ("Its a small cyborworld" Aug. 31, 2008 posting) and I recognized each other, even though we had never met! We are planning another trip for next year that starts from Wallowa lake then to Aneroid lake and over Polaris pass to lakes basin and back down the Wallowa River to the trailhead. Because of the mosquitos and black flies the Eagle Cap will always be a late season trip for me.
Cheers
Mike
After hearing about the Eagle Cap for years I finally got up there on an extended Labor Day trip in 2007. It is beautiful but there are a ton of people. Must have been over a hundred people camped around Mirror Lake about 1800 feet below Eagle Cap Peak. The views are outstanding.Including Eagle Cap (photo is from my top secret favorite fishing lake) North of Mirror lake is Matterhorn Mountain. This hand held photo at 1/8 second is a bit fuzzy but you get the idea. This place is crazy beautiful.
Except for the spruce trees instead of lodgepole pines much of the area is like the Sierra. I took my wife with me this labor day and she thought it was pretty nice, too, except for the cold and snow we had. She was even more impressed when Telkwa ("Its a small cyborworld" Aug. 31, 2008 posting) and I recognized each other, even though we had never met! We are planning another trip for next year that starts from Wallowa lake then to Aneroid lake and over Polaris pass to lakes basin and back down the Wallowa River to the trailhead. Because of the mosquitos and black flies the Eagle Cap will always be a late season trip for me.
Cheers
Mike