Difficult (to Arrow Lake)
10.6 miles round trip
720 feet elevation gain
Open mid-July through October
Use: hikers
Difficult (to Eagle Lake)
19.1-mile loop
4080 feet elevation gain
The Ice Age glaciers that scalloped the southern Wallowa Mountains left granite lake basins around the rim of Eagle Creek’s spectacular valley like cupboards in a giant’s kitchen. Day hikers only have time to peek in one of those cupboard doors, but backpackers can visit one alpine lake after another on a loop. The difficult route is impassable for horses, making this one of the few hiker-only Wallowa tours.
From Baker City, take . . .
This chapter is an excerpt from 100 Hikes: Eastern Oregon