Bear Creek and Standley Cabin

Moderate (to Bear Creek Guard Station)

10 miles round trip

900 feet elevation gain

Open May through November

Use: hikers, horses


Moderate (to Standley Cabin)

10.2 miles round trip

1400 feet elevation gain

Open mid-July through October

Use: hikers, horses

The Wallowa Mountains are best known for alpine lakes and high country meadows. But here’s another side of the range: a surprisingly low-elevation walk through a creekside forest to a historic log cabin.

To drive here from . . .

This chapter is an excerpt from 100 Hikes: Eastern Oregon