Central Oregon Mountains, Deserts, Trails, Ghost Towns and Fire Lookouts

First, two images from Oregon's highest lake!

South Sister in the Three Sisters Wilderness near Bend, Sunriver, Redmond, and the Mt Bachelor Ski Area

It's unnamed, it's 10,200 ft high on the summit plateau of South Sister Mountain, it's Oregon's hightest lake. It sits on top of the ice-filled volcanic crater of South Sister, in one of Oregon's most active volcanic zones. South Sister ranks as Oregon's third-highest mountain peak (10,358')..... if you want to go higher yet, click this link to see pictures of the World's highest lake.. It's located in the driest region on Earth, near the Atacama Desert in South America where Bolivia and Chile meet-- the 19.000 foot high unnamed lake, like South Sister's unnamed lake, sits atop a stratovolcanic peak. The peak is named "Licancabur.," 19,409 feet high, the peak has ancient Inca sacrificial altar remains on its summit! Below is a sunset picture from the summit of South Sister....

Note tent and small black dog to the right of it! We are camping on the edge of a very recent volcanic crater; the permanent ice choking its mouth has been measured at about 200 feet thick. The photographer and his husky Kaila spent a spectacular night in the summit crater of South Sister....... the memory is of a feeling of Polar Emptiness embraced by nearby stars........ In the morning, the sea of clouds below was a floor upon which to dance.

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Deserts!

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Central Oregon deserts and desert ghost towns like Evans Well

 


Click below to be transported to additional Central Oregon Mountains, and also sections on the historic Pacific Crest Trail, historic wilderness shelters and fire lookout towers.

Wilderness Shelters, Pacific Crest Trail, Fire Lookouts, and More Mountains


Paulina Peak, East Lake, Paulina Lake and Newberry Crater

 


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