Highest peak
South Sister
10,358 ft / 3,157 m
Most prominent peak
South Sister
5,598 ft / 1,706 m prom
Most summited peak
South Sister
122 summits
Most difficult peak
South Sister
Class 1
Difficulty breakdown
Class 1/2 1 peak
Class 3/4 1 peak
Highlights
- Climb the ultra-prominent South Sister and circumnavigate the rim of its huge snow-filled summit crater
- Survey the cliffs & crags of Smith Rock State Park from atop Misery Ridge in an amazing loop hike
- Explore the many buttes of Newberry National Volcanic Monument
- Top off each outing at a different brewpub in Bend
Latest summits
"Don’t think I went up the standard way , but it went . I biked from Dutchman flat sno park as I thought I could avoid wilderness permit , but when I got to TH it seemed like they wanted me to have one anyway. Confusing! Thankfully the Gestapo weren’t out checking papers today. Todd lake trail is nice and cruisy all the way to green lake campground. From there I headed right toward the waterfall that you can see on the mountain in the distance , and a faint trail provides loose, but class 1 access to the base of lewis glacier peak where it merges with standard trail. Lewis glacier peak shouldn’t take more than 15-20 mins . From there it got kind of annoying , wasn’t expecting it to be that loose and dusty. On the rim, I dropped down a class 3 exit and scree slid down pretty much all the way to the saddle and then walked up to hodge crest . I would track a gps or make sure you know what exit you take as it all looks the same on the way back up. It is also extremely loose to get back. Once you are back on , its smooth sailing to top. The best part about this was definitely the waterfalls after green lake , and the alpine lakes at the junction. I even took a quick little nap at the hig..." — joshortman • Aug 25, 2023
"1hr club on bachelor . Had to go goggins mode toward the end to get it in 1hr. Nice busy trail all the way up. Sisters looking nice in the distance , I think I’m going to try for north and middle sister next week unless someone wants to come pick me up at devil lake and take me back to pole creek so I can link up a three sisters traverse :) " — joshortman • Aug 12, 2023
"T mobile is just absolutely horrendous out here. Didn’t do a good job of having maps downloaded and assumed I could pull some up on the fly / on tops of other mountains . Not the case around here at all. Couldn’t load maps to get to Diamond peak or how to navigate the network of roads for some of other prominent peaks around here, even at the top of this mountain. Only could navigate to this one . This is a mountain bike trail similar to Spence mountain it would be a very nice (and steep) bike trail. It was pretty Smokey in this area
P29 for Oregon " — joshortman • Jul 28, 2023
"We arrived early enough that the shuttle hadn't started. So we walked up the road, then around the rim of the butte. Pretty neat area. Wildfire smoke was really bad and we had no views except towards the base of the butte." — newenglandwarrior • Jul 27, 2023
"We got lucky with the permits, obtaining one 2 days out. Tough but beautiful hike. Haze and wildfire smoke did a number on the views. We were able to see the area near South Sister and some of the tall peaks poking above the smoke, but nothing for views when it came to long distance stuff. Lots of dust on the trail. Again, really tough hike. " — newenglandwarrior • Jul 26, 2023