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South Sister is the highest of the Three Sisters and is located in Central Oregon. This approach is from Green Lakes, and typically involves an overnight at the lakes. The climb is long, but not technical. Outstanding views from the summit.
Activity Notes
This climb is part of the Autumn 2025: South Broken Jack multi-peak climb.
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| Driving Distance from Portland | 190 miles |
| Driving Time from Portland | 4 hours |
| Expected Duration | Car to car in two or more days |
| Relevant Books | Oregon High by Jeff Thomas |
| Relevant Maps | USGS 7 1/2 minute series: South Sister, and Geo-Graphics, Three Sisters Wilderness <href="http: "="" adventure="" c463="" starts-here="" title="On the Mazama Climbing and Hiking map page " www.mazamas.org="" your="">On the Mazama Climbing and Hiking map page <href="http: maps.google.com="" maps?f="q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=middle+sister&sll=44.103449,-121.769206&sspn=0.018891,0.04549&g=north+sister&ie=UTF8&ll=44.127028,-121.734352&spn=0.151065,0.363922&t=p&z=12"" title="Google maps">Google maps</href="http:></href="http:> |
| Awards Qualified | 16 Major NW Peaks, Seven Oregon Cascades Peaks |
| Useful Links | GPS Coordinates Map |