Mazamas — For the Love of Mountains
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
Wind down your summer climbing with an overnight in Three Sisters Wilderness and a morning climb up the much less populated Green Lakes Route of South Sister. We will hike into Green Lakes Saturday evening and camp along the scenic lakes at the saddle between South Sister and Broken Top. Sunday morning we will leave camp and make our way up the slightly longer but more gradual summit of South Sister. This area is going to permits next summer making this one of the final weekends to visit the area before the new system. Great climb for beginners and those wanting their first glaciated peak.
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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 |
