Photographing Oregon Three Fingered Jack
Reaching up into the deep blue sky, Three Fingered Jack's eroded, jagged summit lures climbers in for a technical, fifth-class mountain climb on one of the most picturesque Cascade volcanoes. A 7-mile approach along a section of the Pacific Crest Trail meanders through the white faced snags that are the remnants of the 2003 Booth Fire. The forest is slowly on its way to
Three Fingered Jack, located in the Cascade Range of Oregon. Picture by
The shade doesn't last long though and soon we found ourselves at about 6,300 feet elevation, we are perched on the side of Jack himself, staring up at his rocky spires! Views stretch out far to the west with Maxwell Butte and Santiam Lake being the most visible points of prominence. (Mt. Washington, North and Middle Sister) (Three Finger.
"Canyon Creek Meadow", Three Fingered Jack Oregon mountains, Oregon
The hike around Three Fingered Jack is a popular 21.5 mile loop, starting at the Pacific Crest Trailhead at Santiam Pass. You can also start the hike at Jack Lake Trailhead, however the road up to Jack Lake is long and rough, so even if you're coming from Bend or Sisters, it will still take less time to drive to Santiam Pass.
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Three Fingered Jack is a craggy peak located in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness in Oregon. Its summit is 7841 ft high. Three Fingered Jack is known to be one of the oldest, and crumbliest mountains in the Cascade Range. The route to its summit is very exposed and dangerous, but is one of the more popular climbs in Oregon. Contributors
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3537 ft Route Type Loop Description Added by Chad Torkelsen Take in incredible Mountain Views of Mt. Washington, Three Fingered Jack, Mt. Jefferson, The Three Sisters, Mt. Bachelor, and Broken Top. Begin this 2-3 day backpacking trek at the Santiam Pass trailhead off Highway 20, 31 miles east of Detroit and 21 miles west of Sisters, Oregon.
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Hike Canyon Creek Meadows Region: Central Oregon Tags: Hiking Try one of the easiest routes to the High Cascades' wildflower meadows, a loop leading to the craggy east face of Three Fingered Jack.. About the Hike: An easy loop visits Canyon Creek's lower meadow, full of wildflowers.
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Three Fingered Jack, Oregon. Prominence: 2481 ft, 756 m: Elevation: 7841 feet, 2390 meters: True Isolation: 12.6 mi, 20.28 km: Peak Type: Volcano:. Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Three Fingered Jack: Mazamas Sixteen Northwest Peaks Award (Rank #15).
Three Fingered Jack Loop Hike Oregon
Three Finger Jack, Canyon Creek Meadows, Wasco Lake Moderate โข 4.5 (259) Deschutes National Forest Photos (1,162) Directions Print/PDF map Length 7.5 miElevation gain 1,253 ftRoute type Loop Check out this 7.5-mile loop trail near Sisters, Oregon. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 3 h 28 min to complete.
Three Fingered Jack & Mt Jefferson Oregon Cascades Ocean Beach
Three Fingered Jack Loop Hard โข 4.4 (248) Mount Jefferson Wilderness Photos (1,954) Directions Print/PDF map Length 24.0 miElevation gain 3,641 ftRoute type Loop Get to know this 24.0-mile loop trail near Camp Sherman, Oregon. Generally considered a challenging route, it takes an average of 10 h 40 min to complete.
Three Finger Jack, Oregon from the upper meadow [OC] [3872x2592] โข /r
TRAVEL Hike into the shadow of Three Fingered Jack Zach Urness Statesman Journal 0:00 0:30 The best time to visit Oregon's most spectacular destinations is when nobody else is there. It's not.
Three Fingered Jack Outdoor Project
In this video we go up the summit of Three Fingered Jack. This is a tougher mountain due to the final rocks being so steep and crumbly. We roped in for a few.
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Wolverines and Another Oregon Peak. Three-Fingered Jack Mountain, 7,844 ft., juts inconspicuously into its parcel of sky between Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Washington.. HISTORICAL-- the rather unique and colorful name of this Oregon peak derives from the outlaw Three Fingered Jack (real name was Tres Dedos). His life ended rather abruptly in 1853.
Skiing the Cascade Volcanoes Three Fingered Jack
September 1, 2020 Arrival at Dawn I met my guide just before dawn for our ascent of Three Fingered Jack: a craggy, prominent remnant of a shield Volcano in central Oregon. This would be, far and away, my most technical rock ascent. As such, we had met the day before at Smith Rock to tune up my climbing skills.
Glory days of winter on central Oregon's Three Fingered Jack
Three Fingered Jack Moderate (to viewpoint) 10.4 miles round trip 1400 feet elevation gain Open late July to mid-October Use: hikers, horses This demanding portion of the Pacific Crest Trail climbs through a forest burned in a 2003 fire to an alpine viewpoint on the unburned slopes beneath Three Fingered Jack's summit crags.
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Three Fingered Jack, rising between Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Washington, is one of the oldest high volcanoes in the Cascades. It has some very poor, rotten, friable rock. It is characterized by a high ridge above a base of scree.
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When it comes to hiking in Central Oregon, there may be no better option, at least during peak wildflower season, than the hike up the Canyon Creek Meadows trail to Three Finger Jack. This hike checks almost every box: wildflowers, stunning mountain vistas, a lake for a post-hike dip, and a long bumpy dirt road to the trailhead.