Looking for a hike on a trail that's in good shape this fall?
Maybe you want a day hike in the heart of Oregon's Wild Rivers Area or to check out the fall colors in the Sky Lakes. Find a trail from our August & September work log below, and expand your search with every trail we've maintained since 01/01/2023. Get the maps, brush up on your Leave No Trace principles, and GO!
Fall staff crew on the Elk Lake Creek Trail, Mt. Hood National Forest. Photo by Nick Hodges
York Butte
Tucked away in a remote pocket of the Wild Rivers Ranger District, the one-mile-long trail climbs to a 4,200+ foot peak with knockout views of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, coast range, and surrounding mountains.
It's in pristine shape after the fall staff crew spent several days there. Pick up the Wild Rivers District map and head out.
Bull of the Woods
Go check out the Elk Lake Creek Trail that we worked on with the Mt. Hood National Forest.
But check out the map and go now because more logs will fall this winter in this burn area.
Elk Lake, Bull of the Woods Wilderness. Photo by Nick Hodges
Visit the south Kalmiopsis
Take a fall foray into Oregon's third largest wilderness and visit Oregon's largest un-dammed waterway, the Wild & Scenic Chetco River. Read more about the Kalmiopsis, pick up the map, and follow our August & September work log, as well as other trails recently worked.
Read more about the partners and the work going into the Sky Lakes and head out.
BEFORE
Before-and-after by Ryan Debreceni
Rogue River Trail
The 40-mile national recreation trail can be a real zoo in the spring, but by fall most of the crowds have died down and the trail is in great shape after a small SMC crew recently cleaned up a landslide just upstream of the Rogue River Ranch.
| Start Date | End Date | Unit | Trail: Trail Name | Trail: Trail Number | Section Name | |
| 7/30/2024 | 8/6/2024 | Mount Hood National Forest | Elk Lake Creek Trail | 559 | Trailhead to (44.853379, -122.053591) | |
| 7/30/2024 | 8/6/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Bailey Mountain | 1109 | Bailey Mountain Traill #1109 near Slide Creek | |
| 7/30/2024 | 8/6/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Upper Chetco | 1102 | Upper Chetco near Slide Creek | |
| 7/30/2024 | 8/6/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Kalmiopsis Rim | 1124 | Kalmiopsis Rim Central #1124 | |
| 8/10/2024 | 8/11/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Steve Fork | 905 | Mile .25 to junction | |
| 8/11/2024 | 8/18/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Tincup | 1117 | Tincup Creek to Historic #1117 | |
| 8/11/2024 | 8/18/2024 | Klamath National Forest | Wooley Creek | 5558 | Wooley Creek Junction to 1/2 Mile Before Anthony Milne Camp | |
| 8/11/2024 | 8/18/2024 | Klamath National Forest | Marble Rim/ Haypress Loop | Marble Rim/Haypress Trail Loop to Rainy Lake | ||
| 8/23/2024 | 8/30/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail | 2000 | Devils Peak to Crater Lake National Park Boundary | |
| 8/23/2024 | 8/30/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Sevenmile Marsh | 3703 | Sevenmile marsh trailhead to PCT | |
| 8/23/2024 | 8/30/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Seven Lakes | 981 | SevenLakes to Alta Lake Junction | |
| 8/23/2024 | 8/30/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Devils Peak Trail | 984 | Devils Peak to Sevenmile | |
| 8/23/2024 | 8/30/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Seven Lakes | 981 | Alta Lake Campsite to PCT | |
| 8/23/2024 | 8/30/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Cliff Lake Trail | 983 | Cliff lake Trail to PCT | |
| 8/24/2024 | 8/25/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Fir Glade | 955 | Phantom Meadows jct. headed south | |
| 9/6/2024 | 9/13/2024 | Mount Hood National Forest | Elk Lake Creek Trail | 559 | End of previous work (44.853379, -122.053591) to Trailhead | |
| 9/17/2024 | 9/17/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Rogue Umpqua Divide | 1470 | Trailhead to wilderness boundary | |
| 9/19/2024 | 9/21/2024 | Medford BLM | Rogue River National Rec Trail | 1160 | Rogue River Trail Landslide upstream of Rogue River Ranch | |
| 9/19/2024 | 9/24/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail | 2000 | #984 Devils Peak Jct to #3762 Sky Lakes Jct | |
| 9/19/2024 | 9/24/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail | 2000 | #3762 Sky Lakes Jct to #3716 Mt. Mcloughlin Jct | |
| 9/28/2024 | 9/30/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | York Butte | 1140 | York Butte TH to top of York Butte | |
| 9/28/2024 | 9/30/2024 | Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest | Illinois River | 1161 | Illinois River Trail ( | |