Oregon trails · Jim Weaver Loop(Waldo Lake)
Jim Weaver Loop(Waldo Lake)
A 19.6-mile out-and-back in Oregon, with 313 ft of climbing. Reaches Elbow Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 1,039 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Elbow Lake (lake)
- Conim Lake (lake)
- Green Lake (lake)
- Shadow Lake (lake)
- Kinglet Lake (lake)
- Spirit Lake (lake)
- Waldo Lake (lake)
Getting there
WAHANNA — parking nearby. About 1 h 54 min drive (53 mi, 9 of them unpaved) from Bend. 43.76893, -122.05179 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:52 a.m., the sun rises at 7:21 a.m. and sets at 6:26 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:55 p.m. (PDT) — 11 h 05 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 39.3-mile round trip works out to roughly 14 h 52 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Jim Weaver Loop(Waldo Lake) + Betty Lake + Waldo Snowmobile — 12.3 mi loop, 1,985 ft gain
- Jim Weaver Loop(Waldo Lake) + Shadow Bay Shoreline + Shadow Bay Snowmobile — 14.2 mi loop, 2,062 ft gain
- Shadow Bay Snowmobile + Shadow Bay Shoreline + Jim Weaver Loop(Waldo Lake) — 6.2 mi loop, 577 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Six Lakes — 0.2 mi
- Pacific Crest Trail_Def — 5.2 mi
- Pct: Def Bend South — 5.2 mi
- Metolius-Windigo — 6.4 mi