Oregon trails · Pacific Crest Trail_Def
Pacific Crest Trail_Def
A 16.4-mile loop in Oregon, with 73 ft of climbing. Reaches Cougar Flat and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 54% of the ascent falls between mile 5.5 and mile 11.0. It gives back about 302 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Cougar Flat (lake)
- Blaze Lake (lake)
- Stormy Lake (lake)
- Jezebel Lake (lake)
- Riffle Lake (lake)
- Brahma Lake (lake)
- Irish Lake (lake)
- Pocket Lake (lake)
Getting there
IRISH & TAYLOR — parking nearby, restroom, water. About 1 h 52 min drive (47 mi, 7 of them unpaved) from Bend. 43.80880, -121.96338 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:51 a.m., the sun rises at 7:20 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 16.4-mile route takes roughly 6 h 08 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:28 p.m. — 4 h 58 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Pct: Def Bend South — 0.0 mi
- Metolius-Windigo — 1.5 mi
- Jim Weaver Loop(Waldo Lake) — 5.2 mi
- Six Lakes — 5.4 mi