Central Oregon outdoors and trail conditions

Published 4:05 pm Thursday, October 26, 2023

Hiking and Day Use Sites

Deschutes National Forest

Bessie Butte Trail: Open

Boyd Cave Day Use Area: Open

Horse Butte Trailhead: Open; light deadfall above Swamp Wells Horse Camp near junction with Crater Rim

Pine Mountain: Open

Ochoco National Forest

Alder Springs Trailhead: Open

Cyrus Trailhead: Open

Giddy-Up Go Trailhead: Open

Gray Butte Trailhead: Open

Henderson Flat OHV Trail System: Open

Henderson Flat Staging Area: Open

Rimrock Springs Trailhead: Open

Scales Corral Trailhead: Open

Skull Hollow Trailhead: Open

Tam-A-Lau Trailhead: Open

Trail Crossing Corrals Trailhead: Open

Bend Park & Recreation Trails

Riley Ranch Nature Reserve Trails: Open

Rockridge Park Trail: Open

Bureau of Land Management

Badlands Rock Trail: Open

Black Hills ACEC: Open; climbing and geocaching are prohibited

Chimney Rock Trail: Open

Christmas Valley Sand Dunes: Open

Cline Buttes Recreation Area: Open

Crack-in-the-Ground: Open

Dry River Canyon Trail: Open

Derrick Cave: Open

Flatiron Rock Trail: Open

Fossil Lake ACEC: Open; motor vehicles and fossil collecting prohibited

Green Mountain: Open

Horny Hollow Trail: Open

Huntington Wagon Road: Open

Lost Forest: Open, vehicles restricted to designated roads only

Lower Crooked River: Open

North Fork: Open

Oregon Badlands Wilderness Tumulus Trail: Open

Redmond Caves Recreation Site: Open

Scout Camp Trail: Open

Steelhead Falls Trail: Open

Tumalo Reservoir: Open

Trout Creek Trail: Open

Oregon State Parks

Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint: Open

Cove Palisades State Park: Open; ABC (Deschutes) Campground, South and Middle Loops of E (Crooked River) are open, Lower Deschutes Day Use open, marina open

Fort Rock Cave: Open; cave tours available by reservation

Fort Rock State Natural Area: Open; rock scrambling Closed in southeast area to protect nesting falcons

Jasper Point: Open; boat dock closed due to repair

Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint: Open

Prineville Reservoir State Park: Open

Smith Rock State Park: Open

Camping

Deschutes National Forest

China Hat Campground: Open

Pine Rest Campground: Open

Ochoco National Forest

Cyrus Horse Camp: Open

Dry Creek Horse Camp: Open

Haystack Reservoir Campground and Day Use Area: Open, closes Tuesday

Haystack Reservoir Group Site: Open

Haystack West Shore Campground and Day Use Area: Open, closes Tuesday

Skull Hollow Campground: Open

BLM — Prineville District

Barr Road North Staging Area: Open

Big Bend Campground: Open

Buckhorn Staging Area: Open

Castle Rock Campground: Open

Chimney Rock Campground: Open

Cobble Rock Campground: Open

Lone Pine Campground: Open

Macks Canyon Recreation Site: Open

Palisades Campground: Open

Post Pile Campground: Open

Steelhead Falls: Open; no potable water

Stillwater Campground: Open

Cycling

East of Bend trails

All trails Riding Well

Prineville and Ochoco trails

All trails Riding Well

Maston complex

All trails Sandy/Loose

Redmond trails

All trails Riding Well

Madras East Trails

E-Bikes allowed on all trails

All trails Riding Well

Fishing

Updated at 1 p.m. Oct. 26

Lower Deschutes (Pelton Dam to Columbia River): 4,680 cfs; redband trout, steelhead, whitefish

Middle Deschutes (Benham Falls to Lake Billy Chinook): 4,160 cfs; brown trout, rainbow trout; anglers should use caution on the river margins where shelf ice may be present; open year-round for trout, artificial flies and lures only, no limit on brown trout

Crooked River (below Opal Springs): 197; rainbow trout and mountain whitefish; any trout over 20 inches are considered steelhead and must be released, bull trout must be released unharmed and reported to the USFW at crookedbulltrout@fws.gov

Prineville Reservoir: 59% full; rainbow trout, small and largemouth bass, catfish, crappie, crayfish; anglers report fair fishing for trout, crappie and bass. Currently experiencing an algae bloom

Ochoco Reservoir: 32% full; rainbow trout, black crappie, smallmouth bass; fishing has been good near Ochoco Dam with reports of nice size rainbow trout

Haystack Reservoir: 76% full; rainbow and brown trout, kokanee, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill and bullhead catfish; slow fishing until restocked and populations rebound

Lake Billy Chinook: Bull, brown and rainbow trout, kokanee, smallmouth bass; anglers in the Deschutes arm are seeing bull, brown and rainbow trout, while a few bull trout are being caught in the Metolius arm; Tribal fishing permits are required for the Metolius; for the remainder of the reservoir, harvest is limited to one bull trout over 24 inches under the daily trout limit; anglers can now keep five kokanee in addition to daily trout limit; no bag or size limits on brown trout and bass

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