Central Oregon outdoors and trail conditions

Published 2:00 pm Thursday, June 22, 2023

Looking west through a notch at the rim of Fort Rock in 2019.

Hiking and Day Use Sites

NOTE: Trails above 7,000 feet are under deep snow. See forest websites for more details and restrictions.

Deschutes National Forest

Beach Day Use: Open

Benham East Trailhead: Open

Most Popular

Benham West Trailhead: Open

Bessie Butte Trail: Open

Big River Boating Site: Open

Big Obsidian Flow Trailhead: Open

Boyd Cave Day Use Area: Open

Charlton Lake Trailhead: Open; snow

Cinder Hill Day Use: Open; snow

Coral Swamp Trailhead: Open; snow; light deadfall

Crane Prairie Picnic Area: Open; snow

Crater Rim Trailhead: Open; deep snow

Crescent Lake Guard Station: Open; snow

Cultus Lake Day Use Area: Open; deep snow

Cultus Lake and Winopee trails: Open; deep snow

Elk Lake Day Use: Open

Elk Lake Trailhead: Open; snow-free around lake

Fall River Trail: Open

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

Irish and Taylor Lakes Trailhead: Open; deep snow

Lava Butte Interpretation Viewpoint: Open

Lava Camp Lake Trailhead: Open; deep snow; Central Cascades Wilderness Permit required

Lava Cast Forest Trailhead: Open; snow free and clear; NW Forest Pass required

Lava Lake Day Use: Open

Lava Lands: Open; visitor center open with limited hours, trails open; needles may exist on surface; heavy use on weekends

Lava River Cave — Show Cave: Open; limited capacity, requires timed reservation tickets

Lucky Lake Trailhead: Open

Meek Lake Trail: Open

Mile Camp Day Use: Open

North Twin Boating Area: Open

Osprey Point Day Use: Open; possible snow

Paulina Falls Picnic and Trailhead: Open; some snow

Paulina Lake Day Use: Open; some snow

Paulina Lake Loop Trail: Open; some snow

Paulina Peak Trail: Open; some snow

Paulina Visitor Center: Open

Peter Skene Ogden Trailhead: Open; snow free on lower portion, deep snow higher up

Quinn River Boating site: Open

Rosary Lakes Trailhead: Open

Simax North and South Beach area: Open

Summit Lake: Open; snow

Sun Lava Trailhead: Open; snow-free and clear; heavy use on weekends

Ten Mile Trailhead: Open

Tenino Boating Site: Open

Tandy Bay Picnic Area: Open

Tranquil Cove Day Use: Open

Wake Butte Trailhead: Open; snow

Winopee Trailhead: Open; snow; likely moderate downfall

Wyeth Boating Site: Open; snow

Deschutes National Forest — Diamond Peak Wilderness

Crater Butte Trailhead: Open

Fawn Lake Trail: Open

Snell Lake Trail: Open

Whitefish Creek Trail: Open

Yoran Lake Trail: Open

Stag Lake Trail: Open

Bureau of Land Management

Black Hills ACEC: Open; climbing and geocaching are prohibited

Christmas Valley Sand Dunes: Open

Crack-in-the-Ground: Open

Derrick Cave: Open

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

Green Mountain: Open

Lost Forest: Open, vehicles restricted to designated roads only

Oregon State Parks

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

La Pine State Park: Open

Camping

Deschutes National Forest

Big Cove Boat-in Campground: Closed; no campfires

Big River Campground: Open

Blue Bay Campground: Open; no campfires

Bull Bend Campground: Open; no campfires

Candle Creek Campground: Open

Chief Paulina Horse Camp: Open

Cinder Hill Campground: Open

Contorta Flat Campground: Open

Contorta Point Group Campground: Open

Crane Prairie Campground: Open

Crescent Creek Campground: Open; no campfires

Crescent Lake Campground: Open

Cultus Corral Horse Camp: Open; no campfires

Cultus Lake Campground: Open

Devils Lake Campground: Open; no campfires

Driftwood Campground: Open

East Davis Lake Campground: Opens; no campfires

East Lake Campground: Open

Elk Lake Campground: Open

Fall River Campground: Open

Fall River Guard Station: Open

Lava Lake Campground: Open

Little Cove Boat-In Campground: Open; no campfires

Little Crater Campground: Open

Little Cultus Campground: Closed due to wildfire

Little Fawn Campground: Open

Little Lava Lake: Open

Mallard Marsh Campground: Open

McKay Crossing Campground: Open; no campfires

Newberry Group Campground: Open

North Twin Lake Campground: Open

Ogden Group Campground: Open; no water

Point Campground: Open

Prairie Campground: Open; no water

Princess Creek Campground: Open

Pringle Falls Campground: Open; no campfires

Quinn River Campground: Open

Rock Creek Campground: Open

Simax Group Campground: Open

South Campground: Open

South Shore Campground: Open

South Twin Lake Campground: Open

Spring Campground: Open

Sunset Cove Campground: Open

Trapper Creek Campground: Open

West South Twin Campground: Open

Whitefish Horse Camp: Open

Windy Group Campground: Open

Wyeth Campground: Open; no campfires

Cycling

Sunriver area trails

All trails riding well

La Pine

Crater Rim: Deep snow

La Pine State Park: Riding well

McKenzie Region

McKenzie River trail closed from Tamolitch Trailhead to Fissell Boat Launch due to Knoll Fire recovery

Clear Lake, King Castle, McKenzie River: Riding well

All trails under deep snow

Fishing

Updated at 10 a.m. June 22

Upper Deschutes at Benham Falls: 1,430 cfs; rainbow trout, brown trout; anglers report good rainbow and brown trout fishing below Wickiup Dam

Fall River: Brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout; open to fishing all year above Fall River Falls and open to fishing May 22–Sept. 30 below the falls, restricted to fly-fishing with barbless hooks only

Crane Prairie Reservoir: 87% full; rainbow trout, brook trout, largemouth bass, kokanee; open for season

Wickiup Reservoir: 48% full; kokanee, brown trout, rainbow trout, largemouth bass; open for season

East Lake: Brown trout, kokanee, rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon; Paulina-East Lake Road open

Paulina Lake: Kokanee, rainbow and brown trout

South Twin Lake: Rainbow trout; open to fishing all year

Davis Lake: rainbow trout and largemouth bass; fair fishing for largemouth bass; fly fishing only; fair fishing, catch and release for trout, no limit on size or number for warmwater fish

Lava Lake: Rainbow trout; recent reports of good fishing; open to fishing all year

Little Lava Lake: Rainbow trout, brook trout and whitefish; best methods are bait, lures and flies still-fished or trolled

Cultus Lake: Mackinaw, rainbow and brook trout; troll depths for mackinaw and shallower areas for rainbows

Elk Lake: Brook trout and kokanee; jigging, still-fishing and trolling from a boat or fly fishing are best

Diamond Lake: trout; all brown and tiger trout must be released; trout fishing has been good on lures; if you catch one over 20 inches, take it to the marina to be entered for a raffle

Crescent Lake: 20% full; kokanee, mackinaw, rainbow and brown trout, whitefish and chub; one lake trout per day, 24-inch minimum; fishing is poor; lake level is low, developed ramps are unavailable for launching boats

Odell Lake: Lake trout, kokanee, rainbow trout; anglers report good kokanee fishing jigging and trolling with fish averaging 13 inches; 25 kokanee per day in addition to daily trout limit

Fire danger is listed as Low in the Ochoco National Forests and the Crooked River Grasslands, the Deschutes and the Willamette National Forests.

Industrial Fire Precaution Level has been lowered to 1 as of April. 1 in the Deschutes, Ochoco and the Crooked River Grasslands and the Willamette National Forests.

As of July 22, 2020, Deschutes River access is closed due to safety concerns and to prevent further erosion to the riverbank. The access point will be closed until further notice. For more information visit bendparksandrec.org

• The Monument Area will be closed to climbing beginning Jan. 18, 2022.

• The Canyon Trail near the Bald Eagle nest is restricted to travel in groups of four or fewer, and noise needs to be kept to a minimum.

• Peregrine and Prairie Falcon climbing closures will go into effect at a later date.

• A park-wide ban on drones is in effect for remainder of nesting season.

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