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WALDO LAKE
WILDERNESS
Willamette National Forest
Box 10607
Eugene, OR 97440
(541) 465-6521
Web site http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/
The 1984 Oregon Wilderness Act established
the 37,162-acre Waldo Lake Wilderness and
added 12,000 acres around the Erma Bell Lakes
to the Three Sisters Wilderness. This Wilderness
is located north and west of Waldo Lake. Waldo
Lake is high on the western slopes of the
Cascades north of Willemette Pass on Oregon
State Highway 58, the lake is located at an
elevation of 5,414 feet. Access is by a network
of trails crisscrossing the southern 3/4 of
the Wilderness. The area around Moolack Mt,
in the northern part is trailless.
The Waldo Lake Wilderness is generally high
elevation ranging from the Waldo Lake elevation
of 5414 feet to the 7002 foot Mt. Ray in the
southeast corner of the Wilderness. The environment
supports a variety of tree species and flora.
Mountain hemlock dominates the higher elevations
with an understory of red and blue huckleberries.
Lower elevations are characterized by stands
of Douglas-fir, western redcedar, and western
hemlock with predominant understory of vine
maple. In early summer the area comes alive
with brilliantly colored wildflowers. Lupine,
heather, larkspur, columbine, elephant head,
shooting star, and penstemon border lakeshores,
streams, and meadows.
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