Indian Heaven - Deer and Clear lakes, tent sites?

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Indian Heaven - Deer and Clear lakes, tent sites?

Post by AlpenGlowHiker » September 6th, 2020, 9:03 am

Are there any tent sites at Deer or Clear lakes in Indian Heaven?

I have only stayed at Bear and Elk lakes.

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Re: Indian Heaven - Deer and Clear lakes, tent sites?

Post by drm » September 7th, 2020, 7:51 pm

Clear definitely has a site right off the trail, and I think another a little ways around to the right. I've never checked further, it's a pretty large lake for Indian Heaven. Deer I'm not sure about, but I think there are on the south side. I would be surprised if a lake that accessible and large had none.

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Re: Indian Heaven - Deer and Clear lakes, tent sites?

Post by AlpenGlowHiker » September 8th, 2020, 4:24 am

Thank you drm, I figured you'd chime in!

Yeah, every time that I've been through there I've been on a timeline so I hadn't enough time to explore but when I look at them, I figure that they must. However I have been surprised before, with Elk Lake only having one or two, and only a small portion is even accessible.

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Re: Indian Heaven - Deer and Clear lakes, tent sites?

Post by drm » September 9th, 2020, 8:07 am

Many of those lakes have only one established site, but the only one I know of that I think lacks any sites is Cultus. But I have found that a bit of searching a little ways away often turns one up, maybe Cultus would as well. And those sites are the ones that are available on a busy weekend.

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