McCully Basin Camp
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes to this destination:
- McCully Basin Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
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- Latitude, Longitude: 45.21669, -117.14937
- Elevation: 7730 feet
Description
This campsite is west of the McCully Creek Trail. Hiking along the latter at the south end of the McCully Basin, come to a sharp increase in the gradient of the trail as it rises towards the McCully-Big Sheep Pass. At this point, head off trail to the right. Cross over a creek, and then rise up a slope on an elk trail and through a screen of lodgepole pine and subalpine fir to the first large meadow, fringed by willow thickets, of the west side of the McCully Basin. You can find a couple of campsites in the trees here, or you can continue through this meadow to find a second meadow with seasonal ponds.
Sheep used to be brought into the Basin, so vestiges of the old shepherds' camps can be discovered at some of the meadows.
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