Paulina Peak - 9.26.2011
Paulina Peak is located in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument near Sunriver, Oregon... the hike is 5 miles round trip, gaining 1650 feet of elevation.
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Drive Hwy 97 south from Sunriver, Oregon for 8.8 miles to the turnoff for Paulina Lake... then drive 10.9 miles to the entrance to the Newberry Nat Volcanic Monument.
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Reach the Paulina Lake Campground after driving 1.6 miles from the monument entrance.
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From the Paulina Lake Campground, drive Road 500 for .6 miles to this parking area... the unsigned trailhead (~6350 feet) is located between the fence posts on the left side of the road.
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After a mile of hiking you start to get views of the rock outcroppings on the north end of Paulina Peak.
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Rock outcroppings along the trail... with Paulina Lake (left) and East Lake.
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The higher we got, the better view we got of Paulina Lake.
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Getting higher... the summit is the little bump on the far right.
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Looking down on some of the rock outcroppings as we continue up.
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We will go over and take a closer look at the rock outcroppings.
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Paulina Lake and rock outcroppings on Paulina Peak.
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We can see the fenced parking area at the Paulina Peak Overlook.
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Rock formation.
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More rock formations.
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Getting close to the summit area now.
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Looking south from the Paulina Peak summit (7984')... if you don't want to hike to the summit, just drive Road 500 to the top.
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Denali Girl on the Paulina Peak summit.
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Paulina Lake from the Paulina Peak summit.
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Pano shot showing Paulina Lake (left), East Lake and an obsidian flow.
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A closer look at East Lake and the obsidian flow.
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