Mount Bachelor - 6.30.2026
At 6,400 feet of elevation I parked at the gated parking lot entrance to Mount Bachelor's Sunrise Lodge... just off of the Cascade Lakes Hwy.
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Hiking up the road that leads over to the Sunrise Lodge... heading for the Sunrise Express Chairlift located in the left-center of the photo... where I will start hiking uphill on the right side of the chairlift.
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Hiking uphill on an obvious path on the right side of the Sunrise Express Chairlift.
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After hiking uphill on the right side of the chairlift for one tenth of a mile I will turn right onto a ski area service road and continue uphill.
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After hiking on the ski area service road for two tenths of a mile I will turn left on the unsigned (but obvious) Fly Creek Trail which originates at Bachelor's West Village... here looking back down the service road to the Sunrise Lodge.... with Tumalo Mountain in the distance.
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Continuing to hike uphill on the Fly Creek Trail... here crossing over to the left side of the Sunrise Express Chairlift.
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Still on the Fly Creek Trail... here crossing over the service road.
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Still on the Fly Creek Trail... nearing the top of the Sunrise Express Chairlift.
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Still gaining elevation on the Fly Creek Trail... high enough now to get a nice view of the Three Sisters and Broken Top.
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After hiking a total of 1.2 miles I have reached the top of the Sunrise Express Chairlift in the foreground... located at 7,265 feet of elevation... with the bottom of the Summit Express Chairlift in the distance.
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At the top of the Sunrise Express Chairlift I am leaving the Fly Creek Trail and heading up the Summit East Trail.
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I'm at 7,400 feet of elevation and looking north to the Three Sisters and Broken Top... with the bottom of the Summit Express Chairlift in the right-center of the photo.
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I dealt with several patches of snow on my way up to the summit.
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Gaining elevation on the Summit East Trail... here looking down at the bottom of the Summit Express Chairlift on the left... with the top of the Sunrise Express Chairlift in the middle of the photo... and Tumalo Mountain on the horizon on the other side of the Cascade Lakes Hwy.
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Still gaining elevation.
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Looking north from 8,200 feet of elevation at the Three Sisters and Broken Top as I continue to gain elevation on my way to the Bachelor summit.
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Looking back down at some of the switchbacks on the Summit East Trail.
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I can see the top of the Summit Express Chairlift way up there at the top of the photo.
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Almost up to the top of the Summit Express Chairlift... getting ready to cross underneath the chairlift at 8,840 feet of elevation.
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I have crossed under the Summit Express Chairlift and getting closer to the summit of Mount Bachelor... here looking south to Crane Prairie Reservoir in the foreground... with Wickiup Reservoir to the left of Crane Prairie... and Waldo Lake in the distance beyond the two reservoirs.
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Getting closer to the flatish summit of Mount Bachelor.
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Not quite to the summit of Mount Bachelor... but a nice view of the Three Sisters and Broken Top... also looking down at Bachelor's West Village.
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On the 9,065 summit of Mount Bachelor... looking SW to the Lava Lakes and south to the reservoirs.
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Looking west to Hosmer Lake in front of Elk Lake.
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Looking NW to a very shallow Sparks Lake on the left... and looking north to South Sister, Middle Sister and North Sister in the distance on the right.
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Looking back to the top of the Summit Express Chairlift... showing the very easy terrain I have dealt with getting over to the 9,065 foot Mount Bachelor summit.
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It was a 2.85 mile hike to the 9,065 foot summit and it seemed like every step was uphill.
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A broader look from the previous photo.
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The view from Sparks Lake on the NW to Tumalo Mountain on the NE... the Pine Marten Lodge is located at 7,800 feet of elevation... near the top of the Pine Marten Express Chairlift which starts up from the West Village.
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Tracing my steps back down from the summit.
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Leaving the Summit East Trail and joining the Fly Creek Trail at the top of the Sunrise Express Chairlift.
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Leaving the Fly Creek Trail and getting ready to take the service road down toward the Sunrise Lodge.
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Almost down to the Sunrise Lodge and the bottom of the Sunrise Express Chairlift.
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Crossing the large parking lot at the Sunrise Lodge... with Tumalo Mountain on the horizon.
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A stone's throw from where I parked at the gated entrance to Sunrise Lodge... the total hike was 5.75 miles, gaining 2,658 feet of elevation.
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