PCT at Red Cone,
Pacific Crest Trail Map 136
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Elevation
SOURCE: METI, NASA, PICKATRAIL, USGS
PCT Map 136 (NOBO): From Copeland Creek the Pacific Crest Trail continues northeast around Crater Lake to Red Cone where the trail crosses the Crater Lake Highway.
What is the length of this section of the PCT?
Metrics
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Length 1 | Min Ele 2 | Max Ele 3 | Range 4 |
| 11.7 mi | 5,476 ft | 6,558 ft | 1,082 ft |
| Northbound | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time 5 | Gain 6 | Loss 7 | Rating 8 |
| 4.4 hrs | 1,295 ft | 766 ft | S |
| Southbound | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Gain | Loss | Rating |
| 4.3 hrs | 766 ft | 1,295 ft | MS |
Calories
The following chart shows the total calories that you may expend on the trail while hiking in both directions. The chart is based on data derived from a statistical model of energy expenditure that relates gross weight, typical speed and trail topography.
Topo Maps
Download the PDF Red Cone topo map and the adjoining quads to plan your hike. These are full-sheet, 7.5 Minute (1:24,000 scale) topographic maps.
Adjoining 7.5' Quadrangle Legend
- Northwest Topo Map: Hamaker Butte, OR
- North Topo Map: Pumice Desert West, OR
- Northeast Topo Map: Pumice Desert East, OR
- West Topo Map: Thousand Springs, OR
- Topo Map: Crater Lake West, OR
- East Topo Map: Crater Lake East, OR
- Southwest Topo Map: Red Blanket Mountain, OR
- South Topo Map: Union Peak, OR
- Southeast Topo Map: Maklaks Crater, OR
Warnings
Prevent tick bites: Treat clothing and gear, such as boots, pants, socks and tents with products containing 0.5% permethrin.
(cdc.gov)
- The Brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) may be present in this area. The Brown dog tick transmits Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
- The Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) may be present in this area. The Rocky Mountain wood tick transmits Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colorado Tick Fever, and Tularemia.
- The Western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) may be present in this area. The Western blacklegged tick transmits Anaplasmosis and Lyme Disease.
- Length is the total distance of the trail section. The distance between two red diamonds is one mile.
- Min Ele is the minimum elevation on the trail section.
- Max Ele is the maximum elevation on the trail section.
- Range is the difference between maximum and minimum elevation.
- Time is the typical total time required to hike the trail.
- Gain (cumulative elevation gain) is the sum of every gain in elevation.
- Loss (cumulative elevation loss) is the sum of every loss in elevation.
- E = Easiest, M = Moderate, MS = Moderately Strenuous, S = Strenuous, VS = Very Strenuous.