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Oregon
Shale Ridge
2.9 mi
Distance
290 ft
Gain
1h 5m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Willamette National Forest
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No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
Waldo Lake Wilderness wilderness
Out & back
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Shale Ridge
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 290 ft
- Elevation loss
- 290 ft
- Highest point
- 3,024 ft
- Lowest point
- 2,968 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Wilderness area
- Waldo Lake Wilderness
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Shale Ridge is a 2.88-mile out-and-back trail in Oregon with 249 feet of elevation gain. The trail returns via the same path it went out on.
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