{"id":3257,"date":"2020-07-14T20:27:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T20:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2020-11-18T21:01:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:01:46","slug":"tanner-lakes-and-tanner-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/14\/tanner-lakes-and-tanner-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanner Lakes and Tanner Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, July 3, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Today we did a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonhikers.org\/field_guide\/Tanner_Lakes_Loop_Hike\">loop hike<\/a> involving both of the Tanner Lakes as well as Tanner Mountain, all of which lie inside the Red Buttes Wilderness.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A quick note about the name. The features in this area with the name Tanner were originally given that name, but at some point erroneously became &#8220;Tannen&#8221;. This mistake was <a href=\"https:\/\/geonames.usgs.gov\/apex\/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1150889,Tanner%20Lake\">corrected<\/a> by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in 2002, but the Forest Service persists in using &#8220;Tannen&#8221; for some reason. There&#8217;s an article about the name saga <a href=\"http:\/\/web.thedailycourier.com\/zachsadventures\/blog\/blog.html?e=786\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The trail starts at the end of Road 041. A new-looking sign near the beginning of the hike still calls it &#8220;Tannen Lakes Trail&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092212921_f8cd987916_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a short 0.4 miles of hiking through the forest:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092442807_1d97ac0faf_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we reached Tanner Lake. There&#8217;s a campsite right on the trail where it passes by the lake:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091626718_b94acce313_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tanner Lake:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091626223_5d52f2e4a7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091625673_1600b32e2e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lake\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We continued on the trail towards East Tanner Lake, passing some nice wildflowers along the way:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091625248_644b9b86d4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092207021_6db1ac1d3d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092212326_8faa16ecf1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092444507_7b5fb17f5d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw some pretty big trees. These two were uphill of the trail between the two lakes:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092211761_9816ae47f4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More wildflowers:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092210526_f3cf12a72d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092443467_dda69b11da_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091646778_acb9c7ef46_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sections of the trail were brushy:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092216386_2b894eeb7c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And there was some downfall:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092214371_6b198a7321_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just before reaching East Tanner Lake at 1.4 miles there is an unmarked side trail heading to the right. Following this brought us to the Tanner Lakes Titan, the second biggest incense cedar in the world:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092215876_f31f927a19_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091633238_65efe1e5e4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We retraced our steps back to the main trail and found the one opening in the shoreside brush from which to access\/view the lake where we took a short break:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092448107_c77dec978f_b.jpg\" alt=\"East Tanner Lake\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092217391_3f6c825464_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back into the woods on a gentle grade:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092451262_f0908237b4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We passed a junction with an old trailhead at 2.2 miles (a short spur trail here leads out to a now-closed portion of Road 041):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092450607_eda0c0824f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We emerged into an open area:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091646368_97ea0ff432_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had a view of Swan Mountain here:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092460857_b50a3e3b83_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091669668_bc1c5da055_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At 3.7 miles we reached a junction were we stayed to the right, then a short distance later reached another junction where we turned right onto the Boundary Trail. We had not gained much elevation up to this point but now we began climbing steeply:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092482862_f2008c89fe_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw some great wildflowers on this stretch:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092252701_fbebc15f06_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091668828_47d86c07e0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092249221_66007d3928_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092248246_ca4f83d834_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092480492_4b75fa29c1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The afternoon was getting warm but fortunately much of this section was shaded. Notice the big tree in the shot below. We passed quite a few big trees on this hike:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091663743_a51328f104_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We reached the crest of Thompson Ridge and turned right to head off-trail:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091662803_2e42e5b7e3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were TONS of pussy paws blooming here:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092244391_f6f68e86a3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our goal was in sign. Tanner Mountain:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092243681_2b5ced8abf_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We hiked up the steep user trail to the summit:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092476047_bc923b4fda_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092302221_6f3cdbaf5b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wow, the views were great! Looking northeast:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091719133_d10184f1d1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking southwest:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092534527_465d4278dc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking south over the drainage of Thompson Creek:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092539607_d06d277d7c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The shot below is just to the right of the photo above:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092305281_6bf7bc9d5f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking down on East Tanner Lake to the northeast:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092299861_8df5465d1a_b.jpg\" alt=\"East Tanner Lake\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092300456_fdfae2b5a8_b.jpg\" alt=\"East Tanner Lake\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An underexposed shot looking southeast:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091721198_ab2660dfe2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A close-up of the Red Buttes:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091732358_4755ca937c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Red Buttes\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We could see the Bolan Mountain Lookout where we&#8217;re staying:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092532862_7e743c405c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Bolan Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092302641_e4282b2b38_b.jpg\" alt=\"Bolan Lookout\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was haze on the horizon, and we figured there was a wildfire in California. Turns out it was actually wildfire smoke from Siberia:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091715828_2bf4bac634_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We sat on the summit for over an hour enjoying the views:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092298941_1fb90bf463_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092304631_000a3405f4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then it was time to continue our loop. Here is Greg descending:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092310646_e10c659f06_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back on the Boundary Trail:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092543732_09e47c13f1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we reached the Boundary Trailhead on Road 570 at 5.8 miles:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092309601_5d908ff8da_b.jpg\" alt=\"Boundary Trailhead\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From here it was about a mile of road hiking:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092314741_6ce9aec16f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At Sundown Gap we left the road at some rocks:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092547777_23b1695121_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And descended on an old roadbed:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092313481_4c527c3628_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091730193_382324f054_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we reached a meadow where we began a long descent:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092549022_9a0060f861_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From here we got a view of Tanner Mountain where we&#8217;d been an hour earlier:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091736633_355bf95c94_b.jpg\" alt=\"View of Tanner Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Descending through the meadow:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50092552367_d04c9b838e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091735313_b56b58beed_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We connected back up with the trail and turned left for the short return back to the trailhead. The off-trail section wasn&#8217;t bad, but I was glad we had a GPS to guide us.<\/p>\n<p>Back at Bolan Mountain later here is our view of Tanner Mountain:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50091801203_e4a480c2ae_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Mountain\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 7.6 miles, 1,600&#8242; elevation gain<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50118903093_501be52674_b.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner Lakes Loop Map\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2WEHpWDoywU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, July 3, 2020 Today we did a loop hike involving both of the Tanner Lakes as well as Tanner<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/14\/tanner-lakes-and-tanner-mountain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tanner Lakes and Tanner Mountain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oregon","category-rogue-river-siskiyou-national-forest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3257"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3582,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions\/3582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}