{"id":5405,"global_id":"www.npsoregon.org\/wp?id=5405","global_id_lineage":["www.npsoregon.org\/wp?id=5405"],"author":"26","status":"publish","date":"2026-07-02 14:47:37","date_utc":"2026-07-02 21:47:37","modified":"2026-07-02 14:47:37","modified_utc":"2026-07-02 21:47:37","url":"https:\/\/www.npsoregon.org\/wp\/event\/field-trip-deadfall-lakes-mt-eddy-near-weed-california\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.npsoregon.org\/wp\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/5405","title":"Field Trip: Deadfall Lakes &#8211; Mt. Eddy near Weed, California","description":"<p><strong>Saturday, August 1, 8:00 am &#8211; 5:30 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Field Trip: Deadfall Lakes &#8211; Mt. Eddy near Weed, California<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Leader: Matt Dybala<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Meeting Location: CVS Pharmacy, 2341 Ashland St, Ashland, OR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mount Eddy is the tallest peak in the Klamath Mountains at 9,025 ft. It is unusual because it has high elevation serpentine soils and sits adjacent to the Cascade Mountains.\u00a0 Our trip will be on the Pacific Crest Trail from Parks Creek Trailhead to the Lower Deadfall Lakes. The roundtrip total hike will be six miles with 1080 ft elevation gain.\u00a0I will be sharing a plant list made by two amazing botanists, Norm Jensen and Alex Maksymowicz. Mount Eddy is one of the only places in the\u00a0world where you can see Klamath Foxtail Pines (<em>Pinus balfouriana subsp. balfouriana<\/em>).\u00a0 And there are several additional endemic species with narrow geographic ranges, such as<em>\u00a0Calochortus nudus<\/em>\u00a0or naked mariposa lily,\u00a0<em>Lilium pardalinum ssp.shastense<\/em>\u00a0or Shasta Lily, and\u00a0<em>Astragalus whitneyi var. siskiyouensis<\/em>\u00a0or balloonpod milkvetch growing in this botanical area, to name a few!<\/p>\n<p>The drive to the trailhead is 74.2 miles for a total of one hour and 32 minutes. (For comparison the drive to Crater Lake is two hours to the entry gate.) The route is paved the whole way. The directions to the trailhead are as follows. From Ashland, drive south on I-5 for 60.2 miles and take exit 751and turn right onto Old Hwy 99. After 0.2 miles turn left on Steward Springs Road which will become Forest Rte. 42N17 for 13. 6 miles.<\/p>\n<p>For those interested, there will also be plans to camp overnight to extend our time at this amazing location for an additional day of botanizing.<\/p>\n<p>Please register in advance by contacting\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:si************@***il.com\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. 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