Middle Sister, Oregon

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 10,052 ft / 3063 m
Local or Alternate Name(s)	Nickname/Informal: Little Sister
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	44° 8' 54'' N, 121° 47' 3'' W 44.148358, -121.784154 (Dec Deg) 597236 E 4889070 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Oregon
County/Second Level Region	Deschutes Lane
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 432      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 394) Selected Trip Reports:      0000 by Milda Tautvydas      1997 by Milda Tautvydas      2007-07-29 by John Naleway (Unsuccessful)      2009-08-15 by Bob Bolton      2009-08-29 by Les Zollbrecht      2010-07-30 by Les Zollbrecht      2011-09-03 by George Burgess (GPS Track)      2012-08-10 by Michael Wanberg      2012-08-20 by Vic Hanson      2013-07-04 by Daryn Dodge      2013-07-14 by Ted Glick (Unsuccessful)      2015-06-23 by Lane Johnson      2016-05-29 by Evan L      2016-05-29 by Dhruv Garg (GPS Track)      2016-06-25 by Matt Varney (GPS Track)      2016-07-16 by Vanessa W      2016-08-04 by Tomoko Nakajima (GPS Track)      2018-06-30 by Aditya Sankar      2018-07-14 by Liana Robertshaw      2018-08-04 by Karthik Krish (GPS Track)      2018-09-10 by Max Schrempp      2019-06-23 by Sarah Johnson      2020-06-21 by Ron D      2020-06-22 by Joanna M      2020-07-04 by Ananth Maniam      2020-08-08 by Will Slocum      2021-05-26 by Josh Hayward      2021-05-27 by Reid Wagner (Unsuccessful)      2021-07-24 by Benjamin Wilson      2021-09-11 by Andrew Schnell      2022-05-23 by Fred Newman
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Middle Sister      Elevation Ladder from Middle Sister      Prominence Ladder from Middle Sister

Middle Sister from bottom of Hayden Glacier (2014-05-22). Photo by oregon mt. goat. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 1127 ft/343 m   Optimistic Prominence: 1167 ft/355 m   Line Parent: North Sister   Key Col: Collier Glacier    8920 ft/2719 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 1.39 mi/2.23 km    Isolation Limit Point: 44.1667, -121.7725 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     North Sister  (NNE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Cascade Range Range4: Oregon Cascades Range5: Sisters Area
Ridges/Divides	Pacific Crest Oregon Cascade Crest
Drainage Basins	Willamette Columbia Pacific-Western USA Pacific Ocean Deschutes [OR] Columbia Pacific-Western USA Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Deschutes National Forest/Willamette National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Three Sisters Wilderness Area
Topo Map	North Sister O44121b7 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map  Middle Sister   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

On the summit of South Sister, with Faith and Hope in the background (2015-10-29). Photo by Nick Boswell. Click here for larger-size photo.

Selfie pic at Middle Sister summit with South Sister background (2016-08-04). Photo by Tomoko Nakajima. Click here for larger-size photo.

Middle Sister (2014-06-08). Photo by Ardel Frick. Click here for larger-size photo.

Middle Sister from the SE ridge of North Sister (2009-08-16). Photo by Bob Bolton. Click here for larger-size photo.

Middle and North sister as viewed from the summit of South Sister (2021-05-30). Photo by Emily Bei Cheng. Click here for larger-size photo.

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