South Sister, Oregon

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 10,363 ft / 3158 m
Local or Alternate Name(s)	Nickname/Informal: Big Sister
Subpeaks	Hodge Crest (10,039 ft/3060 m)
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	44° 6' 13'' N, 121° 46' 10'' W 44.103548, -121.769378 (Dec Deg) 598493 E 4884110 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Oregon
County/Second Level Region	Deschutes (Highest Point) Lane (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "South Sister":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      South Sister at SummitPost      South Sister at ListsOfJohn      South Sister Volcano at Mountain-Forecast.com      South Sister at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      CoHP.org Trip Report for Deschutes, OR by Ken Jones      CoHP.org Trip Report for Deschutes, OR by Dean Molen      CoHP.org Trip Report for Deschutes, OR by Adam Helman Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain South Sister:      Mazamas Sixteen Northwest Peaks Award (Rank #8)      Chemeketan Eighteen Northwest Peaks Award (Rank #8)      5000 foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #34)      Cascade Volcanoes Peak Pin (Rank #10)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence (Rank #35)      High Points of Counties Crossed by the Pacific Crest Trail (Rank #21)      5000 foot Prominence CoHPs (Rank #41)      USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #35)      Cascade Range 9000-foot Peaks (Rank #12)      Mazamas Cascades Award (Rank #3)      Top 10 Prominence Grid for U.S. States (Rank #49)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #35)      Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #96)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #32)      Top 10 Elevation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #112)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #59)      U.S. National Forest High Points (Rank #45)      USA Lower 48 Top 400 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #35)      Oregon County High Points (Rank #5)      Oregon County Prominence Peaks (Rank #6) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Climbing the Cascade Volcanoes (Smoot)        Oregon High: A Climbing Guide to Nine Cascade Volcanoes (Thomas)        Backcountry Ski! Oregon (Van Tilburg)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1052      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 960) Selected Trip Reports:      1999-08-26 by Don Gilman      2003-07-06 by Bob Bolton      2003-08-30 by Patrick Shannon      2003-09-07 by Jan Peter Eklund      2006-08-11 by John Naleway      2007-09-12 by Scott Cockrell      2008-09-06 by Matt Varney (GPS Track)      2010-08-18 by Rob Woodall      2012-06-06 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      2013-05-20 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track)      2013-08-01 by Erik Landahl      2013-08-20 by Lane Johnson      2014-07-03 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track)      2014-07-16 by Sam Grant (GPS Track)      2014-08-10 by Jason Vogler      2014-09-19 by Samuel Hahn      2014-09-27 by Erika Everson (Unsuccessful)      2014-09-27 by Eric Thornton (Unsuccessful)      2015-06-13 by Mehmet Yavuz (GPS Track)      2015-08-01 by Karthik Krish (GPS Track)      2015-09-26 by James Hess (GPS Track)      2016-07-14 by Dave Covill      2016-09-25 by Ted Glick (GPS Track)      2016-10-09 by Tomoko Nakajima (GPS Track)      2017-08-22 by Hal Watrous      2017-09-23 by Tom Collins      2018-06-21 by Bradley R (GPS Track)      2018-06-23 by Mike Black (GPS Track)      2018-07-14 by Sarah Johnson      2018-09-02 by Eric Lombardo (GPS Track)      2018-09-03 by Karen Altergott (GPS Track)      2018-10-13 by Ben Sidhom (GPS Track)      2019-06-15 by Sarah Johnson      2019-08-16 by Erik Landahl      2019-08-22 by Jeremy Fuerst      2020-07-14 by Paul McClellan (GPS Track)      2020-10-22 by Melanie Stam (GPS Track)      2021-05-30 by Emily Bei Cheng (GPS Track)      2021-06-06 by Sarah Johnson (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)      2022-05-21 by Robert Mitchell      2022-07-07 by Josh Super      2022-08-16 by Andrew Kirmse (GPS Track)      2022-09-04 by Alex Gotz (GPS Track)      2022-09-30 by Sean Caulfield (GPS Track)
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to South Sister      Elevation Ladder from South Sister      Prominence Ladder from South Sister

The South Sister under a deep coat of June snow (2012-06-06). Click here for larger-size photo.
Web Map Links	Peakfinder Panorama GeoHack Links   CalTopo   MyTopo   Bing Maps Google Maps   Open Street Map
Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 5588 ft/1703 m   Optimistic Prominence: 5598 ft/1706 m   Line Parent: Lassen Peak   Key Col: Chemult, OR    4770 ft/1454 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 39.4 mi/63.41 km    Isolation Limit Point: 44.673773, -121.799451 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Jefferson  (N)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Cascade Range Range4: Oregon Cascades Range5: Sisters Area (Highest Point)
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 (Highest Point)/Willamette National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Three Sisters Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	South Sister O44121a7 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map  South Sister   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

South Sister 6-1-14 (2014-06-01). Photo by oregon mt. goat. Click here for larger-size photo.

Me on South Sister (2013-08-31). Photo by Grant Roush. Click here for larger-size photo.

South Sister (2014-09-07). Photo by Lia Smaka. Click here for larger-size photo.

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.

Coming up onto the Wickiup Plain, you get your first look at the mountain (2016-09-25). Photo by Ted Glick. Click here for larger-size photo.

At the false summit, looking north at the Lewis Glacier tarn, the Lewis Glacier, and the summit crater (2016-09-25). Photo by Ted Glick. Click here for larger-size photo.

Looking east towards Broken Top from near the top of the Lewis Glacier. Green Lakes area visible below Broken Top (2016-09-25). Photo by Ted Glick. Click here for larger-size photo.

Summit Selfie. On a clear day, looking north, you can see Middle & North Sisters, Mt Washington, Mt Jefferson and Mt Hood, nearly 90 miles away! (2016-09-25). Photo by Ted Glick. Click here for larger-size photo.

South Sister GPS elevation profile (2016-09-25). Photo by Ted Glick. Click here for larger-size photo.

Bend from South Sister around mid-night (2017-07-31). Photo by Michael Lewis. Click here for larger-size photo.

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