High Lake Nordic trails

This trail system consists of 13 interconnected trails and the Summit shelter located on the North side of Highway 140. It can be accessed from the Summit Sno-park, 4 mile Sno-park, Summer Home Sno-park and Lake of the Woods. From the Summit Sno-park you would ski east following the powerlines to either Lower Canal or Petunia trails. From these trails you can branch off to many other trails: Power line, Pit view, McLoughlin, Big Mac, and South Rye. South Rye (most difficult) will take you to the Fish Lake Nordic trails via Lund's Link. The Power line trail (easy, more difficult) will take you all the way to the Lake of the Woods trail. If you stay on the Lower Canal trail (easy, more difficult) you will reach the Upper Canal trail (easy, more difficult) and eventually Four Mile Lake. The Summit shelter is located on the McLoughlin trail a little south of the intersection with the Big Mac trail.

From the 4 mile Sno-park you would head up the Fourmile Lake trail/snow mobile road (easy) and could continue 6 miles to Fourmile lake. Branching off this road to the right are the East and West Billie creek trails(easy, more difficult) and farther up the Upper canal trail. East and West Billie creek make a nice 6.6 mile loop or can be used to access the other trails via the Upper Canal trail. Branching off to the left of the road are Big Mac (easy, more difficult) and Lower Canal trails.

From Summer home Sno-park you can take the Lake of the Woods trail to Lake of the Woods (easy) and on to the Sunset trail (easy). You could also take the Power line trail mentioned above and connect with the rest of the trail system.

Please check the comments section for current snow conditions. If posting a comment, please identify the trail you are commenting on. For more information email the Oregon Nordic Club, Southern Oregon Chapter at southern_oregon_nordic@yahoo.com.