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Purgatory Lake is located in the Wallowa Mountains. Snake River is a great whitewater spot right next door to Purgatory Lake; dry warm beds await you at Best Western Salmon Rapids Lodge. So many exciting things to do in the Wallowa Mountains, not enough time. The striking Seven Devils Mountains is here at Purgatory Lake; there is a good hiking trail close by called the Deep Creek Trail. Purgatory Lake is pretty dried out frequently; most of the rain falls
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| | through May; the driest of the months is July. At Purgatory Lake through the warm months highs are in the 90's. Once the sun is down it dips down to the 50's. Throughout the wintertime the highs are typically in the 40's with temperatures at Purgatory Lake dipping down into the 20's throughout winter nights. This lake is so wonderful. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Purgatory Lake has to offer, you can camp at Windy Saddle Campground, and if you | |
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need a spot to stay Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Mccall-The Hunt Lodge, Id is a great choice. This site, the Wallowa Mountains, has so much outdoors amusing stuff. From Purgatory Lake you obtain a glorious vista of Tower
of Babel, and on a splendid day you can take a hike along the Heavens Gate Trail. This lake is so wonderful. If you don’t have a problem getting wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Little Salmon River. This is a delightful
neighborhood for folks who like lakes. Appendix Lake is a lake in the neighborhood; if the weather is great, you can go for a hike along the Old Boise Trail. But wait, there's more to do right next door to Purgatory Lake. Purgatory
Lake is a tremendous site to visit for more than one day, Seven Devils Campground is a tremendous site to camp nearby, and since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always go to nearby Triangle Lake.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 45.31667 Longitude: -116.5539
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Snake River, Wallowa CountyCounty, 6 miles away Class III-IV - 32 miles long (Hells Canyon Dam to Pittsburg Landing) |
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Little Salmon River, Idaho/ Adams CountyCounty, 17 miles away Class II-V - 20 miles long (Hazard Creek to Salmon River at Riggins) |
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Hazard Creek, Idaho CountyCounty, 19 miles away Class III-IV - 1 miles long (Hard Creek to Little Salmon confluence) |
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Emerald Lake
 | How is the fishing?... |
Papoose Lake
 | I was raised in Riggins, ID and you need to check your maps. The Wallowa mountains are in OREGON! The areas you are talking about are in IDAHO, primarily in the Seven Devils range.... |
Lost Valley Reservoir
 | 18 miles away 1 PHOTO When we were there in September the water was very low.We didnt have to much luck fishing but I seen a couple people that caught one or two. It's a nice little lake but has a lot of bees and cattle were running all through the camp grounds. We even had a bull that was throwing up dirt and stomping his feet like he wanted to charge us. I don't know why in a forestry campground they would allow this where people camp. Anyway if you can put up with that go for it.We wont be going back.... |
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