Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Lost Forest and Fossil lake Sand Dunes

Sand Rock campsite - Lost Forest


The Lost Forest had been off my list of places to go for years.  With the OHV usage in the Christmas Valley area off the charts the place was ruined - a sacrifice zone.  But as a Plan B in the dead of winter when we didn't have enough daylight for Plan A (a trip to Burma Rim) I found myself pleasantly surprised.  We had the Lost Forest to ourselves and, once inside the Lost Forest a distance, the place was not as destroyed as I had feared.  I certainly will not come here in the summer, but off season it is still a magical spot.  I am happy to have the Lost Forest, one of my favorite Oregon places back in the 1980's, back again.

View from top of Sand Rock

Fossil Lake Sand Dunes in the snow