Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain Lookout

Sometimes you have to go to a place simply because you have not been there before.  Bald Mountain, elevation 7,400', was one of those places.  It lies between Fort Rock and Silver Lake and I had heard that the lookout is seldom visited.  We spent two nights camped out nearby and saw not another soul.  In this time of Covid induced outdoor recreating, that is saying something.  Got a bonus night in at Upper Buck Campground on the flanks of Yamsay Mountain, another spot I had long wanted to visit.  It was a warm, sunny May weekend.  Southern Oregon - all of Oregon really - is in as bad a drought as I have seen.

Looking southwest from Bald Mountain

Buck Creek