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Title:Chris Lake
Area:Willamette National Forest
Size:3 Acres
Depth:11 Feet
Elevation:4040 Feet
Elevation_Gain:-130
Snow_Free:May 22
Trail:Hike down the road from the gate on Rd 225
Misc:Lake is stocked most years with cutthrout or rainbow trout.
Links:Trip Journals - 2/12/94, 4/29/04
Notes:This lake, not named on any maps is found in Section 33 which belonged to Timber Service Company Inc., but is now part of the Willamette National Forest. ODFW biologist Joe Wetherbee has given this lake the name Chris after in son Chris.
Route:highway 22 to Big Meadows Rd #2267/ #220/#225
TH_Access:May 26
TH_elevation:4170
Distance:1
Features:fishing, x/c skiing
USGS_15:Three Fingered Jack
USGS_75:Santiam Junction


Margie and I catch two 10" Cutthrout trout in raft. photo by Lee Scott - - - July 29, 1989


Catch 10" Rainbow trout on a Spruce Fly with sinking line, lose several others. photo by Jeanette Scott - - - April 29, 2004


photo by Erik Badzinski - - - July 26, 2020

Type:Lake
Cross_Country_Skiing:yes
Fishing:yes
Day_Hike:yes