Backpack - Broken Top Loop

** LEADERS PERMISSION REQUIRED **

** NOTE ** Sign up will be first-come-first-serve, you're welcome to request permission in advance but you will have to register when registration opens.  There won't be any advance registration.

We will hike at a moderate 2 mph pace, taking frequent breaks. We will stop for an extended lunch (~20 minutes).  

I have secured 5 permits for entry at Todd Lake Trailhead. This route does not follow the full loop and avoids the burned area, car camping, and cross country route on the north and east sides of the loop while still getting close to the glacier and enjoying the high lakes.

Day 1- We will hike 4 miles to a base camp on a creek. Then 5-6 more miles round trip gaining 1300 feet in 2.5 miles to hike beside Bend Glacier and No Name Lake possibly having dinner at No Name Lake. 

Day 2- Hike 9 miles to explore Park Meadow and then make camp near Golden Lake with minimal Elevation gain/ loss possibly stopping to swim at Green Lakes

Day 3- Hike 10 miles back to the trailhead with minimal elevation gain/ loss possibly stopping to swim at Green Lakes

Goals, Expectations, and Style: My goals are always to stay safe, have fun, and do my best to help everyone feel welcome and included, while keeping a sense of interdependence and finding some wild and free moments. My expectations are that everyone will read all the information carefully, be truthful about their ability and experience level, communicate needs proactively, always stay with at least one other person and regroup at junctions, will work as a team to support each other, leave camp at the agreed on time and get to camp at a reasonable time. Everyone will do their best and try to be “all in” during the trip. Everyone will have the needed supplies for cooking, food storage, sleeping, and enough food and water for the trip. My style is to take breaks for swimming, snacks, and a longer lunch, to keep a steady pace around 2mph sometimes a bit slower uphill, to have good conversation with everyone in the group and have time together at camp around mealtime. I sometimes like to have an early morning coffee “sit spot” but enjoy having social time in the evening. I love exploring around camp and seeing “all the things”. I enjoy high places and don’t mind exposure but will not hike through high exposed areas in very rainy, snowy, or icy conditions. 

Meet at Todd Lake Trailhead by 1:30pm.

Drive SR-97 to just south side of Bend. Take the Cascade Lakes National Scenic Byway east past Mount Bachelor to get to the Todd Lake Trailhead. 

Since this is a holiday weekend and this trailhead is about 7 hours from Seattle I wanted to plan for a later start time. There is a first come first serve campsite with only three spots at this Trailhead as well.