About Freezeout Trailhead
08/12/2024 ***Freezeout Trailhead **Reopened:** Downed trees Removed*** Freezeout Trailhead is one of the early season routes into the Hells Canyon Recreation Area and [Hells Canyon Wilderness](http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/wallowa-whitman/recarea/?recid=79467) due to the low elevation of the saddle. This moderate sized trailhead accommodates trucks with stock trailers and has a stock loading ramp, hitch rails, and stock water.
- Fees: $5/vehicle/day, or Northwest Forest Pass, or any form of the America the Beautiful National Pass
- Season: April
- Managed by: USFS - Wallowa Whitman National Forest
- Where: 23 mi east of Wallowa Lake, OR · 45.3758, -116.76194
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jun–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Mar.
Fly over it in 3D, check today's weather and fire news, plan the drive and print a trip plan.
Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.
Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Stargazing nearby: Ponderosa State Park Star Party (Astronomy festival), 45 mi.
Dump station: 22.9 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Campsite · 25 mi E of Joseph 2.5 mi
- Saddle Creek Campground 2.6 mi
- Wild Sheep Campsite 5.7 mi
- Sand Dunes Campsite 5.9 mi
- Battle Creek Campsite 6 mi
- Lower Oregon Hole Campsite 6.2 mi