This was a day-hike in Central Oregon, Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area, starting at Steelhead Falls Trailhead and hiking a truly epic 2 Mile Out and Back, approximately 226 FT Elevation Gain (mostly on the way back up), descending into the incredible Deschutes River Desert Canyon Basin culminating in the spectacular Steelhead Falls!
This was hiked on 11/2/2021 with AUTUMN FALL COLORS in full bloom!
If you just want to go to the Steelhead Falls Lookout Zone and back it is only half of that distance, 1 Mile Roundtrip.
If you go past that you get to a more rugged section of trail and take that all the way to the end of the Desert Basin Canyon.
Weather was a low of 40, high of 56, overcast cloudy day and mildly windy.
Trail was completely clear of snow, and there were NO Mosquitoes!
On Alltrails, this hike is called "Steelhead Falls".
As far as road conditions, it's highway and paved side streets until the last few tenths of a mile or so which is gravel, you want to take this part slowly and cautiously but it's fairly easy, in my opinion, the road most definitely DOES NOT require 4-Wheel Drive.
As far as permits, the Steelhead Falls Trailhead DOES NOT require a Recreation.gov permit.