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	Three Sisters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Three Sisters (Glen Coe), a trio of ridges which are part of Bidean nam Bian in Glen Coe, Scotland.
		Three Sisters, South Africa, a town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
		Three Sisters (Georgia), a trio of peaks near Dahlonega in Lumpkin County, Georgia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Three_Sisters (316 words)

	CVO Website - Three Sisters Volcanoes, Oregon
		The Three Sisters appear as the "Three Sisters" on Preston's map of Oregon of 1856.
		Three Sisters is one of three potentially active volcanic centers that lie close to rapidly growing communities and resort areas in Central Oregon.
		North Sister, a basaltic andesite pyroclastic and lava cone that rests on a shield volcano, is the oldest of the Three Sisters and postdates the approximately 0.3-million-year-old Shevlin Park Tuff.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/Sisters/description_three_sisters.html (2993 words)

	NET.org >> Three Sisters Wilderness Area
		Long before this vast wilderness area in central Oregon was designated a wilderness area, tribes of Native Americans roamed the forests and meadows around the Three Sisters and Broken Top Mountains of the Cascade range.
		The Three Sisters was designated as a primitive area by the Chief of the Forest Service in 1937, and at that time the area consisted of about 191,000 acres (298 square miles) of rough, primitive country along the crest of the High Cascade Range in the Deschutes and Willamette National Forests.
		The Three Sisters Wilderness Area was designated by Congress with the passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964.
	www.net.org /proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=27263 (304 words)

	Three Sisters - Oregon
		The Three Sisters are majestic rising from the high desert plain east of the Central Cascade Range.
		The North Sister is a shield volcano and is 10,085 feet (3,074 meters) high.
		South Sister is the youngest of the Three Sisters, erupted as recently as 2000 years ago.
	www.daytrails.com /ThreeSisters.html (231 words)

	Wildernet - Three Sisters Wilderness
		Most trails entering the wilderness begin in dense forests of Douglas-fir on the western slopes of the Cascades and ponderosa pine on the eastern slopes.
		All of the trails are clearly marked on the Three Sisters Wilderness map published by GEOGRAPHICS Inc. Over 42 miles of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail extend through the Three Sisters Wilderness.
		Three Sisters Wilderness can be reached from the Willamette Valley by the Old McKenzie Highway (State 242) and from Central Oregon by the Cascade Lakes Highway (State 46) and by various forest roads (19, 2643, 1957, 1993).
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=ORDSTSW&CU_ID=1 (832 words)

	KTVZ.com - Central Oregon's Local News - Sisters stream habitat project nearly done (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SISTERS - Deschutes National Forest fishery biologists plan next week to complete the final phase of a two-year stream restoration project high school students, an irrigation district and an environmental group worked on to benefit native fish.
		Sisters High School students involved in an integrated environmental science, social studies and outdoor recreation curriculum called Interdisciplinary Environmental Expedition assisted by replanting willow, alder and cottonwood trees that will stabilize stream banks and provide shade.
		The Three Sisters Irrigation District also helped by donating trees from a canal project that is expected to restore stream flows to Whychus Creek.
	www.ktvz.com /story.cfm?storyID=10498 (375 words)

	Skiing the Cascade Volcanoes: Three Sisters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The volcanic peaks of the Three Sisters Wilderness dominate the landscape of central Oregon, visible from the Willamette Valley to the west and far across the high desert to the east.
		The Three Sisters are the highest and most prominent of the dozens of volcanoes which dot the Cascade Range between Mount Jefferson in northern Oregon and Mount Shasta in California, with each of the Sisters reaching the lofty 10,000-foot (3000 m) mark.
		The Three Sisters group is quite compact, as the summits of North, Middle, and South Sisters span a total distance of less than 5 miles (8 km), yet the peaks host over 15 glaciers including the largest in Oregon (by area), the Collier Glacier.
	www.skimountaineer.com /CascadeSki/CascadeSki.php?name=ThreeSisters (569 words)

	Three Sisters - Peakware World Mountain Encyclcopedia
		Three Sisters is a cluster of three volcanic peaks, North Sister, Middle Sister, and South Sister, located in Central Oregon.
		North Sister is the oldest of the three, and Middle Sister formed from eruptions in North Sister's flank.
		The three peaks are the third, fourth and fifth highest peaks in Oregon, behind Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson.
	www.peakware.com /peaks.html?pk=250 (179 words)

	Three Sisters Wilderness \| Montana \| State Parks
		All of the wilderness is in the state of Oregon.
		For the Three Sisters Wilderness, this process began in 1964 when 196,708 acres were designated by Public Law 88-577.
		Wilderness provides clean air and water, a shelter for endangered species, sacred places for indigenous peoples, a living laboratory for research, and a classroom for exploring personal values while experiencing risk, reward, and self-reliance.
	www.recreationfinder.com /montana/three-sisters-wilderness.htm (324 words)

	Three Sisters Wilderness Area Hiking - Hikes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This family hike rounds up the lakes tucked away in the southwest corner of Three Sisters Wilderness on the west side of the Cascade Crest in Willamette National Forest.
		Chucksney Mountain (elevation 5,760 feet) rises at the center of a peninsula of land tucked between the Waldo Lake and Three Sisters Wilderness Areas.
		This hike swings north through Three Sisters Wilderness, stitching together an engaging series of backcountry lakes, passing meadow clearings, and crossing over the Cascade Crest before tossing a loop...
	www.trails.com /activity.asp?area=13744 (771 words)

	Deschutes National Forest
		One of the attractions of the area is the town of Sisters itself.
		With the Sisters Wilderness Area to the south and the Jefferson Wilderness Area to the north there is ample nature to interest everyone.
		Three are on Suttle Lake and one is on nearby Scout Lake.
	www.hoodoo.com /deschutes_national_forest.htm (576 words)

	Three Sisters (Oregon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Three Sisters are three volcanic peaks of the Cascade Range, located about 15 miles SW from the nearest town of Sisters, Oregon.
		It is the most dangerous climb of the Three Sisters, due to its level of erosion, and thus rockfall.
		The South Sister is the youngest and tallest volcano of the trio.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Three_Sisters_(Oregon) (520 words)

	Oregon
		We begin our adventure backpacking in the dramatically beautiful Three Sisters Wilderness along the Pacific Crest Trail passing by clear blue lakes, numerous flower-filled meadows, and towering volcanoes.
		The Three Sisters are spectacular snow capped volcanoes surrounded by beautiful alpine lakes, flower strewn meadows, old growth forests and eerie lava flows.
		Before leaving the Three Sisters Wilderness, we'll be rewarded by an amazing climb of the snow capped South Sister Volcano where we'll have stunning views of the entire Cascade Range, as well as our next destinations of the Deschutes River Canyon and Smith Rock, before glissading to it's base.
	www.wildernessventures.com /summer_programs/trip.php?id=21&cat_id=1 (504 words)

	Sierra Club Outings \| Finding Faith, Hope, and Charity: Exploring the Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon \| 06177A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Cascade Range is a chain of volcanic mountains that serves as the dividing line between the wetter west and drier east sides of the state.
		In the Three Sisters Wilderness a trio of peaks overlap to create one of the most familiar profiles in Oregon.
		As one of the most popular destinations in Oregon, the Three Sisters Wilderness is heavily impacted by the volume of people who come to explore its beauty.
	www.sierraclub.org /outings/national/brochure/06177A.asp (1482 words)

	Northwest
		The Wilderness Ventures program not only helped me to learn more efficient team work and also challenged me to push myself harder than I have ever done before, but it has also provided me with sunsets, laughs, and many other memories I will remember throughout this next year, and throughout my life.
		Hike along a spectacular wilderness coast, experience the serenity of Oregon's majestic Three Sisters, then raft thrilling snowmelt rapids of the Deschutes river for three days.
		Returning to the glacier carved North Cascades and the Glacier Peak Wilderness, we’ll trek some of the finest alpine areas in the contiguous United States.
	www.wildernessventures.com /summer_programs/trip.php?id=27&cat_id=1 (581 words)

	Wilderness.net- Three Sisters Wilderness
		All of the wilderness is in Oregon and is managed by the Forest Service.
		The Three Sisters Wilderness is bordered by the Mount Washington Wilderness to the north and the Waldo Lake Wilderness to the south.
		The high, snowcapped Three Sisters (North Sister at 10,085 feet, Middle Sister at 10,047 feet, and South Sister at 10,358 feet) embellish the eastern side of this Wilderness, the second largest in Oregon.
	www.wilderness.net /index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=602 (511 words)

	Three Sisters Wilderness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Three Sisters Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Willamette National Forest in Oregon, east of Eugene and southeast of Portland.
		The wilderness contains the largest glacier in Oregon, as well as some of the best examples of glaciated terrain in the northwestern United States.
		The Three Sisters themselves are a group of three mountains: North, Middle, and South.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Three_Sisters_Wilderness (212 words)

	Three Sisters Backpack - Pole Creek Trailhead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On July 24-25 1999 Dan and I did an overnighter from the Pole Creek trailhead on the east side of the Three Sisters Wilderness out of Sisters, Oregon.
		Just outside Sisters is this beautiful llama ranch with the cloud-catching Three Sisters in the background.
		Dan hiking through an opening at around 6000 feet with South Sister in the distance.
	members.tripod.com /~MikeLittle/3sis-polecr.html (139 words)

	All Calm At Three Sisters Volcanic Center In Oregon
		The most recent and unexpected example of satellite-detected inflation at a volcano in the United States is the Three Sisters volcanic center in the Oregon Cascade Range, located about 225 km (140 mi) south of Mount St. Helens, Washington.
		The volcano is located in the Three Sisters Wilderness of the Deschutes and Willamette National Forests.
		Word of the Three Sisters uplift spread quickly to Wicks' colleagues at the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) and University of Washington (UW) Geophysics Program, and many questions were raised.
	unisci.com /stories/20014/1016016.htm (516 words)

	Wilderness Watch - Online
		Environmentalists filed suit recently against the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), alleging that the state agency failed to reevaluate the registration of pesticides that are blown by air from the Central Valley to the Sierra Nevada.
		Alternative B must include removal of horses from Wilderness trails, no developed trailhead/parking in the Salt Basin Dunes, protection of Dog Canyon from horse use, maximum Wilderness designation, no improvement of the Williams Ranch landscape, ranch house, and road, and removal of the Pine Springs campground and RV site.
		GMNP would spell out what activities will and will not be allowed in Wilderness and show how these activities comply with the Wilderness Act.
	www.wildernesswatch.org /guardian/2002/dec02.html (1062 words)

	Three Sisters, Oregon
		North Sister is a shield volcano made of basaltic andesite.
		South Sister is the youngest of the Three Sisters.
		Taylor, E.M., MacLeod, N.S., Sherrod, D.R., and Walker, G.W., 1987, Geologic map of the Three Sisters Wilderness, Deschutes, Lane, and Linn Counties, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1952.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/three_sisters.html (578 words)

	Chambers Lakes, Three Sisters Wilderness
		Sister is serene in the late afternoon sun.
		Middle and N. Sister from the Chambers Lakes' basin.
		Middle and North Sisters, Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Hood from the flank of S. Sister.
	www.europa.com /~paulg/pix/chambers85.html (146 words)

	Climber Corwin Osborn lost in Three sisters Wilderness
		The family of the Bellevue, Wash., hiker lost more than a week ago in the Sisters Wilderness recreation area are presuming the 46-year-old is dead after enduring a week of freezing temperatures with only a day's supply of water and food.
		In June there was hiker/climber lost in the Sisters Wilderness in Oregon while reportedly attempting the traverse of all three peaks from south to north.
		On Friday I went to South Sister to potentially ski and on the radio I heard they were searching the woods out to the west of South Sister.
	www.traditionalmountaineering.org /News_Lost_CorwinOsborn.htm (1248 words)

	thebackpacker.com - trail talk - three sisters
		China Chas would be our resident Sisters expert I think, but I haven't seen him on the board much lately.
		The wilderness is dominated by its namesakes, North,Middle, and South Sister.
		South Sister is a non-technical climb to around 10,800ft; or at least until is blows up...Dont sweat it, climb it while it is still there.
	www.thebackpacker.com /trailtalk/thread/31855,-1.php (591 words)

	Three Sisters Wilderness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Across the expansive lava fields of the Mt. Washington Wilderness.
		Unfortunately it was a bit too early for most blossoms.
		Middle Sister, and a much nearer Little Brother.
	thoughtdistillery.com /img/ThreeSisters (60 words)

	From: Halpern, C
		College of Forest Resources, U of W. From: Halpern, C. Montane and subalpine meadows of the Three Sisters Wilderness Area/Biosphere Reserve, Oregon: A community classification and gradient analysis.
		I present a plant community classification and gradient analysis of the montane and subalpine meadow vegetation of the Three Sisters Wilderness Area, Oregon, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve representing the northern half of the Sierra-Cascade Province.
		Composition, structure, and distribution of the ecosystems of the Three Sisters Biosphere Reserve/Wilderness Area.
	faculty.washington.edu /chalpern/TSBRa.htm (319 words)

	Three Sisters Wilderness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I hiked into the east side of this wilderness area twice in the 80s for totally different reasons.
		I soon found the trail and descended to Moraine Lake, which sat in the early daylight without a ripple to mar the reflection of the glacial moraine behind the lake and South Sister looming behind.
		(Sadly, my sister chose a spot to my east to see the show, and those same clouds removed her view of the stars that night).
	www.granitic.net /hiker/nw3sis.htm (720 words)

	Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon :\|: Overview
		The North Sister ("Faith") and Middle Sister ("Hope") can be seen in the rendered view above.
		View of the North and Middle Sister from the Scott Trail.
		Collier Cone, the source of this lava flow, can be seen to the left of North Sister.
	zero-kelvin.com /nw2k/three_sisters.html (154 words)

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