Length/Time 22 miles/1-2 days Difficulty: moderate Location All the way around Waldo Lake in the Waldo Lake Wilderness User Groups Hikers, dogs, horses, and mountain bikes. Permits Trail Park Passes are required to park at this trailhead. $3 per day or $25 annually. Directions From Highway 58 three miles west of Willamette Pass, turn north on Waldo Lake Road. Following signs to North Waldo Campground proceed about 12.5 miles on Forest Service Roads 5897 and 5898 to the trailhead near the campground's boat launch parking area. Maps For a map of the area contact Nature of the Northwest Information Center at (503) 872-2750. Contact Middle Fork Ranger District at (541) 782-2283. Trail notes If it's just the view you want , head straight up the Waldo Mountain Trail, about three miles and 2,000 vertical feet, to the manned lookout tower. Here you'll find the view you expected, and more. The Twins and Maiden Peak are nice backdrops to Waldo Lake, and Diamond Peak also shines nearby. Return by the same route, but if you're up for more, by all means continue east down Waldo Mountain's opposite shoulder to a junction with the Waldo Meadows Trail. Turn right and walk through the thick meadows, eventually coming upon a side trail that leads half a mile south to Salmon Lakes and a nice waterfall near the lower lake. It's about 2.5 miles west back to the car from here.