Summer Adventures at Cornucopia Lodge

"We felt really well taken care of, in every detail. Great welcome, great mountains, great folks and fantastic things to see and do: spot wildlife on the mountain slopes while sitting by the campfire, reach amazingly beautiful valleys, swim in ice-cold lakes (our daughter remembers that vividly, she had so much fun), and eat great food. We hope to be back to experience the same mountains under the snow sometime." ~ Anne from France

Cornucopia Lodge Adventures

Cornucopia Lodge offers guided riding trips into Oregon's incredible Eagle Cap Wilderness. The lodge and cabins are located literally at trailheads leading into the southern side of Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon's largest wilderness area.

The lodge can also serve as your basecamp to wilderness adventure whether you ride your own horse or hike into the wonderful Wallowa Mountains. Scroll down the page to read more about our popular Prospector, Pine Lakes Camp, Mother-Daughter or Father-Son trips, the Poker Ride, and other adventures.

For information and reservations call (800) 742-6115

The Prospector Adventure

At times mom (or dad) just wants to relax at the Lodge while the rest of the family would like a night under the stars in the high Wallowa Mountains of Eagle Cap Wilderness. For your two days and a night in the wilderness, we'll provide the horses and mules, guide, cook, food, camp equipment, and cots. We'll even provide the sleeping bag so you won't miss the experience of a lifetime sleeping under stars big enough to touch. And bring a camera. The views on the ride in and out of Eagle Cap Wilderness are worth framing.

We will put together groups of up to eight people for this trip.
Trip price needs to be added to room charges.

$150.00 per adult per wilderness night
$100.00 per child per wilderness night (12 and under)

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   Pine Lakes Camp 3 day / 2 night adventure

Seven miles from Cornucopia Lodge, nestled in a bowl, high in the Wallowa Mountains of Eagle Cap Wilderness, sit Pine Lakes, two alpine jewels separated by only a few yards. We’ll pack you, your food, and your personal gear to our camp that’s already set up and waiting for you. All the necessary camp equipment, tents, stoves, lanterns, and other essential camping equipment is provided. Two nights in camp.

$325.00 per person for minimum of 2 people.

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   Sourdough Camp 4 day / 3 night adventure

Enjoy your first night in a comfortable Cornucopia cabin, then a morning ride to the Imnaha River where we will camp for two nights. The Imnaha River, a 64-mile tributary of the Snake River that flows east near its headwaters high in the Wallowa Mountains and then north through Wallowa County, is designated entirely Wild and Scenic. Leaving the Imnaha, ride to Eagle Cap Wilderness Crater Lake for your last camp night.

Pack trip for four $1,799.00   /    Lodge Guests with their own horses - $1,299.00   Two nights in camp.

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   Annual Wilderness Poker Ride

Bring your horse and enjoy the majestic Wallowa Mountains up close and personal on a two day trail ride from Cornucopia Lodge, located 12 miles north of Halfway, Oregon in the wild and wonderful northeast corner of Oregon.

Starting on a Friday afternoon at Cornucopia Lodge enjoy a barbecue dinner, and right after the meal, you'll receive Poker Ride instructions and start times. Cornucopia Lodge will pack participants' camping gear from the Lodge to the Fish Lake camp site and back. We recommend that you bring "pop tents," sleeping bags, pads, and personal gear.

On Saturday, after breakfast, we'll ride to Fish Lake high in the Wallowa Mountains, and along the trail you'll stop at the poker stations. There will be entertainment for your enjoyment and dinner at Fish Lake. After a hearty cowboy breakfast on Sunday morning, enjoy the ride back to Cornucopia Lodge for an evening barbecue.

Before and after the ride, you are welcome to camp out, stay in your tent, camper, or trailer on Lodge grounds, or stay in our Lodge or Cabins. Special lodge and cabin rates for participants.

2012 - August 17, 18, 19
2012 - $95.00 per person

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   Mother-Daughter Weekend

Leave the hustle and bustle behind you and imagine relaxing at for a night at Cornucopia Lodge, and then riding with your daughter into the beautiful Eagle Cap Wilderness. Image sitting around the campfire with something cold while your cook prepares dinner. Imagine eating your lunch by a cool mountain stream where you rest and relax. And image returning to camp where dinner will be waiting with songs and s'mores around the campfire. Imagine . . .

$625.00 includes everything for mother and daughter.

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   Father-Son Weekend

After a restful nights sleep at Cornucopia Lodge, you and your son ride into Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon's largest, to our Pine Lakes camp for two nights of camping out under the stars and fishing in a cold, clear mountain lake. $625.00 includes everything for both Father and Son, just bring your fishing poles. You can also hike the trail above the lake for view out over the Wallowa Mountains, or just relax in camp. It just doesn't get any better than this. A great way to introduce your son to wilderness camping.

$625.00 includes everything for father and son.

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   Cornucopia Adventures with your own horses

You are more than welcome to bring your own horses for your stay at Cornucopia Lodge or in one of the cabins. Call ahead for more details, but there are few better places for wilderness riding. You can stay the night in the lodge or a cabin, and then ride out the next day along trails into Eagle Cap Wilderness, including the Pine Lakes trail that climbs to timberline and incredible views of the Wallowa Mountains from Nip Pass or Tuck Pass on the ridge above the lakes. Other trails take you deep into those same mountains. This is the southern side of the Wallowa Mountains and Eagle Cap Wilderness, the less crowded side where you really can get away from it all.

We have four overnight campsites available to Lodge guests that bring their own horses. These camps are located in the mountains and are free to Lodge guests who book a minimum of two nights in the lodge or cabins. Stay in our camps for up to two nights. Everything needed is supplied in camps, except for food.

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   Cornucopia Basecamp for backpacking adventure

Cornucopia Lodge is a good spot for trailhead parking for backpacking trips in the southern Wallowa Mountains. The trails that lead into Eagle Cap Wilderness are all challenging mountain adventures and offer ample opportunity for high mountain experience without the crowds found on the north side of the range at trailheads near Joseph. You can hike up and over Nip and Tuck passes into the heart of the wilderness after a soul refreshing climb up a classic mountain valley to Pine Lakes from the Lodge. If you camp at Pine Lakes, you can cross Nip Pass the next mornning to complete the loop back to the Lodge where you can stay the night before driving home.

One other major trail leaving from the lodge climbs up along Simmons Creek and drops down to Norway Creek, eventually leading to the Imnaha River in the heart of Eagle Cap Wilderness. Be advised, of course, that extended backpacking in the Wallowa Mountains is best done by experienced hikers with proper gear, but one great advantage to hiking in from Cornucopia Lodge is having a terrific basecamp at the trailhead. You can reserve a room in the Lodge or one of the cabins for the start and end of your trip. You'll have a comfortable place to stay at the end of the day where you can shower, sort your gear, and rest for the night before the drive home.

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