North Sister
Trip Guide & 3D Map
Cascade Range · Difficulty, season, and access — then explore the 3D terrain
Planning snapshot
North Sister is a 10,085 ft summit in the Cascade Range (USA). PeakAtlas rates it alpine technical (Technical alpine); best season is Jul–Sep. No special summit permit. Typical staging is Bend (28 mi). Limited lodging data is mapped from OpenStreetMap for this region — stage in the listed town rather than expecting a full hotel directory. Use the 3D map and trip checklist before you go.
- Elevation
- 10,085 ft
- Prominence
- 2,725 ft
- Difficulty tier
- Alpine technical
- Best season
- Jul–Sep
- Permits
- No special summit permit
- Staging
- Bend · 28 mi
- Mapped lodging
- Limited / none mapped
- Listed trails
- 1
As of 2026-07-31 · Figures come from the PeakAtlas3D catalog: surveyed elevations and prominence, curated difficulty tiers, best-season windows, permit notes, staging-town distances, trail lists, and OpenStreetMap lodging near each summit. Not live weather, quotas, or prices.
How hard is North Sister, and what do you need before you go?
North Sister is listed as Technical alpine with a best season of Jul–Sep. Use the difficulty, permit, and staging details below before you commit to a date.
- Difficulty
- Technical alpine
- Best season
- Jul–Sep
- Access / staging
- Bend, Oregon
How tall is North Sister, and where is it?
- Location
- Oregon, USA
- Elevation
- 10,085 ft
- Prominence
- 2,725 ft
- Mountain range
- Cascade Range
- Difficulty
- Technical alpine
What makes North Sister notable?
Hardest of the Three Sisters; classic Oregon Cascade technical summit.
The oldest and most eroded of Oregon’s Three Sisters — a technical Cascade climb of rotten volcanic rock, far harder than South Sister.
After you check trip readiness for North Sister, explore the summit on PeakAtlas3D’s interactive 3D topographic map in the Cascade Range, Oregon, USA.
Closest places
- Bend — Oregon via Pole Creek
- Sisters — Oregon via OR-242