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April 21 – Plan B: Due to recent weather, we are changing the hike to the Deer Leap section of the North Umpqua Trail. This will be the 10 mile Deer Leap section starting near Toketee Lake and will be a one-way trek downriver offering lofty perspectives of the river below, with the hike .............click here to read more.
Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Schedule – January 27, 2018 through April 21, 2018 Meet – The group meets before 8 am in the Douglas County Courthouse parking lot behind the old Douglas County Library. In general, most hikes take an hour to an hour and a half driving time each direction. Bring – Each person should .............click here to read more.
“Friends of the Umpqua” is a hiking club for people who enjoy being in the out-of-doors and sharing the benefits of group outdoor activities. FOU hike coordinators are not “leaders” but are volunteers who help organize and advise participants in specific FOU group activities. Participants will be required to sign a SignInWaiver before each hike. .............click here to read more.
Membership Dues are $5 (per household) per year payable each January. Members of the club act as coordinators of the hikes which are usually held every other Saturday. Club meetings are held every three months. The next meeting date and location can be found on our hike schedule page These meetings consists of a .............click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – John Malone This was a substitute hike because weather precluded the scheduled hike into the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness. So, it was no surprise to the 5 hikers who showed up that it was raining. But since we are Oregonians well used to the rain, we just put on the rain gear and ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – Richard O’Neill Only 5 of us showed up for this hike while all you fair weather namby-pambies stayed home warm and dry. But hey, at least there weren’t any gale force winds like last time! This hike was wet as a steady rain fell on our hat brims the entire day. But ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – Richard O’Neill The East Applegate Ridge Trail is a small piece of a very ambitious trail project that will make it possible to hike from Grants Pass to Ashland on continuous trail. If the rest of the trail is as spectacular as this 5.8 mile section, then the club will be doing ………….click here to read more.
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Hike Coordinator – Richard O’Neill The day after this hike, cold, rain, snow, slush, wind, and sleet came to stay for an extended visit that really curtailed hiking festivities for the time being. But on this Saturday at Bullards Beach, who really cared about all that? The weather was fantastically sunny, albeit a bit on ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – Brad Bishop Two carloads of hearty hikers braved the cold, the Rogue and a rookie hike leader on our Graves Creek to Whiskey Creek adventure on January 27. Would it snow? Would anyone be swept into the Rogue by the waterfalls we had to cross? Does Brad know where the heck he’s ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – Lane Harris On this superbly sunny day in January, and the first club hike of 2018, Lane led over 30 (maybe 40?…) eager hikers on a hike through the inland forests and sandy beaches of Cape Blanco. Several members of the South Coast Striders hiking club made up part of the thundering ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – Richard O’Neill The North Bank Habitat, near Glide, has become our last-hike-of-the-year tradition, if the last 4 or 5 years are any indication. The whole vibe was foggy when we started but it was a thin fog, so there was hope that the day would turn out to be sunny. We headed ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – Richard O’Neill The Friends of the Umpqua, aided and abetted by members of the Coos Bay hiking club, the South Coast Striders, numbered a lucky 13 on this hike on Cape Mountain. While the term “mountain” implies a certain geological element to the hike, this hike was all about the forest. Tall ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – John Malone The forecast for Saturday December 2nd was a grim one, which is probably why only 3 hardy souls showed up at the library car park, and made the drive over to the coast. At the trail head they were thrilled to find Rachel and Traci from the South Coast Striders ………….click here to read more.
April 21 – Plan B: Due to recent weather, we are changing the hike to the Deer Leap section of the North Umpqua Trail. This will be the 10 mile Deer Leap section starting near Toketee Lake and will be a one-way trek downriver offering lofty perspectives of the river below, with the hike .............click here to read more.
Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Schedule – January 27, 2018 through April 21, 2018 Meet – The group meets before 8 am in the Douglas County Courthouse parking lot behind the old Douglas County Library. In general, most hikes take an hour to an hour and a half driving time each direction. Bring – Each person should .............click here to read more.
“Friends of the Umpqua” is a hiking club for people who enjoy being in the out-of-doors and sharing the benefits of group outdoor activities. FOU hike coordinators are not “leaders” but are volunteers who help organize and advise participants in specific FOU group activities. Participants will be required to sign a SignInWaiver before each hike. .............click here to read more.