Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Group
A Roseburg, Oregon hiking club. Providing guided hikes to the Coast, the Cascades, and all points in between!
Narration by Richard O’Neill Sometime in the middle of the night while we all slept, happily dreaming of new trails, smoke from the Cedar Creek Fire cloaked Odell Lake. Who wants to hike in that crap? Not us, so we quickly confabbed and put together an end-to-end route that ran from Little Cultus Lake to ………….click here to read more.
Narration by Richard O’Neill Our original plan was to camp at Waldo Lake for the annual club campout and explore some of the many trails in the Waldo Lake Wilderness. However, the campground was sold out and then the Cedar Creek Fire closed the Waldo Lake Wilderness. Sheesh, what’s the point of making plans, anyway? ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Richard O’Neill Narration by Richard O’Neill Even though the club hiked this one hike on one certain Saturday, the club outing on the Bullards Beach horse trails was really about three hikes. The first hike was a Cascades Mountains hike, a relatively easy amble to Nip and Tuck Lakes, which was the original ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Edwin Case Narration by Lane Harris If you look at a map you’ll see that Rattlesnake Mountain, Mosquito Lake and Windy Gap are all within a mile of each other. It sure doesn’t sound like a very friendly place to visit. Despite the threatening names given to these various land features, this area ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Coreena Gosselin Narration by Lane Harris The planning leading up to this hike was harder than it should’ve been, but with persistence, hike leader Coreena eventually determined that the club could actually hike the ‘ol Cowhorn. A few weeks prior to the hike, Coreena was unable to even get to the trailhead due ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Cleve Moss Narration by Cleve Moss On Saturday morning 6 hikers came together to go visit the Old Hershberger Lookout. Some had been there before and a couple had not. The weather was to be clear skies for good viewing and on the warm side. We headed east out of Canyonville toward Tiller ………….click here to read more.
While the hiking club did a day hike from Marial Lodge to Zane Grey’s Cabin on May 28, four members decided to make a 40-mile backpack trip on the same weekend on the same trail, starting from Graves Creek and finishing at Foster Bar. Instead of providing the normal narration of the club hike, below ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Brad Bishop Narration by Brad Bishop It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Anticipation was thick in the air. I had led an ambitious group of adventurers over snow covered hills and down frigid valleys at the start of 2022 on The Worst Hike Ever. Now, our return ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Penny Groth Narration by Penny Groth Eleven hikers met at the Douglas County Courthouse on a drippy Saturday morning. As the hike coordinator, I handed out a sheet of info for driving and hiking. I asked Edwin to take the lead vehicle position once we got onto Lower Smith River Road as I ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Richard O’Neill Narration by Richard O’Neill Only 4 other hikers showed up for this hike. There was a reason for the low turnout, mainly the weather, so I didn’t feel like no one likes me, which may be true. We had sleet, snow, hail, rain, wind, cold and oddly enough, sun and warmth. ………….click here to read more.