Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Group
A Roseburg, Oregon hiking club. Providing FREE guided hikes to the Coast, the Cascades, and all points in between!
Hike coordinator: Cleve Moss Narration by Cleve Moss This was my first attempt to lead a hike. I had been challenged to lead a hike, as I attend many of the hikes and look forward to them. I had hiked from Sunset Bay to Shore Acres many, many years ago and have wanted to go ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris Last summer, I explored the Siltcoos River along the Waxmyrtle Trail. While trudging through nearly a mile of deep, soft sand where every step felt like 10, I thought to myself, hey, I bet this would make a great club hike! Actually, the Waxmyrtle trail which meanders ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Richard O’Neill Narration by Richard O’Neill Last year, in my never-ending quest to find a trail I’ve never hiked on, I wound up on a section of the Oregon Coast Trail that ran from Humbug Mountain State Park to a rather nondescript trailhead between the park’s campground and the nearby town of Port ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Brad Bishop Narration by Brad Bishop Imagine a hiking world, a world where the downhill stretches are making you breath hard. A world where you are praying to mush through muddy cattle tracks. A world where a practical joker running down the trail and yelling STOP! STOP! makes you automatically think someone has ………….click here to read more.
Many trails, many memories… Please enjoy this video recap of our year of hiking adventures! 2021 Year in Review: Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Club – YouTube
Hike coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler What does one do on Thanksgiving weekend? On Saturday, there were only 5 of us who decided hiking was the answer. Liz, Cleve and I met at the courthouse and met Shannon and Jan at South Slough. There was no sunshine, but just a drizzle here and ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris The morning started off foggy in Roseburg, but the forecast said it would lift as the day wore on. I was more interested in the weather near Grants Pass, however, and it pretty much said the same thing. Nice, we should have great views today! To be ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Coreena Gosselin Narration by Richard O’Neill, edited by Lane Harris We had hoped this would be a repeat of last year’s superb autumn hike but alas, this was more like winter. It has been raining for the last several weeks and the rain drops have knocked a lot of the leaves down. But ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Terry Andreucci Narration by Terry Andreucci We left the fog in Roseburg, heading south on I 5 toward Azalea and the trailhead. Beautiful Autumn colors were everywhere as we drove out Cow Creek Road. As we passed by Galesville Reservoir, everyone took notice of how low the water level was. Upon arriving in ………….click here to read more.
If you didn’t make this year’s campout, you missed out on some fantastic hikes!What’s the next best thing?… Pictures, videos and stories of the hikes, of course!Please enjoy the beauty of hiking by proxy without breaking a sweat by following the links below.(You should really join us sometime…) CANYON CREEK MEADOWS – 7/22/21 Video – (633) Canyon Creek ………….click here to read more.