Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Group
A Roseburg, Oregon hiking club. Providing guided hikes to the Coast, the Cascades, and all points in between!
Be sure to check out all the links in this post,there are a lot of them! During our annual campout, ten intrepid adventurers toured the landscape of the most northwestern part Oregon. JUNE 13, 2024 SADDLE MOUNTAIN Located just east of Seaside, this popular trail leads hikers up the slopes of Saddle Mountain. This was ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Terry Andreucci Beginning from Deming Gulch Trailhead, the small group of hikers hiked along the 25-mile-long Sterling Mine Ditch Trail. Although they did not walk the entire 25 miles, they did go back in time and experience a little history. This entire trench was dug by hand for the sole purpose of transporting ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Edwin Case Narration by Lane Harris Twelve hikers headed out from the Skimmerhorn Trailhead on a warm morning in May. Destination: Cliff Lake and Buckeye Lake located in the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness. Nestled beneath Grasshopper Mountain, these two lakes were formed when the mountain split in two many eons ago. The trail started ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Penny Groth Narration by Penny Groth Thirteen hikers gathered at the courthouse on a cloudy cool morning. With the forecast calling for rain as the day progressed, discussion began as to whether we should drive the distance to a most probable wet hike. We also discussed the fact the bridge across Goodman Creek ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris In 1915, Jessie Wright and her husband Perry homesteaded at Illahee Flats on the North Umpqua River. She was a sixteen-year-old bride then and for many years the Wrights packed in supplies with horses and mules for the Forest Service and early hunters in the area. In ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris I had planned this hike based on the low tide occurring around noon on this particular day. Good thing too, because even at low tide, the rocky point near Agate Beach was challenging to get around. We had a few spectacular sunny spring days leading up to ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had a good turnout to look for Hobbits on our Hobbit Trail hike. We had 11 leave from Roseburg and were joined by 8 at the trailhead. We were shaded from the sunny day by first the Hobbit Trail, then by the Valley trail to Carl ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Brad Bishop Narration by Brad Bishop So, I’m trying to get back into the swing of things with FOTU* and decided I would take on the immense responsibility of leading a group of seasoned but apprehensive hikers into the North Bank Habitat for our New Year hike.*Friends Of The Umpqua Eight folks decided ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler Two days before Christmas and all through the house, oops not the house, but Cooper Creek Reservoir and the 6-mile hike that circumnavigates the reservoir. That would be tough to rhyme. Anyway, we had a gathering of 11 on this close-to-home trek on a beautifully maintained trail ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: John Malone Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had a 6-ish mile meander through the dunes beginning from the Dellenback trailhead. We were heading for the beach but were turned back by a submerged trail. Go figure, no one wanted to go for a thigh-high wade to get to the beach. Oh well, high ………….click here to read more.