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: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had an even dozen show up for the Cooper Creek hike. This is somewhat surprising due to the nasty rainy windy forecast, but the clouds parted, and we had a sunny start, rainy middle, with a somewhat clearing ending. New people and new dogs all seemed ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Brad Bishop Narration by Brad Bishop This hike was meant to be a lovely jaunt along the Oregon Coast at the funky little seaside town of Bandon. Much to my dismay a couple of weeks before the hike date I was informed that not only was there going to be a high tied ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Missy Kroeker Narration by Missy Kroeker What can be better than a hike on the North Umpqua Trail in the fall of the year? It was a Saturday in November, the 12th to be exact, that the Friends of the Umpqua hiked the Hot Springs segment of the NUT. This section never disappoints. ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Richard O’Neill Narration by Richard O’Neill Misery loves company and I’ve been known to take friends on a hike that made me miserable. However, the opposite can be true in that happy hikers also love company, which is why I took the Friends to the Upper Rogue River. The Upper Rogue is the ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Richard O’Neill Narration by Richard O’Neill We were few but we were mighty. Four of us, includng your intrepid hike leader, made the trip to Briggs Valley for a nice and easy hike along Briggs Creek. The area had been off limits for most of the summer because of the nearby Rum Creek ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Missy Kroeker Narration by Missy Kroeker “When Hobbits threw a birthday party (and they usually did), all guests were presented with a small gift. ……… The tradition has been elaborated as a form of thanksgiving, so it was taken as a recognition of services, benefits and friendship shown, especially in the past year” ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Penny Groth Narration by Penny Groth Seventeen hikers gathered on a cool, slightly misty morning. Destination: Lemolo Lake. First visit for several, frequently visited for others. Our trek began on the west side of the lake near the dam. We traveled counterclockwise. The lake was dotted with quite a few boats, being the last holiday weekend ………….click here to read more.
Narration by Lane Harris Waking up to greet the last day of hiking, we were pleased to see that a change of winds caused the smoke from the Cedar Creek fire to dissipate* from our campsites at Odell Lake and the surrounding area. We had Salt Creek Falls planned for a hike but had been ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had 8 participants on the hike at south slough. Weather was amazing for the 4-mile loop through the estuary. The wildlife was clearly absent for this hike, but the side trip to the beach was our reward. Truly a short sleeve weather day at the beach ………….click here to read more.
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.