Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Group
A Roseburg, Oregon hiking club. Providing guided hikes to the Coast, the Cascades, and all points in between!
Hike coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris We’ve had a good long stretch of dry weather lately. If it could just hold on for a little while longer, I was thinking, I’d be very happy. However, I was constantly being reminded during each weather forecast that Saturday was gonna be a wet day for ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler This was an unusual hike for the club as it required people to assemble at our hike destination, rather than assemble to carpool to the hike, plus, the hike wasn’t scheduled until 1 pm. Many of us in the club were meeting that morning to say goodbye ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had quite the group of merry travelers for our hike to South Slough. Over by Charleston, this is the first nationally recognized area set aside for the study of salt estuaries in the U. S. Three cars from Roseburg met up with 2 cars from the ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Brad Bishop Narration by Brad Bishop Sixteen hikers showed up to get 2026 off to a healthy start as the giant full moon greeted us on this brisk but dry morning. If we played our cards right, or should I say our footsteps right, we would have no rain for our journey. As ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: John Malone Narration by Rheo Wheeler This hike was initially planned for Cape Arago. But due to crowded conditions on the highway and possible downed trees from a weather system, it was changed to something closer to home: Good old North Bank Habitat, the tried-and-true friend of the uphill hike. John chose the ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Penny Groth Narration by Lane Harris Mildred Kanipe Park is one of those hiking destinations that you never have the same hiking experience twice. The weather notwithstanding, there are so many different options here that the odds of repeating the same hike twice is next to nil. And so it was as Penny, ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had a group of nine total for the Siltcoos hike: 5 from Roseburg, and we met 4 at the parking area near the Lagoon trail. The first loop was across the road from our parking area, which I wrongly assumed would connect into the Lagoon Trail. ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Terry Andreucci Narration by Terry Andreucci On this sunny day, 13 Hikers made the trek from the Woodruff bridge picnic area where the trailhead begins to the River Bridge turn around point. This was a 9.2 mile out and back hike which took us past spectacular Takelma Gorge on the Upper Rogue River ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Terry Andreucci Narration by Lane Harris The Umpqua Hot Springs segment of the North Umpqua Trail is undoubtably best experienced during the autumn when the leaves are at their finest color. This is also why it’s a club favorite to hike during this time of year! On this day, eight raingear-clad hikers gathered ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris First off, I’d like to thank Diane Rannow for willing to lead this hike and putting it on the hike schedule. Unfortunately, she suffered an injury as was unable to make this hike, so I volunteered to lead it in her stead. And I’m so glad I ………….click here to read more.