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: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris Beginning from Mount Ashland Road, our group headed out on the PCT, threading through a beautifully shaded forest. The trail is fairly level, and goes through several small meadows initially. Although it enters and exits the woods a few times, the trail eventually yields to all meadow. ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Missy Kroeker Narration by Missy Kroeker Cone Peak/Iron Mountain trail is known for its spectacular wildflower show this time of year and amazing views of iconic Oregon peaks but……. It was Independence Day weekend, there was an excessive heat advisory in effect, a two- and half-hour drive to the trailhead at Tombstone Pass ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Edwin Case Narration by Lane Harris Back in October of 2023, Edwin had this hike scheduled before the winter snows came. Or so he thought. The hike wasn’t a total bust, and walking through the snowy landscape was like strolling through a delightful winter wonderland. But that same snow stopped us short of ………….click here to read more.
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.