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: John Malone A dozen or so hikers did some sand walking on this spring day on Tahkenitch Dunes. Some clouds, some sun, and a little sand in the boots made for an excellent combination of elements, which always reminds hikers they are on the Oregon coast! Read more about this hike on Richard ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Terry Andreucci Narration by Terry Andreucci March 19th turned out to be a typical spring day in southern Oregon… “If you don’t like the weather now, just wait, it will change”. Sure enough, that was the case! After meeting up in Roseburg, we traveled south on I-5 to Wolf Creek and onto Graves ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Missy Kroeker Narration by Missy Kroeker Mt. Pisgah… Mt. Pisgah? It’s kind of a weird name. Upon investigation, the word literally means, “summit”. That’s just what we did, summit a 1,500 foot mount. Mt. Pisgah, by the way, is located in the Howard Buford recreation area just outside of Eugene. As is our habit, a group of old ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris In the 1850’s Jacksonville was a thriving gold rush town, and the nearby hillsides were pockmarked with mines. Today, some of those mines are still accessible, but only to those who lay their hiking boots onto the steep trails in Forest Park just outside of town. Although ………….click here to read more.
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.