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 leader: John Malone Narration by Rheo Wheeler A group of 4 hearty souls headed to the wet and windy coast for a hike at Dellenback Dunes. This is a traditional regular hike we do to remind us of the desert-like area we have on our beautiful coast. The trail took us through the campgrounds ………….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.
Hike Coordinator: John Malone Narration: Rheo Wheeler Dellenback Dunes was a 6+ mile hike in the wind and rain. Not ideal conditions when you have a spectacular destination, worse when it’s a slog out and back with no beach time. King tides of 8+ feet kept us in the dunes for this test of our ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – John Malone The forecast for Saturday December 2nd was a grim one, which is probably why only 3 hardy souls showed up at the library car park, and made the drive over to the coast. At the trail head they were thrilled to find Rachel and Traci from the South Coast Striders ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – John Malone Eleven people tuned out for this hike with a total of four solo drivers, a two party car and Richard’s carload. From time to time there was mist but by and large, it didn’t really rain. There was just enough moisture to keep the wet sand from blowing on the ………….click here to read more.