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: 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.
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Hike Coordinator: Missy Kroeker Pictures below by Missy Kroeker and Rheo Wheeler
Hike Coordinator: Terry Andreucci Narration by Lane Harris We had a pretty good turnout on this hike to North Bank, which was the backup plan to the canceled Rogue River trail hike. That hike would have to wait another day once they clear the landslide that occurred just a half mile in. So, to match ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Brad Bishop Narration by Brad Bishop Well, well, well. Here we are again, another New Year’s Hike. Thirteen lucky hikers decided to do the right thing and move their bodies and engage their minds on another North Bank New Year’s trek. We had a good contingent from the Grants Pass area come on ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris Rain was in the forecast for the day we hiked this, but lo and behold, not a drop of water fell from the skies! Lucky us! Maybe because today was the winter solstice?… Beginning from the Susan Creek day use area, the Emerald Trail led us ¾ ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Tery Andreucci Narration by Terry Andreucci Five hikers met in Roseburg for a 2-hour drive to Lost Creek Lake and the Blue Grotto Trailhead. Additionally, five other hikers from the Grants Pass area met us at the trailhead. The hike took us along the north shore of the lake to an interesting box ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler Hiking in the rain is not our favorite thing, but it’s always invigorating to be outdoors on a dreary day. However, this was not the case though on our South Slough Estuary hike. The hiking gods were quite kind. We had a group of 9 folks from ………….click here to read more.