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 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.
Hike Coordinator: Brad Bishop Narration by Brad Bishop So, I’m trying to get back into the swing of things with FOTU* and decided I would take on the immense responsibility of leading a group of seasoned but apprehensive hikers into the North Bank Habitat for our New Year hike.*Friends Of The Umpqua Eight folks decided ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler Two days before Christmas and all through the house, oops not the house, but Cooper Creek Reservoir and the 6-mile hike that circumnavigates the reservoir. That would be tough to rhyme. Anyway, we had a gathering of 11 on this close-to-home trek on a beautifully maintained trail ………….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: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had a “lucky 13” on our trek around Mildred Kanipe on this cold, cold Saturday after Thanksgiving. Sun was promised but didn’t deliver until after our hiking was through. I’m sure we must have shed our extra calories in doing this round about, and up and ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinators: Penny Groth and Missy Kroeker Narration by Penny Groth Eleven of us fall-loving hikers met at the courthouse on a chilly morning. It was a beautiful colorful drive to the trailhead. Two other hikers from Grants Pass met us at the trailhead, eager to join us. And off we went! We quickly realized we were ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Missy Kroeker Pictures below by Lane Harris
Hike Coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris On the far eastern end of the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Trail lies Three Lakes, if in name only. In reality, there’s really only one lake, but even then, it barely qualifies as a pond. Perhaps in the past there were two other small bodies of water, but it ………….click here to read more.