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 Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had a good turnout for our forest/beach hike with rain on the horizon. Fourteen in all with one coastal friend meeting us at the parking lot. We did this hike in reverse from the way I had always done it in the past, and saw a ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris The Sutton Creek Recreational Area is a lushly forested area flanking Sutton Creek, which was mostly hidden by the thick growth. It was like walking through miles and miles of a vegetation tunnel, with some sand dunes sprinkled in here and there. We departed from Alder Dune ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Diane Rannow Narration by Lane Harris This favorite coastal destination never fails to disappoint! We had a great turnout on this one, as we made our way to the trailhead at the Sunset Bay day use area. During the short road walk less than a mile in, we walked right past where the ………….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.
Hike Coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris I must admit, whenever the weather calls for extreme wet skies, I will typically forgo walking through rain and mud with my fellow club members on our scheduled hikes. It’s nothing personal, I’d just rather stay home and catch up on my favorite tv shows gathering dust ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris The annual game of chance called “Schedule a Hike but Avoid the Fires” was well under way by the time August rolled around. And so far, so good… until this hike, which was supposed to be Mt. June at the far north end of the Umpqua National ………….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: 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: 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.