Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Group
A Roseburg, Oregon hiking club. Providing FREE guided hikes to the Coast, the Cascades, and all points in between!
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.
Hike Coordinator: Edwin Case Narration by Rheo Wheeler Thirteen gathered for the hike on the Siltcoos Lake loop trail with Edwin leading us counterclockwise on the loop. The weather was perfect under the shade of the lakeside forest. We had a pleasant lunch spot on the lake with much lollygagging and storytelling before the finish ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler The day of the hike was overcast, but sun was forecast by afternoon. Unfortunately, that did not include the Bandon beach area. Nevertheless, we had 10 from the Roseburg area head off for the coast, and we met 2 from the Striders at Bandon. We were lucky ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris The Cape Mountain Trail system in the Siuslaw National Forest just north of Florence provides hikers and equestrians alike with a variety of options. Cape Mountain itself is not the destination, but the area around it is. With a multitude of intersections here and there, there are ………….click here to read more.