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 Blacklock Point is one of the most beautiful spots on the Oregon coast, and hardly anyone knows about it. This rugged headland, just north of Cape Blanco, is one of the wildest spots on the coast. Although traffic on Hwy 101 whizzes by just a few miles ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had 8 participants on the hike at south slough. Weather was amazing for the 4-mile loop through the estuary. The wildlife was clearly absent for this hike, but the side trip to the beach was our reward. Truly a short sleeve weather day at the beach ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Richard O’Neill Narration by Richard O’Neill Even though the club hiked this one hike on one certain Saturday, the club outing on the Bullards Beach horse trails was really about three hikes. The first hike was a Cascades Mountains hike, a relatively easy amble to Nip and Tuck Lakes, which was the original ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Cleve Moss Narration by Cleve Moss This was my first attempt to lead a hike. I had been challenged to lead a hike, as I attend many of the hikes and look forward to them. I had hiked from Sunset Bay to Shore Acres many, many years ago and have wanted to go ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris Last summer, I explored the Siltcoos River along the Waxmyrtle Trail. While trudging through nearly a mile of deep, soft sand where every step felt like 10, I thought to myself, hey, I bet this would make a great club hike! Actually, the Waxmyrtle trail which meanders ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Richard O’Neill Narration by Richard O’Neill Last year, in my never-ending quest to find a trail I’ve never hiked on, I wound up on a section of the Oregon Coast Trail that ran from Humbug Mountain State Park to a rather nondescript trailhead between the park’s campground and the nearby town of Port ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler What does one do on Thanksgiving weekend? On Saturday, there were only 5 of us who decided hiking was the answer. Liz, Cleve and I met at the courthouse and met Shannon and Jan at South Slough. There was no sunshine, but just a drizzle here and ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had five that traveled from Roseburg, meeting two who traveled north from camping at Eel Lake that took part in the Siltcoos Lake loop trail. The weather was perfect after rain showers passed through, although the trail was dry. This trail is very shady with all ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Lane Harris Narration by Lane Harris The week leading up to this hike had been packed full of cold, rainy days, and the forecast had called for even worse weather on the other side of Saturday. As each day passed, I held my breath waiting to see if the very slim window of ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – Richard O’Neill Only 5 of us showed up for this hike while all you fair weather namby-pambies stayed home warm and dry. But hey, at least there weren’t any gale force winds like last time! This hike was wet as a steady rain fell on our hat brims the entire day. But ………….click here to read more.