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Spencer Butte Litter/Brush Patrol

  • Start date: 06/04/2011

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 06/04/2011

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

To celebrate National Trails Days, our club is offering a hike to pick up litter and brush up cuts in switchbacks on the hike up to Spencer Butte. The plan is to move fallen branches and brush to fill in short cuts in three locations. I suspect that any litter be would be at the Fox Hollow Parking lot and on top of the Butte. I estimate the trip taking four hours. For those that haven't hiked to the top of Spencer Butte, there is rock scrambling at the top. There is poison oak at the top but we will avoid it!
To find Martin Street, take West Amazon to Martin, turn left, and park near the map kiosk and the sign that asks trail users to park on Martin. Please call if any questions, 343-8030. There are no trip fees since it is considered a trail maintenance trip.

  • Event Leader: Jacobsen Janet

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trail Maintenance

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: Martin St & Canyon Drive, park on Martin St

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2011

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: gloves, plastic sack, appropriate clothing for weather -- rain, sun. It can be windy on top. Water, Lunch.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6.4

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 1530

  • Non-Member Fees: —

  • Committee: Trail Maintenance

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

At 8:30 am. five Obsidians began celebrating National Trails Day by hiking from Martin Street to the top of Spencer Butte and looking for cuts in switchbacks. It was not obvious if the cuts were first made by wildlife, off leash dogs, or hikers. We worked on six major cuts filing in with large branches, limbs, and brush. Matt, John, and Jim did the hard work of pulling, dragging, and carrying the larger branches and logs that provided a stable base for the crisscross of smaller vegetation. It was obvious that we built a strong signal to "stay on the trail. " Near the treeline, we met a young couple who just got engaged on top the the butte. Their friends with picnic basket and a flower bouquet were in a festive mood. On top, we found only a few bits and pieces of trash to put in our litter bag. We ate our lunch, enjoyed the view of snow covered mountains and then quickly headed down following the new metal trail markers. We were back at our cars at 12:45, more tired than festive.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 12
  • Number of spots available: 7
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N —
2 Signed-Up Bell, Matt 503-884-8829 N —
3 Signed-Up Whitfield, Jim 541-937-2364 N —
4 Signed-Up Beckley, LaRee 541-338-8520 N —
5 Signed-Up Jacobsen, John 541-914-1132 N —