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Camp Robertson – Ruby Mountains

  • Start date: 07/30/2016

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/05/2016

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

The camp is at the Lion’s Camp Lamoille in the Ruby Mountains, south of Elko Nevada. All meals are included, starting with dinner on July 30 and ending with breakfast on August 5. For additional information, see the Summer Camp page and Registration Form at www.obsidians.org. Within 5 days of signing up, mail the registration form along with your a check for the full amount to Obsidian Summer Camp Registration, PO Box 51510, Eugene, OR 97405.

  • Event Leader: Jacobsen John

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Summer Camp

  • Area Type:

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating:

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 1200

  • Season: 2016

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Tent, sleeping bag, personal clothes and toiletries. Hiking equipment. More info at Camp Rally on May 13.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance:

  • Member Fees: 230

  • Elevation Gain:

  • Non-Member Fees: 270

  • Committee: Summer Camp

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Camp Robertson in the Ruby Mountains, about 25 miles southeast of Elko, Nevada was enjoyed by 83 Obsidian summer campers and guests. The Elko Lion’s Club Camp Lamoille, dramatically located in Right Fork Canyon in the Rubies, was our home base for the week of hiking, mountain climbing and generally enjoying this unique area. Camp Lamoille has a main lodge (listed on the National Register of Historical Places) with kitchen and dining areas, a bath house with hot showers and flush toilets, a propane generator for electricity, 9 A-frames to stay in and a variety of areas for tenting and parking RVs. This year we had a caterer provide our dinners, while we provided a continental breakfast with hot cereal and lunch fixings for people to prepare their trail lunches.

Many of the day hikes/activities were within close proximity to camp. The Right Fork Trail took off from camp taking hikers farther up the canyon for spectacular views or on to Goat Lake for a longer hike and even more spectacular scenery. A six-mile drive up the Lamoille Canyon Scenic Byway from camp brought us to the Road’s End Trailheads, the gateway to several popular hikes: one heading north to Island Lake and another heading south to Dollar Lakes, Lamoille Lake, Liberty Pass and Liberty Lake. On the first day of camp one group headed farther afield to Soldier Basin/Hidden Lakes. Twenty-two people headed up to Ruby Dome, with many deciding to call it a day at Griswold Lake and only 8 proceeding on to summit the Dome. Thomas Canyon, the next canyon up from our Right Fork Canyon, was also a popular hike. Trips to the museums and other attractions in and around Elko provided a break during the week for some of our campers.

Our evening campfires included trip reports, skits, singing and The President’s Tea. S’mores were enjoyed around the campfire a couple of the evenings. The President’s Tea honored President Shelly Roberson, the camp’s namesake with many tributes and gifts including the passing on from last year’s President Matt Bell to Shelly of the infamous Presidential necklace.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 85
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Jacobsen, John 541-914-1132 N 230
2 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N 230
3 Signed-Up Funkhouser, Laurie 541-206-2303 N 230
4 Signed-Up Doerr, Don 541-954-8064 N 230
5 Signed-Up Dame, Wendy 541-729-9068 N 230
6 Signed-Up Whitfield, Jim 541-937-2364 N 270
7 Signed-Up Lindstrom, Lana 541-683-1409 N 230
8 Signed-Up Hughes, Richard 541-579-3098 N 230
9 Signed-Up Rolfe, Jorry 541-206-9501 N 230
10 Signed-Up Sinnott, Randy 541-915-0234 N 230
11 Signed-Up Stockdale, Chris 541-221-2293 N 230
12 Signed-Up Nelson, Nola 541-942-5326 N 230
13 Signed-Up Barnes, Jennifer 541-554-6906 N 230
14 Signed-Up Rundle, Tom 541-653-0741 N 230
15 Signed-Up Sojak, Darko 541-799-9199 N 230
16 Signed-Up Neth, Effie 541-484-6210 N 270
17 Signed-Up Strutin, David 541-221-9015 N 230
18 Signed-Up Shuraleff, Chris 541-954-4474 N 230
19 Signed-Up James, Daphne 541-683-7488 N 230
20 Signed-Up Frank, Nikki 541-954-3050 N 230
21 Signed-Up Krentz, Holger 541-868-7792 N 230
22 Signed-Up Camp, Marianne 347-703-9852 N 270
23 Signed-Up Fontana, Bea 541-345-2410 N 230
24 Signed-Up Schechter, Diane 541-206-7723 N 230
25 Signed-Up Whitfield, Nancy 541-520-0450 N 230
26 Signed-Up Hackett, Jane 541-953-7046 N 230
27 Signed-Up Meacham, Lynn 541-214-8827 N 230
28 Signed-Up Mancuso, Darlene 541-343-0565 N 270
29 Signed-Up Kameenui, Brenda 541-344-9506 N 230
30 Signed-Up Livingston, Mary 541-343-0030 N 230
31 Signed-Up Essenberg, Margaret 541-343-1733 N 230
32 Signed-Up Newman, Judy 541-359-7427 N 230
33 Signed-Up Wolters, Kris 541-908-3171 N 230
34 Signed-Up Bean, Patricia 541-654-7975 N 270
35 Signed-Up White, Nancy 541-614-4701 N 230
36 Signed-Up Petty, Carol 541-520-7041 N 270
37 Signed-Up Ewing, Joella 541-513-7896 N 230
38 Signed-Up Randall, Kathy 541-844-5916 N 270
39 Signed-Up Hovis, Scott 541-731-3412 N 230
40 Signed-Up Essenberg, Richard 541-343-1733 N 230
41 Signed-Up Halpern, Jack 541-521-0746 N 270
42 Signed-Up Lindstrom, Kathy 541-688-3787 N 270
43 Signed-Up Christensen, Dan 541-343-8941 N 230
44 Signed-Up Swisher, Pamela 541-591-0218 N 230
45 Signed-Up Ashmore, Charles 530-394-7880 N 230
46 Signed-Up Swisher, Ron 541-505-6492 N 230
47 Signed-Up Metcalfe, Valerie 541-221-5702 N 230
48 Signed-Up Ness, Judy 541-465-1236 N 230
49 Signed-Up Graham, Peter 541-933-1612 N 230
50 Signed-Up Wilken, Lyndell 541-343-3080 N 230
51 Signed-Up Beckley, LaRee 541-338-8520 N 230
52 Signed-Up Rusow, Karla 541-744-7990 N 230
53 Signed-Up Graham, Kitson 541-933-1612 N 230
54 Signed-Up Bonine, Anne 541-345-2095 N 270
55 Signed-Up Robertson, Shellie 541-525-4734 N 270
56 Signed-Up Adey, Steve 541-520-9285 N 230
57 Signed-Up Northrop, Jim 541-343-3426 N 230
58 Signed-Up Curtis, Alan 541-345-2571 N 230
59 Signed-Up Lodeesen, David 214-709-0352 N 270
60 Signed-Up Bennett, Brad 541-359-5198 N 270
61 Signed-Up Moore, Caroline 541-520-6946 N 230
62 Signed-Up Anselmo, Jan 541-236-5020 N 230
63 Signed-Up Anselmo, Richard 541-782-2369 N 270
64 Signed-Up Rusow, Kourtney 504-478-9536 N 230
65 Signed-Up Bryan, Keiko 541-342-1240 N 230
66 Signed-Up Marin, Silva 916-439-0389 N 230
67 Signed-Up Tracer, Sam 541-998-4652 N 230
68 Signed-Up Morrow, Patty 541-729-7881 N 270
69 Signed-Up Dunlap, Larry 541-337-0785 N 230
70 Signed-Up Nagy, Evelyn 541-514-4110 N 230
71 Signed-Up Martz, Helen 541-345-6229 N 230
72 Signed-Up Marin, Zack 916-990-3496 N 230
73 Signed-Up Marin, Igor 916-990-3496 N 270
74 Signed-Up Morrow, Taylor 541-729-4086 N 270
75 Signed-Up Hegg, John 541-313-6914 N 230
76 Signed-Up Smith, Mike 520-488-9569 N 230
77 Signed-Up Tao, Fumiyo 703-774-6662 N 270
78 Signed-Up Machamer, Beth 541-654-3805 N 270
79 Signed-Up Morrow, Hayden 541-729-4087 N 270
80 Signed-Up Fisher, Hilary 541-514-9380 N 230
81 Signed-Up Ahrens, Rick 541-689-3996 N 230
82 Signed-Up Stewart Smith, Meg 541-913-5464 N 230
83 Signed-Up Aten, Barbara 541-521-4528 N 230
84 Signed-Up Pegg, John 541-343-0909 N 230
85 Signed-Up Cosby, Barbara Kay 458-210-7604 N 230
86 Signed-Up Thomas, Charles 541-505-8840 N 270
87 Signed-Up Predeek, Dave 541-345-5531 N 230
88 Signed-Up Cochran, Robin 541-343-8541 N 270
89 Signed-Up Gordon, Glenn 541-221-5841 N 270
90 Signed-Up McManigal, Kevin 503-635-9973 N 230
91 Signed-Up McManigal, Steve 206-286-9474 N 230
92 Signed-Up Bell, Matt 503-884-8829 N 230
93 Signed-Up Bell, Oliver 503-884-8829 N 230
94 Signed-Up Athens, Marissa 541-345-3365 N 270
95 Signed-Up Van Deusen, Charlie 541-685-1087 N 230
96 Signed-Up Soderlund, Cari 520-661-4812 N 270
97 Signed-Up Fisher, Hilary 541-514-9380 N 230
98 Signed-Up Cochran, Robin 541-343-8541 N 270
99 Signed-Up Babb-Hackett, Drew 541-953-7046 N 270
100 Signed-Up Skach, Art 541-849-2170 N 270