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Pisgah Moon Hike

  • Start date: 03/12/2017

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 03/12/2017

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Leave from the bottom at 6:30 pm
Sunset is 7:15 pm
Moonrise is 7:37 pm
REMEMBER THAT WE ARE NOW ON DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

  • Event Leader: Mike Smith

  • Event Leader Phone: 520-488-9569

  • Event Leader Email: mssq@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: Mt Pisgah, West Trailhead (Main Parking Lot)

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2017

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: 10 essentials, good light. Trail may be wet; forecast generally looks non-rainy, but that doesn't exclude clouds. This is 4.5 lunar cycles before the total solar eclipse.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 4

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1000

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We had eight people show up for the Mt. Pisgah hike, each of us walking in the fewest layers we have had on in a long time! Between sunset and moonrise, we had good views of Middle and South Sister, with Diamond Peak and a little bit of Mt. Moran also present. While the Sun disappeared behind thick clouds to the west, the Moon rose just south of South Sister, only a few thin clouds present. Because of the delay between sunset and moonrise, it was very dark going down. The trail was not too muddy, and about 15 people altogether saw moonrise from the summit.