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Postponed: Wild Iris Ridge

  • Start date: 05/18/2017

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 05/18/2017

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is our inaugural dog-friendly hike. It's relatively easy, mostly on gravel paths and old logging roads. Non-dog people are welcome to join us. We will limit the trip to 6 dogs but no limit on people (it's in a Eugene park). I am not listing a meeting place as I want to talk to dog owners by phone beforehand. Please call me at 541-221-2293 to tell me about your dog. Non-dog owners should call too to get the trip meeting place.
IMPORTANT: Dog owners -- when you sign up, in the place where you are asked how many passengers you can take, please insert the number of dogs you will be bringing. You may not bring more than two.
Please read the Guidelines that were published in the January Bulletin and note that dogs have to be on leashes at all times, regardless of trail regulations.

  • Event Leader: Chris Stockdale

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-221-2293

  • Event Leader Email: happyhiker2010@hotmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 3

  • Season: 2017

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Dog leash no more than 6' long; poop bags; water for dogs. Make sure your dog's collar has an ID tag with your phone number. Towels to wipe them down. If your dog is a swimmer and gets muddy, there is a good swimming pond at the end of the hike. They will be allowed off leash to go in there.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 2.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 300

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

No whining or fighting marred the inaugural dog hike. The dogs were well behaved too!

Five dogs and their owners, plus one hiker who came without a 4-legged friend but wanted to hike with us on beautiful Wild Iris Ridge, enjoyed wonderful weather. The irises were in full bloom along with lupins and other wild flowers. The Ridge offers great views toward the west, including Fern Ridge Lake, and also views of Spencer Butte. This is a Eugene park that most people have never heard of so few others are encountered on a hike there.

The consensus of the group was that we want to have more dog-friendly hikes, perhaps further out of town. Please consider leading such a hike this summer.