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Canceled: Lowder Mountain

  • Start date: 07/23/2017

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 07/23/2017

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This will be an easy to moderate paced hike. We will start hiking uphill on switchbacks in the shade of a Douglas fir forest. Then we will traverse the slope and pass by three meadows with occasional views of the Cascades. There will be a steep uphill climb for 1/2 a mile before crossing a flat plain to the east side of Lowder Mountain.

  • Event Leader: Judy Terry

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-345-0720

  • Event Leader Email: terryja@msn.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: Behind McDonalds, 57th and Main in Springfield

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 129

  • Season: 2017

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Ten essentials/ lunch/ plenty of water,mosquitos (?)

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 5.6

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 900

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

When it is hot in the Valley it is time to head for the Mountains to hike. Lowder Mountain provides ample forest shade for the hike to the top. There were a few sightings of Diamond Peak on the way up, along with plenty of various flowers to identify. The cherry- on- top is the stellar view of the Cascades- Mt Hood to MT Bachelor. It was a clear bluebird day and the mountains were at their best. The leader provided a short talk about Obsidians Karl and Ruth Onthank, for whom the lakes below the cliff are named..