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Otter Lake Geology

  • Start date: 08/04/2018

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/04/2018

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

We will do a loop from Skookum Campground past Otter Lake and return via Erma Belle lakes. This hike tours a group of moraine lakes left behind by a retreating glacier. We will hike at a moderate pace with plenty of stops for water, snacks and photography. See Sullivan's Cascade hikes, 4th ed., pp 188-189.

  • Event Leader: Tom Rundle

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-653-0741

  • Event Leader Email: vivadancero@gmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: South Eugene High School, 19th & Patterson

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 150

  • Season: 2018

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Water, snack, lunch, attire appropriate for weather. Recommended: sunscreen, mosquito juice. Optional: Trekking Poles

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 8.4

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 820

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We hiked the loop in ideal weather with temperatures in the high 60s. Leader missed the turn-off to Otter Lake although we did get a look at it through the trees. This was probably a fortunate mistake, since that's where most of the mosquitoes seemed to be concentrated. We had a relaxing, mosquito-free lunch at Williams Lake. Rebecca, Betty and Richard went swimming. We spent about 12 minutes looking at maps and diagrams of glacial remnants, including eskers and linear chains of patermoster lakes. On the return side of loop we made a few side trips into Middle and Lower Erma Bell Lakes and the waterfall between them. The trip ended back in the parking lot a round of strawberry lemonade and a toast to the crew.