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Pisgah Sunset/Moonrise

  • Start date: 07/27/2018

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 07/27/2018

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Look for us by my car a row or two down from the fee box. Sunset is 8:41 pm and moonrise is at 8:48 pm. Update: It will be shadier if we take Trail 7 to 4 around to the main trail. I will be there by 7:30 in case there are spme who would like to start earlier to have a slower pace in the heat.

Email me at jbjacobsen@comcast.net if you have questions. If you don’t have a Lane County pass allow time to purchase one with Debit/Credit card (no cash) at the pay station by trailhead. To buy an annual pass and support the trails, check out the websites for Friends of the Buford Park ($50.00) or Mt. Pisgah Arboretum. ($50.00/$40.00 for seniors).

  • Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251

  • Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

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

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2018

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: water, snacks, light for going down as darkness descends

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 3.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1000

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

After the dramatic red sunset, Rick Ahrens was our celestial guide for viewing Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn. Those with an astronomy app on their phones enthusiastically kept watch for the moonrise. My contribution was applesauce treats. A nighthawk flew by. With Rick’s assurance that Mars would rise eminently under the full moon, seven of us lingered for the brightest and largest view of the red planet since 2003. The sun, the earth, and the planet Mars lined up for a once-in-two-years treat called “Mars in opposition.” Finally Mars appeared! We adjusted our headlamps and headed down the trail with an even brighter Venus in the eastern sky.