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Canceled: Weyerhaeuser Haul Rd Wallace Creek to Hills Creek.

  • Start date: 03/03/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 03/03/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Departure location: Pisgah Public Market parking lot in Pleasant Hill - 35851 Hwy 58. Take the Oakridge exit off of I-5. After 4 miles watch for the Mall on your left right after the 76 gas station. Park in the middle of the parking lot by the light pole.
The old Weyerhaeuser haul road starts in Thurston and goes all the way along Fall Creek to National Forest. For this hike we will do the section between Wallace Creek Rd and Hill Creek Rd. It's a one lane logging road not used anymore by logging trucks but by walkers, runners and bicycles. This part is mostly paved. We will have forest and rock outcrops on one side and a lovely view of the valley between Jasper and Lowell on the other side. Near the beginning of our journey we will stop at a Wallace Pioneer Cemetery dated from 1853-1858.

  • Event Leader: Denise Bean

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-953-6868

  • Event Leader Email: denisembean@gmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 12

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Weather-appropriate clothing. Snacks and water. After hike - Optional food/beverages at Hill Top Bar and Grill in the Pisgah Public Market.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 5.2

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 150

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The weather was beautiful and sunny with a high of 45 degrees. Six days earlier we had one of the biggest snow falls of the valley. These 9 superstar hikers hiked 5.2 miles in 2-6 inches of snow in hiking boots not snow shoes. Our 10th hiker was baby Eleanor in her fathers pack. We stopped frequently to fix her hat. She was trooper with no complaints. Most of the trail was pristine with no human shoe prints only fresh cougar prints. Needless to say we had no stragglers on the trail.