Calendar

Past Activity

Sweet Creek & Beaver Creek Falls

  • Start date: 03/16/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 03/16/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

We will take a leisurely stroll along Sweet Creek to the main falls. After returning to the parking lot, we will drive 3 miles to the Beaver Creek trail head and hike at a slow pace to the Beaver Creek falls. Be well prepared for rain and cold air.

  • Event Leader: Tom Rundle

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-653-0741

  • Event Leader Email: vivadancero@gmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Coastal

  • Departure Location: Eugene Target, W11th, parking lot closest to W11th

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 120

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Water, lunch, rain gear, attire appropriate for weather.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 3.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 400

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

This hike, as intended, turned out to be a relaxed stroll up Sweet Creek and Beaver Creek trails with time for as many stops as we wanted for photography and contemplating the the natural beauty of cascading water. Between hiking the two trails, we had a pleasant lunch under mostly sunny skies at the Sweet Creek parking area. Many of the spectacular waterfalls on Sweet Creek were created by small faults and joints in the bedrock. The trip was timed so that the water flow would be near maximum and before the willows leafed out to hide some of the most interesting geologic features. Hikers who had been to Sweet Creek before said it seemed almost like a different experience during high runoff.