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Marys Peak

  • Start date: 04/27/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 04/27/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Standard route from Connor's Camp. Mostly long, gentle switch-backs through conifers and maple. We'll take a few minutes near the top to look at pillow basalt in a road cut. Great views if weather cooperates. However, be prepared for fog, rain, unlikely snow and a few big logs on the trail. Steady pace with a few stops at intersections for water and snacks.

  • 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: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 122

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Attire appropriate for weather, water, lunch, snacks, 10 essentials. Recommended: sunscreen, bug spray, wool socks, light wind-breaker.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6.4

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1400

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We hiked the standard route from Connors's Camp through dense stands of Doug Fir up to a south facing meadow. There were two large logs we had get under and over as well as some smaller logs and a few patches of snow near the summit ridge. We stopped for a few minutes along the summit road to look at some pillow basalt deposited underwater when Mary's Peak was below sea level. We had lunch at the summit communications site with a nice sun break and a chilly north wind. We enjoyed a 40 mile view that included Spencer's Butte before clouds moved in. We hiked a small loop through the upper parking area, then back to Connor's camp under mostly sunny skies.