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Postponed: Mt. Pisgah – Spring Equinox

  • Start date: 03/19/2020

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 03/19/2020

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Update: MEET at the Bathroom area near wildflower garden to sign in and wash hands. Celebrate the spring equinox with a walk on Arboretum and Buford Park trails to take note of benches and flowers. Mileage depends on weather and interest. You can opt out of going to the summit.

  • 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: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2020

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Weather-appropriate clothing. Hand sanitizer . Lane County Parks parking pass, or arrive early to buy a day parking pass.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 7

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1000

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Virtual sign in (only the leader’s hands touched the sign-up sheet) and our small group of six made it comfortable to comply with social distancing. Spring equinox arrived early than any other equinox in the last 124 years. We celebrated with a long walk in the arboretum enjoying the wildflowers especially on the Jetta Trail where fawn lilies blanketed the hillside. Camus was even blooming. Four of us decided to continue to the summit taking the steep Trail 35. The 3 ½ hike with sunny weather and friends was just the ticket to uplift our spirits. The parking lot all three levels, was packed when we returned to our cars.