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North Bank Habit Area

  • Start date: 10/24/2020

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 10/24/2020

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Hike on ancient ranch roads perfect for social distancing. CHANGE for Departure time and Meeting Place: Shell Station parking lot on Seavey Loop on way to Pisgah. North Bank Habitat is near Roseburg, exit 135, Wilbur, then on North Bank Rd to the West Entrance. The drive takes around 1 hour and 15 minutes. The scenic up and down loop has rolling—some steep & challenging hills— up to and along the ridgeline with oak savannas, meadows, and views of the North Fork of the Umpqua River. One will need to watch for poison oak in a few places. Expect a few sections of the trail to be muddy depending on rainfall in recent days. We should start hiking around 10:00 and complete the hike around 3:00. It will be a steady moderate pace with a late lunch so bring some snacks. The elevation gain is like doing Mt. Pisgah twice. If the weather forecast is for rain, I will probably substitute my usual 8 mile hike at Mt. Pisgah. You need to arrange your own transportation/car pooling.

  • Event Leader: Jacobsen Janet

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 151

  • Season: 2020

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Rain gear, snacks, lunch. For poison oak, I recommend long pants and a long sleeve shirt available when needed. Face covering

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 8

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1800

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The North Bank Habitat is a ten-square mile preserve (ranch) overlooking the North Umpqua River near Roseburg. The highlight of the hike were the clusters of red berries on the Pacific madrone trees along the Blacktail Ridge Road from the West Entrance. What a contrast from the sprays of small bell like flowers on the madrones in the spring. We saw one deer and two hikers while we attempted to accurately count the number of steep hills. I hoped for an easier symbolic Seven Hills of the Umpqua River (not Rome) but instead there were nine. Rolling dark clouds alternated with patches of blue sky and sun—much appreciated at lunch time. Mud was not a problem— the trail was dry! We presented Kathy with her 200 trip patch.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 10
  • Number of spots available: 7
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N 1
2 Signed-Up Hoecker, Nancy 541-217-8453 N 1
3 Signed-Up Randall, Kathy 541-844-5916 N 5