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Siltcoos River to Carter Lk

  • Start date: 03/23/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 03/23/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This trip combines the Siltcoos River/Waxmyrtle and Taylor Dunes/Carter lk trails. We will start out at the Waxmyrtle TH and hike along the Siltcoos River to the beach. We will then hike south on the beach and turn east along the Taylor Dunes trail to Carter lake. After lunch at Carter lake we will loop around Taylor lake, pass some viewpoints then return the way we came.

  • Event Leader: James Daphne

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Coastal

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

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 150

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Face covering, weather appropriate clothing in layers, water Obsidian COVID protocols will be followed. See website home page.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 7

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 150

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

This trip combined the Waxmyrtle and the Taylor Dunes trails. We began at the Waxmrytle trailhead and hiked through the coastal forest along the lovely Siltcoos river to the beach. We timed our beach stretch to be two and a half hours after high tide and we had plenty of sand for a hike south. At the number 112 sign we turned east and got on the Taylor Dunes trail. From there we hiked through forests and dunes to a trail junction. We turned right at the junction, which took us through a closed for winter campground to some picnic tables on the shore of Carter Lake. After lunch looking out on the sparkling lake, we continued through the campground to the Taylor Dunes trailhead, which took us past Taylor lake and a viewpoint before bring us back to our junction for our return to the beach and back to our starting point. This hike is the full Oregon Coast experience; river views, coastal forest, beach, dunes and lakes.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 10
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up James, Daphne 541-683-7488 N 1
2 Signed-Up Schechter, Diane 541-206-7723 N 1
3 Signed-Up Kameenui, Brenda 541-344-9506 N 1
4 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 1
5 Signed-Up Harris, Jean 541-953-0268 N 1
6 Signed-Up Caples, Pam 541-554-2528 N 1
7 Signed-Up Davis, Jacque 541-484-5124 N 5
8 Signed-Up Grant, Elizabeth 541-514-1176 N 1
9 Signed-Up Lipton, Becky 541-736-7498 N 1
10 Signed-Up Krentz, Holger 541-868-7792 N 1