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Postponed: Mt Pisgah Winter Solstice

  • Start date: 12/21/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 12/21/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Look for us by my car a row or two down from the fee box. Sunset is 4:37. Current plan is take Trails 7,3, and 1 to the top. We will join a crowd of solstice hikers looking for the sun rays to light up the Mt. Pisgah Sighting Pedestal. We won’t wait around for moonrise at 6:50 pm. Email me at jbjacobsen@comcast.net if you have questions. If you don’t have a Lane County pass allow time to purchase one with Debit/Credit card (no cash) at the pay station by trailhead. To buy an annual pass and support the trails, if you have time check out the websites for Friends of the Buford Park or Mt. Pisgah Arboretum. Obsidian COVID protocols will be followed.

  • Event Leader: Jacobsen Janet

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: Mt Pisgah, West Trailhead (Main Parking Lot)

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2022

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: flashlight or headlamp for hiking down in the dark on the main trail. Clothing for rain? wind? standing around on top if cold? snacks (optional) water. Lane County Parks parking pass

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 3

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1000

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Thanks to Darko and Angie for leading the faster hikers on Trail 4. Very few lingered on top since there was no chance of a sunset. I forgot to pack the oatmeal balls so there were no treats. Larry, Pat and I were the last ones down and enjoyed hearing an owl's repeated calls.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 20
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N 1
2 Signed-Up Alexander, Joanna 458-209-7798 N 1
3 Signed-Up Little, Nancy 636-861-3610 N 2
4 Signed-Up Risque, Robin 541-228-2525 N 1
5 Signed-Up Whalen, Maureen 510-390-4411 N 1
6 Signed-Up Rolfe, Jorry 541-206-9501 N 1
7 Signed-Up Stearney, Lynn 541-520-4796 N 1
8 Signed-Up Jost, Jonathan 541-520-4841 N 1
9 Signed-Up Hoecker, Nancy 541-217-8453 N 1
10 Signed-Up Iredale, Gwyneth 541-505-0055 N 1
11 Signed-Up Rorden, Emilia 206-235-4810 N 2
12 Signed-Up Crim, Jennifer 541-751-5982 N 1
13 Signed-Up Nagy, Evelyn 541-514-4110 N 1
14 Signed-Up Soussan, Pat 541-653-7997 N 1
15 Signed-Up Ruzicka, Angie 541-521-6840 N 1
16 Signed-Up Orsi, Barbara 541-515-9665 N 1
17 Signed-Up Myers, Michael 541-579-4733 N 1
18 Signed-Up Grant, Elizabeth 541-514-1176 N 1
19 Signed-Up Gould, Whitney 510-368-8941 N 1
20 Signed-Up Davies, Russ 541-525-3719 N 1
21 Signed-Up Sojak, Darko 541-799-9199 N 1
22 Signed-Up Dunlap, Larry 541-337-0785 N 1
23 Signed-Up Alverson, Hannah 541-554-1099 N 1
24 Signed-Up Orsi, Barbara 541-515-9665 N 1
25 Signed-Up Baldwin, Mari 541-206-9251 N 1