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Perseid Meteor Shower Bkpk

  • Start date: 08/10/2022

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/12/2022

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Day1- Afternoon Eugene departure. Drive to N Waldo/Jim Weaver trailhead. Hike approx. 2 miles and camp on rocky bench below Rigdon Butte. The site has expansive views of the entire Waldo Lake basin from which we have front row seats of the peaking Perseid meteor shower accompanied by an August Supermoon.
Day 2 – Day hike 5 miles looping through the beautiful Rigdon Lakes area which still recovers from the lasting 1996 Charlton Burn.
Day 3 – Early pack up and hike out. Back in Eugene by 2pm

  • Event Leader: Davies Russ

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: South Eugene High School, 19th & Patterson

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 160

  • Season: 2022

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: 10 essentials & 2 days of food. Prior experience recommends a ground cloth for your tent and one for yourself as the area soils contain a lot of ash which tends to coat anything it touches. Stargazers generally prefer a simple ground cloth and sleeping pad combo for gazing and slothing

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 9

  • Member Fees: 2

  • Elevation Gain: 300

  • Non-Member Fees: 10

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 8
  • Number of spots available: 1
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Davies, Russ 541-525-3719 N 2
2 Signed-Up Mogart, Eva 541-513-9649 N 2
3 Signed-Up Rice, Cindy 541-513-0131 N 2
4 Signed-Up Thompson, Harold 458-205-1439 N 2
5 Signed-Up Thompson, Annette 541-683-8942 N 10
6 Signed-Up Stockdale, Chris 541-221-2293 N 2
7 Signed-Up Wheat, Diana 541-335-1319 N 2