Past Activity

Suzanne Arlie Park

Start date: 05/22/2023
Start time: 12:00 AM
End date: 05/22/2023
End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Come explore the biggest park in Eugene. We can look around a see what is being done to to establish trails for hikers and mountain bikers. Some "trails" we will avoid because poison oak.

Event Leader: David Cooper
Event Leader Phone: 541-868-5427
Event Leader Email: dwcoop@yahoo.com
Assistant Leader:
Event category: Trips
Area Type: Urban
Departure Location: Lane Community College, parking lot nearest stoplight
Rating: Easy
Roundtrip total drive miles:
Season: 2023
Permits Required:
Event Status: Passed
Supplies and Equipment Required: Water, snacks, sunscreen if we're lucky
participant prerequisites:
Conditions:
Total Distance: 4
Member Fees: —
Elevation Gain: 500
Non-Member Fees: 2
Committee: Trips
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

When the leader scheduled this trip he had more of a notion than a plan. Thanks to flexible participants we all enjoyed a make it up as you go morning. Some had been been to the Arlie Park when parts of it were a forest of blackberries and poison oak. Things have certainly changed. More evidence of progress was our chat with a man hired by the city to flag new trails for mountain bikers and hikers. He was verifying routes, slopes and distance against Lidar images of the park.
It will be fun to make return visits to Eugene' largest park property watch it be developed.