Past Activity

Tie Trail Brushing

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Start date: 07/30/2025
Start time: 5:30 PM
End date: 07/30/2025
End time: 8:00 PM

Description:

We will continue our task from the last outing, cutting back woody brush from the sides of the Tie Trail.

Meet at the main Spencer Butte Trailhead parking lot, the paved lot on Willamette.

Our group of stalwart volunteers for this months outing.

Photo by: Janet Jacobsen

Event Leader: Matt Bell
Event Leader Phone: 503-884-8829
Event Leader Email: matthew.v.bell@gmail.com
Assistant Leader:
Event category: Stewardship
Area Type: Urban
Departure Location: See Trip Description
Rating: Moderate
Roundtrip total drive miles:
Season: 2025
Permits Required:
Event Status: Passed
Supplies and Equipment Required:
participant prerequisites: Wear weather and work appropriate clothing and footwear. All necessary tools, equipment, and gloves are provided by the City's Parks and Open Space division.
Conditions:
Total Distance: 2
Member Fees: —
Elevation Gain: 500
Non-Member Fees: —
Committee: Stewardship
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

For this outing we met up on a warm evening to work independently in Spencer Butte Park. We broke into 2 small groups and selected tools appropriately. The first group of Clara and Janet stayed at the trailhead cleaning the concrete steps. The second group of Matt, Gretchen, Dan, Eva, and Dave hiked in to tackle the main task for the evening, cutting back woody brush from the sides of the lower section of the Tie Trail. We hiked down the the junction with the Ridgeline Trail and worked our way back up to where we stopped during the June outing, the Ocean Spray just past the open drain. <br />
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Special thank go to Janet for the chocolate zucchini bread!

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