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Evening Hike: Dorris Ranch

  • Start date: 09/02/2025

  • Start time: 6:00 PM

Description:

Meet at 5:50pm for a 6:00 departure.
Dorris Ranch parking lot, near the restrooms.
We'll hike through the historic hazlenut orchard to the banks of the Middle Fork of the Willamette, for about 2 miles, perhaps a bit more before turning around, for a total of 4.5-5 miles.
Pace will be somewhat moderate, distance is more than 4 miles, so consider this moderate.

  • Event Leader: Lisa VanLiefde

  • Event Leader Phone: 949-677-1379

  • Event Leader Email: lisa.vanliefde@gmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Mixed

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2025

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Water, Snacks, Personal First Aid supplies

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 4.5-5

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 177

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The warm, humid evening felt more refreshing walking along the river this evening! We found and read a poem left in the hollow of a log. And under darkening skies, we were greeted with a colorful sunset, then, thunder and rain - just as we made it back to our cars.

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