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Alder Dune to Pacific Ocean

  • Start date: 05/14/2017

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 05/14/2017

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Slow and easy. Sand dunes and blooming rhododendron forest trails journey just few miles north of Florence, OR.
For day use area parking please bring NW Forest Pass, OR Coast Pass, National Forest Pass or Golden age pass.

  • Event Leader: Darko Sojak

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-799-9199

  • Event Leader Email: darchey@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Coastal

  • Departure Location: Eugene Target, W11th, parking lot closest to W11th

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 125

  • Season: 2017

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Dress in layers and be ready for all weather and all trail conditions. Water and food.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 200

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We were lucky again. After days of rainstorm, blue skies opened over central Oregon coast.
Rhododendrons, Salal and Scotch Broom are in full bloom.
We saw a bald eagle and a great blue heron. Flooded trail around Alder Lake slightly altered our planned route.
On the way back we stopped at Darlingtonia State Natural Site to see carnivorous Cobra lily in bloom.