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Alsea and Green Peak Falls

  • Start date: 01/06/2024

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 01/06/2024

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Meet at Jerrys on hwy 99.
Easy and short drive. We will hike along South Fork Alsea River to Alsea Falls and Green Peak Falls, and then South Fork Mile trail up to Big Fear trail.
Depending on what’s open some of us will stop on the way home in Monroe or Junction City for refreshment.

Parking: BLM or Senior Pass

  • Event Leader: Ruzicka Angie

  • Assistant Leader: Sojak Darko

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Coastal

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 72

  • Season: 2024

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required:

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 5.2

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 900

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Despite a forecast of rain our optimistic group set out on our hike under blue skies. After observing Alsea Falls we headed across the river and made our way northwest to Green Peak Falls. Both falls were at their rain swollen best. Two hikers spotted a frustrated salmon at the base of Green Peak Falls. After visiting the falls we took a snack break at Hubert K McBee Memorial Campground under a shelter complete with an 80 foot long table made from a single Doug Fir log. On the way back we hiked up a connector trail to Big Fir Trail to complete a loop that was new to all. Surprisingly there were lots of mushrooms--Chanterelles, Golden Chanterelles and Hedgehogs. Overall it was a pleasant (if a little soggy) day and we enjoyed each other's company in the magical moist forest on a winter day.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 12
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Ruzicka, Angie 541-521-6840 N —
2 Signed-Up Sojak, Darko 541-799-9199 N —
3 Signed-Up Tinkham, Shelley 617-894-4682 N —
4 Signed-Up Gould, Whitney 510-368-8941 N —
5 Signed-Up Whalen, Maureen 510-390-4411 N —
6 Signed-Up Eriksen, Robert 503-964-2398 N —
7 Signed-Up Sorrell, Lis 541-954-2772 N —
8 Signed-Up Danforth, Jan 541-658-9320 N —
9 Signed-Up Dinn, Diana 281-450-4080 N —
10 Signed-Up Dinn, James 713-557-2682 N —
11 Signed-Up Congdon, Theresa 909-223-9523 N —
12 Signed-Up Temple, Mitch 541-868-7252 N —