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Amazon Hdwtrs/Spencer Butte

  • Start date: 07/15/2026

  • Start time: 8:00 AM

Description:

NOTE: Flexible departure time from as early as 15 minutes before the listed start time. We will start at 8:30am during standard time and 8:00 am during daylight saving time (DST, 2nd Sunday in March - 1st Sunday in November). "
We have been doing this hike from the Martin Street Trailhead to the summit of Spencer Butte every Wednesday since 2013. Compared to starting at the paved Spencer Butte parking lot, this hike has double the climbing and three times the distance. It is a conditioning hike where everyone is challenging themselves to go at a moderate or fast pace—not like the other hikes on our schedule. If this is your first time on this Obsidian conditioning hike, or hiking to Spencer Butte, you may want to call the leader to discuss the pace. If you should fall too far behind, the leaders reserve the right to have you not summit but wait and return with the group. The regulars on this hike have attained their fitness by showing up consistently and slowly improving. Come a few minutes early because we leave promptly at the listed time. To get to the trailhead: Take West Amazon to Martin Street. Turn left. Drive past Kinney Park and park Martin Street near the Kiosk sign board across from Canyon Drive Street sign with hiker symbol. Please contact the leader if you have any questions.

  • Event Leader: Gwyneth Iredale

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-505-0055

  • Event Leader Email: g_iredale@yahoo.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: Martin St & Canyon Drive, park on Martin St

  • Rating: Mixed

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2026

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: water, snacks, personal first aid items, weather appropriate clothing in layers

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6.2

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 1530

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

All five of us left at the sme time on a cobalt-blue sky cool morning. We socialized at the summit and on our way down we passed a group of families with small children and babies in backpacks. We discovered it was a birthday hike. Perhaps the babies will become future Obsidian members, class of 2086, having been introduced to hiking at such a young age.