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Coffin Mt/Bachelor Mt

  • Start date: 09/22/2018

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 09/22/2018

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Please indicate if you can drive. We will need 2 or 3 cars. It is a two hour drive - Highway 22, past Santiam Y junction- 12.7 miles, and then left on Straight Creek Rd for 4.1 miles, gravel Rd 1168 for 3.8 miles, Rd 450 with immediate Coffin Mt. Lookout trailhead. It is 1.5 miles with elevation of 1020 ft. up to the lookout with beautiful views of mountains. Plan on a snack. Back at the trailhead, we will drive up Rd 1168 for .7 miles, park our cars, and walk 2 miles up to Bachelor Mountain, 1115 ft. We will have lunch at the top where we will can look down into the Coffin and have even better views of Mt. Jefferson. Both of these are ridge hikes with continuous views of fall color and mountains. If rain predicted, I’ll substitute another destination Update: We will meet the three out of town hikers where we turn from Highway 22 onto Straight Creek Rd.

  • Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251

  • Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: Behind McDonalds, 57th and Main in Springfield

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 200

  • Season: 2018

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: appropriate clothing for weather, snacks, lunch, water.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 7

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 2136

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We left Springfield at 8:00 in light rain for the two-hour drive to the Coffin Mountain lookout trailhead on Straight Creek Road off of Highway 22. We met Kris and Nancy at the trailhead around 10:10. The sun occasionally teased us through the floating clouds giving us hope we would have views of the Cascade Mountains. That was not to be but the vibrant fall colors and lack of rain were a joyful substitute! Ann Amundsen, the fire lookout for 30 years, welcomed us and answered our many questions We had a few rain sprinkles during our lunch at 12:20 back at the trailhead before we drove the .7 miles to the Bachelor Mountain trailhead. Windy on top, we did not linger. On the way down the shroud of clouds lifted so that we could finally see the Coffin Mountain lookout perched like a temple on the imposing butte. We started our drive back to Eugene around 3:30 but made time for quick stop at Fish Lake to see the historical buildings and new shelter. While wandering the trails of dry Fish Lake, we met two scientists from Colorado who answered all of questions about their research. It was a fun day with upbeat and curious hikers, their first time on the two mountains! One said, "I loved it so much, even with the cold wind and fog."