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Postponed: Belknap Crater Sunset

  • Start date: 08/20/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/21/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

>>>Due to smokey conditions Belknap Crater BkPk is cancelled.<<<
>Will add wilderness permit fee info, upon permit received.
Friday PM drive from Eugene to PCT trailhead at McKenzie Pass.
Afternoon hike to the base of Belknap Crater (6,300 ft.) in Mount Washington wilderness where we will setup our tents and relax in peaceful surroundings. Evening we will hike to the top of Belknap Crater (6877 ft.) to watch the sunset. After the sunset we will descent to our base camp. Moon will be almost full 95% so, it will be bright night if no clouds.

Early morning Saturday (optional) 0.4 mile hike to the NE slopes of Belknap Crater to enjoy long shadows and breathtaking sunrise over the Three Sister Wilderness.
After the sunrise watch and our breakfast we will break our camp and hike from the base of Belknap Crater to nearby Little Belknap where we will explore lava tubs and then backpack back to Hwy 242 and return to Eugene.
Please indicate your transportation preferences. It would be great if we can have only two vehicles.
Saturday on the way back, early dinner at Takoda's, optional.

  • Event Leader: Sojak Darko

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: South Eugene High School, 19th & Patterson

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 160

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: This is exposed trail, so you need sunscreen and sun protection. Tent and sleeping system. Wilderness area - Absolutely no fire allowed. Extra layers for the sunset watch on windy top of Belknap Crater. Ten essentials, food (dinner, breakfast, lunch & snacks), and 3 liters of hydration. Please have some more water in car for your return home. Solid-sole footwear for sharp lava trail. Poles may be helpful. If you have any question email darchey@comcast.net

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 9

  • Member Fees: 2

  • Elevation Gain: 1680

  • Non-Member Fees: 10

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 6
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Sojak, Darko 541-799-9199 N 2
2 Signed-Up Myers, Michael 541-579-4733 N 2
3 Signed-Up Ruzicka, Angie 541-521-6840 N 2
4 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 2
5 Signed-Up Parks, Linda 607-244-4194 N 2
6 Signed-Up Bryan, Keiko 541-342-1240 N 2
7 Signed-Up Hougardy, Mark 541-206-9532 N 2
8 Signed-Up Winiarski, Larry 503-380-2235 N 10