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Clear Lake Loop

  • Start date: 10/17/2023

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 10/17/2023

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Beautiful, easy hike around one of the most beautiful lakes in the McKenzie watershed. It is also the headwaters for the McKenzie River itself. We will hike through old growth forest and plentiful vine maples surrounding the lake should make for a great fall color show. For a more complete description of the hike, consult Bill Sullivan's "Central Oregon Cascades" book.

Leader: Karla Rusow - 541 912-0169
Co-Leader: Judith Terry - 541 206-8435

  • Event Leader: Rusow Karla

  • Assistant Leader: Terry Judy

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

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

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 130

  • Season: 2023

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: 10 essentials, hiking poles, snack/lunch, water.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 5.4

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 200

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Eight of us totally enjoyed the fantastic weather and the gorgeous fall colors on our hike around Clear Lake. We were definitely not in a hurry and moseyed down the trail taking ample time to soak in the views. We also took time to focus on the array of various fungi that were popping out in the forest and the mosses and lichens decorating the trees and rocks. A bald eagle was sighted perching on a snag surveying their surroundings. Thank you, Andrea, for identifying flora and birds all along the trail. All in all I do not think that we could have enjoyed it more.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 8
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Rusow, Karla 541-744-7990 N —
2 Signed-Up Terry, Judy 541-345-0720 N —
3 Signed-Up Temple, Mitch 541-868-7252 N —
4 Signed-Up Cooper, Carla 541-517-6785 N —
5 Signed-Up Cooper, David 541-868-5427 N —
6 Signed-Up Whitfield, Nancy 541-520-0450 N —
7 Signed-Up Wuenschel, Andrea 650-465-0751 N —
8 Signed-Up Dinn, James 713-557-2682 N —
9 Signed-Up Lutz, Denise 650-288-7072 N 5