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Gwynn Creek/Cooks Ridge Loop

  • Start date: 03/16/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 03/16/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Drive west on 126 to Florence and continue north on 101 to Cummins Creek Trailhead just 4 miles south of Yachats.
Hike Gwynn Creek/Cooks Ridge 6.5 mile loop through old-growth coastal rainforest all to Cape Perpetua visitor center where we will attend presentation from 1PM – 2PM. (The Siuslaw National Forest is home to one of the oldest archaeological sites along the Central Oregon Coast. Tahkenitch Landing, seven miles north of Reedsport, provides intriguing insights into how humans responded to a changing environment between 8,000 and 3,000 years before present along the central Oregon Coast.)
After presentation we will hike 1 mile back to our cars. Return to Eugene before 5PM

  • Event Leader: Darko Sojak

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-799-9199

  • Event Leader Email: darchey@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader: Rachelle Masin

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type:

  • Departure Location: Eugene Target, W11th, parking lot closest to W11th

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 154

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Good weather forecast. It could be some mud on the trail so boots with good tread recommended. Ten essentials, food and hydration.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 7.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 700

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Trail through serene old-growth forest was in very good shape except few short muddy places. From Cummings Creek trailhead we hiked Gwynn Creek Loop all up to Cape Perpetua visitor center where we (in completely packed room) attended one hour presentation about oldest archaeological sites along the Central Oregon Coast. After the presentation we hiked down via Oregon Coast trail, back to our cars.
Before heading home we stopped in Yachats for afternoon snack.