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Eel Creek

  • Start date: 11/11/2018

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 11/11/2018

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

We will travel on Hwy 38 to Reedsport, with a stop in Elkton to get coffee and at Deans Creek elk reserve where we might get lucky and see elk. We continue passed Reedsport for 15 mile to the trailhead. We will hike across some of the highest dunes on the coast out to the beach where there will be time to beach walk and et lunch. This trip will not be canceled due to weath in Eugene. Frequently the weather is awfull here and great over there. There is a chance that we would have to wade for a short distance if the fall is very rainy. We will return via Florence where each car can decide if they want tot stop for coffee or more.

  • Event Leader: Jane Hackett

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-953-7046

  • Event Leader Email: hackett1575@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Coastal

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

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 200

  • Season: 2018

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Lunch, water, rain gear/wind gear.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 100

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Exceptional day at the beach. T-shirt weather and only a slight breeze as we hiked across the dunes out to the beach. The sun was out by the time we got to Elkton to pickup coffee at the bakery. The stop at Dean Creek Elk Reserve was very good. We saw a group of females mixed in with several young bulls. The older bulls were grazing in the back ground. The view was improved with binoculars I remembered to bring.