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Canceled: Eel Creek

  • Start date: 01/31/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 01/31/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

We will leave Eugene via I-5 heading south to Drain exit. We will stop in Elkton at bakery for coffee and bathroom break. Then on to Dean Creek Elk Reserve. With luck there will be elk and a second bathroom break. Then on to trailhead south of Winchester. The dunes in this area are some of the highest and motorized traffic is prohibited. We will hike across the dunes out to the trail that leads through the deflation plane to the beach. This portion of the trail can include wading. Because of all the rain the probability is high. Depending on weather conditions we can spend some time on the beach. I have led this as a loop depending on the amount of water at north end. The return is through Florence. This trip will not be canceled due to weather as the weather has provided some of the best trips.

  • Event Leader: Hackett Jane

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Coastal

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

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 200

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Covid precautions. Water, lunch. Dress for weather. Include second pair of shoes and dry socks. Golden Age pass will work at trailhead. Obsidian COVID protocols will be followed. See website home page.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 100

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Timed just right. Left in low clouds and rain. Stopped at bakery in Elkton and Dean’s Creek for bathroom and the few elk that were bedded down in meadow. By the time we got to trailhead the rain was decreasing and the clouds were lifting. Although the sun never shined there was no wind and the temperature allowed people to pack away rain jackets. Wading through portions of the deflation plane trail. We found 2 bear tracks in a dryer portion of the trail. The tide was high leaving little beach for walking. So sitting high on the fore dune we had lunch. Watched the waves an the next storm roll in. With the pick up in the rain and wind we choose a new route back through the dunes to the cars. Not a lot of miles but lots of exercise hiking on sand up and down into the wind on the way back. The trip was new to some people in the group and everyone had a great time.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 10
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Hackett, Jane 541-953-7046 N 1
2 Signed-Up Esch, Patricia 541-338-8280 N 1
3 Signed-Up Whitfield, Nancy 541-520-0450 N 1
4 Signed-Up Christiansen, Lynda 541-912-9952 N 1
5 Signed-Up Hoecker, Nancy 541-217-8453 N 1
6 Signed-Up Krentz, Holger 541-868-7792 N 1
7 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 1
8 Signed-Up James, Daphne 541-683-7488 N 1
9 Signed-Up Parks, Linda 607-244-4194 N 1
10 Signed-Up Wu, William 541-653-6341 N 5