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Fort Rock

  • Start date: 06/02/2023

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 06/02/2023

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

1.7 mile level hike around the outside rock formation + additional exploratory hiking up into ramparts with 100’ elevation gain. Beautiful and endless views of the surrounding desert and ranches. After hiking, we can tour the Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum in the nearby town of Fort Rock, and learn the fascinating and tragic story of the homesteaders’ boondoggle a century ago.

  • Event Leader: Blumm Buzz

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: Amazon Park, 28th & Hilyard entrance parking lot

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 284

  • Season: 2023

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required:

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 1.7

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 100

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

A beautiful cloudless day in the desert - just two of us. We circumvented
the "Fort", noting the grand forever views of the scrub landscape, the
village of Fort Rock a mile away and mountains in the distance; then we
hiked up inside the structure enjoying the many unusual rock formations.
After coffee and a slice of blueberry pie at the local diner, we toured the
Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum on the outskirts of town - a collection
of buildings and artifacts from the land give-away boondoggle a century ago.
The museum offers a fascinating story of easterners lured to Fort Rock
Valley with visions of fertile soil and ample rainfall.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Blumm, Buzz 541-228-0217 N —
2 Signed-Up Mogart, Eva 541-513-9649 N —