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Canceled: Four in One Cone

  • Start date: 10/21/2018

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 10/21/2018

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Come early enough to check in, etc so we can depart on time. It is an 1 hour and 45 minute drive to the trailhead on McKenzie Pass at the Scott Lake turn off. The outside toilets at the ranger station have been removed so I don’t have plans for a bathroom stop. It will be an estimated five hours of hiking round trip at a steady moderate pace plus the time for lunch. It could be windy, cold, and perhaps some ice on the trail. The mileage does not include walking along the rim. If rain is in the forecast, I’ll substitute another hike lower down. My email is jbjacobsen@comcast.net.

  • Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251

  • Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

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

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 131

  • Season: 2018

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: What to bring: Layered clothing for wind, cold, rain. Gloves/warm cap. Lunch, water. Hiking poles?

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 9

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1400

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We soon removed most of our winter layered clothing to enjoy sunny weather with temperatures in the 60s. We lingered on the windless ridge to explore the cones and enjoy the mountain landscape. "Hiking Oregon’s History" by Bill Sullivan had the answers to our questions about Mr. Scott (Scott Trail) and John Templeton Craig (McKenzie Pass). On his first Obsidian hike Travis told us that the impetus was Carla's posting on the Obsidian Facebook. Back at the trailhead around 3:30, I wished I had brought ice water to serve with the apple crisp. On our drive down McKenzie Pass, sunlight filtered through the canopy of yellow leaves adding more brightness to the spectacular day.