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Green Lakes Trail

  • Start date: 10/03/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 10/04/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is a car camp with a hike to Green Lakes., and optional hikes to Todd Lake or Sparks Lake.

Thursday, October 3
- Depart & Travel
- Set Camp at Soda Creek Campground (campground is closed, camping is free)
- Optional hikes: Todd Lake ( 1.7 mile loop, easy) or Sparks Lake (2.1 miles, easy)
- Parking at trailhead, $5, or America the Beautiful Pass

Friday, October 4
- Hike Green Lakes Trail to the lakes, returning via Broken Top and Soda Creek Trails.
- Moderate, 12.2 miles with 1200' elevation gain
- Return to Eugene

  • Event Leader: Ben Brown

  • Event Leader Phone: 214-930-6394

  • Event Leader Email: benjmbrown@gmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type:

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

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 250

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: (1) breakfast, (2) lunches, (1) dinner - water filtration - 10 essentials I'll provide firewood

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 12.2

  • Member Fees: 2

  • Elevation Gain: 1300

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The plan was to camp at the Soda Creek Campground, but we found that it had been closed. We resorted to "plan b", which was to camp at the nearby Devil's Lake Campground, across from the South Sister Trailhead. Nice, large campsites by the lake. We were the only people in the campground.

Intermittent light snow and rain commenced about 6:00 PM, continuing pretty much all night. The dawn revealed a coating of snow on the ground, causing us to reconsider that day's hike to Green Lakes and Broken Top. Due to the trail's elevation gain, it was decided to drive to Rosary Lakes Trail at a lower elevation with less snow . It was a nice walk in the woods.

While our original plans had to change, it was still a good time with a good group of folks.