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Koosah Falls to Clear Lake

  • Start date: 10/24/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 10/24/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

We'll follow a big lollipop route on this classic fall hike, starting at Koosah Falls, passing to admire Sahalie Falls and then looping around Clear Lake before heading back the way we came.

Easy drive for all vehicle types.

The long range weather forecast says that rain is likely for this day, but I'll send more accurate updates as we get closer to the departure day. We may be too late for fall foliage, but there's only one way to find out!

  • Event Leader: Carpenter Kathie

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

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

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 148

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required:

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 9.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 600

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Sunday dawned dark, rainy and cold. There were high wind warnings, and thunderstorms were forecast. Worst of all, a bomb cyclone was headed for Eugene, and none of us knew what a bomb cyclone is.

It was the perfect day for a hike.

We circled Clear Lake counterclockwise, through light rain, heavy rain and sometimes no rain. The fall foliage was breathtaking, and yellow leaves glowed against the firs and darkened skies. We lunched at the log shelter by the resort, where we enjoyed Vern's homebaked oatmeal cookies. (Thanks, Vern!) As long as we kept moving, we didn't get cold.

At Holger's suggestion, we decided to add the loop down the other side of the McKenzie. We crossed back over at the reservoir and returned upriver to Koosah, taking our originally 8.4 miles up to 9.5. All the hikers were good sports about the weather and the extra distance, and together we agreed on the wisdom of that old Nordic saying: "There is no bad weather, only the wrong clothes."

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 18
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 1
2 Signed-Up Meacham, Lynn 541-214-8827 N 1
3 Signed-Up Greer, Esme 281-701-0206 N 5
4 Signed-Up Greer, Joel 281-701-0205 N 5
5 Signed-Up Whitfield, Nancy 541-520-0450 N 1
6 Signed-Up Cooney, Marguerite 541-600-0217 N 1
7 Signed-Up van Winkle, Dorothy 541-485-7416 N 1
8 Signed-Up Moore, Caroline 541-520-6946 N 1
9 Signed-Up Gould, Whitney 510-368-8941 N 1
10 Signed-Up Nagy, Evelyn 541-514-4110 N 1
11 Signed-Up Krentz, Holger 541-868-7792 N 1
12 Signed-Up Ruzicka, Angie 541-521-6840 N 1
13 Signed-Up Sojak, Darko 541-799-9199 N 1
14 Signed-Up Iredale, Gwyneth 541-505-0055 N 1
15 Signed-Up Weir, Melanie 714-321-3695 N 1
16 Signed-Up Orsi, Barbara 541-515-9665 N 1
17 Signed-Up Robert, Pierre 541-359-9417 N 1
18 Signed-Up Bloomfield, Donna 831-818-2079 N 5
19 Signed-Up Crafts, Elke 281-900-6779 N 5
20 Signed-Up Johnson, Steven 541-520-2470 N 1
21 Signed-Up Marsonette, Vern 541-600-5332 N 1