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Lowder Mountain

  • Start date: 07/10/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 07/10/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This out-and-back hike follows Lowder Mountain Trail #3329 for 2.1 miles to an intersection with Walker Creek Trail #3330. We'll follow this rather faint trail along some switchbacks to a couple of large summit meadows, and then follow cairns to a lunch spot and viewpoint 750 feet above Karl and Ruth Lakes. There are good views all the way from Mt. Hood to Mt. Bachelor. At the end of the hike, there will be the option of taking a 1 mile out-and-back, 130 foot elevation loss trail to view the Quaking Aspen swamp, which has plenty of Corn Lilies but seemingly no Quaking Aspens. Without taking this option, the Lowder Mountain hike is 6 miles and 875 feet elevation gain.
Note to drivers: the last 9.2 miles is gravel with a few potholes in places, but is navigable in a regular car. It can also be dusty.

  • Event Leader: Greer Joel

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

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

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 109

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Snack, lunch, water, sunscreen, sun hat, hiking poles, insect repellent.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 7

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1000

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

It was a warm, pleasant day with good visibility from Mt. Hood to Diamond Peak. The trail was a bit overgrown in places, but trail maintenance crews had cleared several fallen trees and cleaned up pretty well. We enjoyed lunch and spectacular views of the Cascades and Karl and Ruth Lakes from a summit meadow and cliff. There was a pretty good variety of wildflowers, including asters, penstemon, Oregon sunshine, one-seeded pussypaws, larkspurs, tiger lillies, and scarlet gilia. After we returned to our cars, we opted not to go on the optional one-mile hike to the so-called Quaking Aspen Swamp. Instead, we all stopped at the home of Jim and Diana Dinn on the McKenzie River for fresh-squeezed lemonade. It was a fun day for everyone.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 12
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Greer, Joel 281-701-0205 N 5
2 Signed-Up Greer, Esme 281-701-0206 N 5
3 Signed-Up Rolfe, Jorry 541-206-9501 N 1
4 Signed-Up Whitfield, Nancy 541-520-0450 N 1
5 Signed-Up Krentz, Holger 541-868-7792 N 1
6 Signed-Up Calhoun, Susan 541-521-1597 N 5
7 Signed-Up Fern, Jacquie 541-505-1724 N 1
8 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 1
9 Signed-Up Dinn, James 713-557-2682 N 1
10 Signed-Up Winther, Paul 541-666-9956 N 1
11 Signed-Up Dinn, Diana 281-450-4080 N 1
12 Signed-Up Orsi, Barbara 541-515-9665 N 1
13 Signed-Up Sinnott, Randy 541-915-0234 N 1
14 Signed-Up Shapiro, Kate 541-999-0091 N 5
15 Signed-Up Randall, Kathy 541-844-5916 N 5
16 Signed-Up Gould, Whitney 510-368-8941 N 1
17 Signed-Up Cosby, Barbara Kay 458-210-7604 N 1
18 Signed-Up Van Liefde, Lisa 949-677-1379 N 1
19 Signed-Up Iredale, Gwyneth 541-505-0055 N 1
20 Signed-Up Graham, Mike 979-571-2534 N 1