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Lower Hardesty Trails

  • Start date: 12/05/2020

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 12/05/2020

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Please read the Covid-19 protocols on the Obsidian website prior to the hike. Obsidian protocols for social distancing will be observed on the hike. Participants will manage their own transportation.
We will begin our hike at the Lower Hardesty trailhead just off Hwy 58. The hike will be in the shape of an upside-down "Y." We'll hike due south about 2.2 miles, gaining 1300 feet in the process, and turn around when we hit Forest Road 5835. Then we'll retrace our steps back to the north, and branch off to the southwest when we cross a faint, abandoned forest road at about the 3.4 mile mark. This narrows to an unnamed hiking path which is fairly level. We'll have lunch at about the 4.7 mile mark, then return to the junction and continue north to the parking lot. The cumulative elevation gain is about 1625 feet. This hike does not have any views, but is a pleasant, nearby alternative to hikes on the Ridgeline or Mt.Pisgah trail systems. The pace will be moderate, so we get a decent workout.

  • Event Leader: Greer Joel

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

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

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 51

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Face covering, water, snacks, lunch, appropriate clothing in layers. Hiking poles may be helpful.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6.7

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1625

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

It was a chilly 31 degree start to our hike, but the sun was shining, there was no wind, and we quickly warmed up as we hiked uphill on Hardesty Trail. After two miles and an ascent of 1400 feet, we reached the highest point of our hike. We retraced our path back downhill, and after another mile turned to the southwest on an old overgrown logging road. It quickly narrowed to a somewhat normal hiking path, and although unnamed, there was much evidence of trail maintenance to trim and remove fallen trees and branches across the trail. We had lunch a bit more than a mile down this fairly flat path, and ate while sitting on fallen and trimmed logs. Then we returned to the main Hardesty Trail and continued downhill to our cars. Everyone had a good workout and nice social outing.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 9
  • 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 Dinn, Diana 281-450-4080 N 1
4 Signed-Up Dinn, James 713-557-2682 N 1
5 Signed-Up Whitfield, Nancy 541-520-0450 N 1
6 Signed-Up Cooney, Marguerite 541-600-0217 N 1
7 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 1
8 Signed-Up Ruzicka, Angie 541-521-6840 N 1
9 Signed-Up Sojak, Darko 541-799-9199 N 1
10 Waitlist Masin, Rachelle 541-547-4742 N 1
11 Waitlist Rolfe, Jorry 541-206-9501 N 1