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Marys Peak(North Side)

  • Start date: 04/29/2017

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 04/29/2017

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is the long way up Marys Peak. We will drive to the north side on a 7 mile dirt road from US20. Once on the trail, we climb about 2000 feet in 4 miles to the meadow and go from there to the summit. We will descend via the East Ridge trail and take the unused road around the mountain back to the cars. It is a loop hike. It's not a Hardesty in terms of difficulty, but it is 12 miles and it climbs. We plan to eat on top unless the weather is not conducive. It is a moderately brisk paced hike. I want to keep moving, because we won't get on the trail early, and it is 12 miles.

  • Event Leader: Mike Smith

  • Event Leader Phone: 520-488-9569

  • Event Leader Email: mssq@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Coastal

  • Departure Location: Eugene Target, W11th, parking lot closest to W11th

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 129

  • Season: 2017

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: 10 essentials, good rain gear and maybe sunscreen, too, if it is a sunny spring day. The top is exposed.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 12

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 2000

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

I finally led a trip up Marys Peak with decent, even if not quite optimal, visibility. We had nice temperatures on the north side and had lunch on top in bright sunshine with hazy views of the northern Cascades. Marys Peak will see 1m30s totality on 21 August. We descended the East Ridge Trail, finding about a dozen major blowdowns right below the ridge where the meadow joins the forest. After the bend in the trail while descending further, there were about 4-6 very large (24-36" diameter) blowdowns. Right now, I would avoid the East Ridge trail, although one can certainly navigate his or her way up it. We descended to near Conner's Camp and then walked the road through the Corvallis watershed back to the cars. We welcomed Patrick and Christian Mucker, both getting into better shape, and Alice Laffey, for her second hike with the Obsidians. This was a good group, who did very well on the long climb to the top and handled the blowdowns well!