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McDowell Creek Falls

  • Start date: 02/26/2017

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 02/26/2017

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

It is snowing in Sweet Home and more snow predicted at 10:00. We will go on the freeway.
If there is snow, we can alway turn back. McDowell Creek Road. We will amble on trails to Terrace Falls, Crystal Pool, and Majestic Falls. There will be time for photographs. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome. Around 11:30 or earlier, we will drive back to Sweet Home for lunch at Los Amigos. If the weather is not favorable, I’ll try to reschedule for Sunday, March 19th. Check out The Report Page for photographs from past trips. See trip descriptions in Sullivan’ Central Oregon Cascades book.

  • Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251

  • Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader: Carla Cooper

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

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

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 85

  • Season: 2017

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: What to bring: Parking permits not needed. Appropriate clothing for weather. $ for lunch.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 1.7

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 200

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

With snow a definite possibility, we decided to take a chance and drive to Lebanon and the thirteen additional miles to the McDowell Creek Falls County Park. We encountered light snow a mile from the park entrance. Serge and Denise decided it would be better with their car to turn back. On the loop trail, the wintry landscape gave us silence mixed with sounds of rushing waters. Snowflakes fell quietly on us and framed the waterfalls. Tatum, ten years old, sparkled even more. Back at the parking lot, we noted that there were now four cars. Within a few minutes down the road, the snow had disappeared. Tatum counted eleven deer in a farmer’s pasture and even more llamas on down the road. We ate lunch at Ixtapa Mexican Restaurant in Lebanon. The trip took 5 ½ hours. Thanks to Keiko for driving! McDowell Creek Falls County Park was featured in the Register Guard the day before. Check out the video of the falls on the RG site. http://registerguard.com/rg/life/weekend/35207001-289/step-up-to-the-falls.html.csp