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Mt Pisgah Sunset/Moonrise

  • Start date: 07/01/2023

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 07/01/2023

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Look for us by my car a row or two down from the fee box. Sunset is 8:59 pm and moonrise is 7:52 pm. Current plan is to take Trails 7,3 and 1. Faster hikers usually include a section of Trail 4. Email me at jbjacobsen@comcast.net if you have questions. We probably will be hiking down after the moonrise. (Full Moon is July 3) If you don’t have a Lane County pass , please, please allow time to purchase one with Debit/Credit card (no cash) at the pay station by trailhead.

  • Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251

  • Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader: Robert Eriksen

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: Mt Pisgah, West Trailhead (Main Parking Lot)

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2023

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Water, headlamp or flashlight for walking down in the dark.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 3.5

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 1000

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

With our 6:50 start time and a warm ascent, we gathered in the shade to watch for the 7:52 moonrise over the foothills. Once I pointed out the faint white moon, it took some time for everyone to actually see it. We did not wait for the 8:59 sunset but headed down. I hope most were happy with our descent without headlamps. Perhaps some will hike up again for the full moon on July 3rd. A note from Dave Predeek about the purple flowers blooming:The purple harvest lilies are Brodiaea. The short plants appear in March and look like grass and are only 4 inches tall. They dry up in a couple of months. They bloom in June and have deep-purple flowers when all the grasses have turned yellow. They grow from small bulbs.