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Mt. Pisgah Solstice

  • Start date: 06/21/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 06/21/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

The parking lot will be crowded. Look for us by my car, a row or two down from the fee box.
Sunset is 8:58pm. I plan to take trail 17 and 4 to catch the main trail to the summit. Our goal
is to view the rays of the sunset shining through the Mt. Pisgah Sighting Pedestal. We will
take the main trail (#1) back to the parking lot. For more about the pedestal, see the
sculptor's website, Peter Helzer. Email me at jbjacobsen@comcast.net if you have questions

  • Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251

  • Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

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

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Clothing for rain? wind? standing around on top if cold? snacks (optional) water, flashlight or headlamp. Lane County Parks parking pass

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 3.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1000

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Our 7:45 pm departure gave us time to join others to watch the rays of the setting sun light up the slot in the Mt. Pisgah Sighting Pedestal before sunset at 8:58 pm. The highlight was meeting sculptor, Peter Helzer, and learning more about how the bronze pedestal came to be in 1990. The sky was filled with beautiful colors as we headed back down the trail.