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Perseid Meteor Shower Overnight

  • Start date: 08/11/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/12/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Trip Description: Day1- Afternoon Eugene departure. Drive to N Waldo/Jim Weaver trailhead. Hike approx. 2 miles and camp on rocky bench below Rigdon Butte. The site has expansive views of the entire Waldo Lake area from which we have front row seats of the Perseid meteor shower peaking on 8/11 and enhanced by a sliver of moon setting about 10:30pm.
Day 2 – Short day hike of approximately 3 miles looping through the beautiful Rigdon Lakes area which recovers from the Charlton Burn of a decade ago. Packup and hike out. Back in Eugene by 5pm.

  • Event Leader: Davies Russ

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

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

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 160

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Basic backpacking/camping equipment plus mandatory 10 essentials. Food for 1 dinner, breakfast and lunch. Bring a comfortable, portable camp chair for star gazing. I’d also recommend a ground cloth for your tent and yourself as the area soils contain a lot of ash which tends to coat anything it touches.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 7

  • Member Fees: 2

  • Elevation Gain: 300

  • Non-Member Fees: 10

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Perseid Meteor Shower Overnight Trip Report
With smoke in the air from local fires and 100+ temps in Eugene, an intrepid crew of 8 wandered up to the north side of Waldo Lake to camp by a noname lake between Waldo and Lower Rigdon Lake on trail 3555. There was some doubt if the smoke would clear but it eventually did for some prime star gazing. There were a handful of amazing streaks of light seen but you had to be patient for them. With the exception of an occasional plane, the quiet seemed nearly absolute.
Skies remained clear in the morning and we got to see Waldo Lake which had been shrouded in smoke the day before. The final course for breakfast which was provided by Russ was a blueberry parfait with hand whipped cream! Thanks to Kathy for assisting with the whipping. We left our backpacks behind and did a 5 mile loop around Rigdon Butte with daypacks. There were many lakes with suitable campsites for future trips.
Upon returning to camp we could see the winds had shifted and smoke was beginning to work its way across Waldo Lake. By the time we hiked the 2 miles back to the parking lot in near 90 degree heat, the smoke had covered the lake again but not enough to discourage us from a quick refreshing dip in Waldo Lake.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 8
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Davies, Russ 541-525-3719 N 2
2 Signed-Up Myers, Michael 541-579-4733 N 2
3 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 2
4 Signed-Up Bloomfield, Donna 831-818-2079 N 10
5 Signed-Up Rice, Cindy 541-513-0131 N 2
6 Signed-Up Parks, Linda 607-244-4194 N 2
7 Signed-Up Randall, Kathy 541-844-5916 N 10
8 Signed-Up Wheat, Diana 541-335-1319 N 2
9 Signed-Up Lisk, Martin 458-221-2978 N 10
10 Waitlist Winiarski, Larry 503-380-2235 N 10
11 Signed-Up Strutin, David 541-221-9015 N 2