Past Activity

Pisgah Long Route w/Options

  • Start date: 03/29/2025

  • Start time: 8:00 AM

Description:

Meeting place and time: By the bathrooms at Mt. Pisgah, West (main) Trailhead. Please arrive early so that we can get organized and depart on time. If you don’t have a Lane County parking pass, please allow additional time to purchase one with a Debit/Credit card (no cash) at the fee box by the upper trailhead.

We will follow the Incense Cedar Trail and Trails 5, 56 and 6 to the summit, where we will gather for water and a snack. (At this point, those who prefer a shorter hike can return from the summit directly via main Trail 1, a total of about 5 miles and 2-2.5 hours.) To complete the long route, we will descend Trail 2, then follow Trails 4 and 3 around Swing Hill to the North Trailhead, and finally return to the West Trailhead along the river trail. It will probably take about 3.5-4 hours to hike the entire 9.4 miles. We can adjust the route if the weather is poor.

  • Event Leader: Karen Yoerger

  • Event Leader Phone: 5415102832

  • Event Leader Email: yoergerkl@gmail.com

  • Assistant Leader: Sandra Sigrist

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Mixed

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2025

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Clothing to layer for cold, rain, wind, or unlikely sun; plenty of water and snack; poles if you like to use them. Let’s enjoy the natural sounds of the trail - before meeting the group, please mute all phones, watches, etc

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 5-9.4

  • Member Fees:

  • Elevation Gain: 1200

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees:

Trip Report

A beautiful day at Mt. Pisgah! Wildflowers in bloom include Oregon grape, red currant, trillium, fawn lily, western houndstongue, oak rockcress, snow queen, and camas. Ten hikers completed the route with the group, two detoured from the North Trailhead to the Native Plant Nursery, one took a shortcut at Trail 14 back to the main trail, and one split off from the group at the summit to catch up with a work party elsewhere in the park. A great day with a great group of hikers!

2025 Annual Meeting is 6:30 pm, Friday, October 10 at the Lodge!

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