Spring Basin and John Day Fossil Beds
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Start date: 05/17/2013
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Start time: 12:00 AM
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End date: 05/19/2013
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End time: 11:59 PM
Description:
The mileage, elevation, and rating will depend on participant's choices. We will head to Spring Basin on Friday, May 17 for two nights, and return to Eugene on Sunday. We will be staying at the OMSI Camp Hancock Field Station, a rustic but comfortable camp right on the edge of the Spring Basin Wilderness, close to the John Day Clarno unit. We will be housed in A-frame cabins with two bunk beds each. Communal showers and toilets are close by, and meals are served in the dining hall. Included in the trip price are two dinners, two breakfasts and lunch fixings.
Scout Camp Trail near Crooked River Ranch is an optional hike on our way over to Camp Hancock. It is an easy 3-mile loop with 650 ft. elevation gain. Saturday and Sunday mornings, we can hike on trails near the Hancock Station or in the Spring Basin Wilderness. Another option is to visit the Clarno Unit in the John Day Fossil Beds where there are several short hikes. That could be combined with driving an additional 18 miles to Fossil, where we could arrange to dig and collect fossils in the Fossil Beds at Wheeler High School.
I would like to lead an optional pre-trip, leaving on Thursday, May 16 to visit Sheep Rock Unit near Dayville and the Painted Hills Unit in nearby Mitchell. We’d have time for exploring and hiking in some dramatic landscapes and probably spend the night in Mitchell.
Trip price, including meals and accommodation is $110 members and $115 nonmembers. To reserve your spot, sign up online and send a non-refundable check for $20, payable to the Obsidians, to Janet Jacobsen, 4975 Old Dillard Rd, Eugene OR 97405. Call Janet at 343-8030 for more information or email her at jbjacobsen@comcast.net. There will be an organizational meeting for participants at the lodge in late April or early May.
Read Chris Stockdale’s account of the various hikes in the Spring Basin Wilderness trip in 2010 in the June 2010 and June 2011 Bulletins at www.obsidians.org/bulletin/Issues/2010_Bulletins/2010_06_Bulletin.pdf
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Event Leader: Jacobsen Janet
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Assistant Leader:
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Event category: Extended Trips
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Area Type:
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Departure Location: See Trip Description
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Rating: Moderate
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Roundtrip total drive miles: 600
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Season: 2013
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Permits Required:
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Event Status: Passed
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Supplies and Equipment Required: sleeping bag, pillow, towel, rain gear, layered clothing, hiking boots, shoes to wear at station, beverage, lunch for first day, sun screen. I'll provide more information at the pre organizational meeting.
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participant prerequisites:
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Conditions:
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Total Distance: 17
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Member Fees: 110
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Elevation Gain:
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Non-Member Fees: 115
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Committee: Extended Trips
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Junior member fees: —
Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted
- Number of spots on trip: 21
- Number of spots available: 0
No. | Status | Full name | Phone | Transportation Needed? | Trip Fee | # Can Take? |
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1 | Signed-Up | Jacobsen, Janet | 541-206-1251 | N | 110 | |
2 | Signed-Up | Dorland, Julie | 541-968-2447 | N | 115 | |
3 | Signed-Up | McCoy, Verlean | 541-895-3726 | N | 110 | |
4 | Signed-Up | Metcalfe, Valerie | 541-221-5702 | N | 110 | |
5 | Signed-Up | Wolters, Kris | 541-908-3171 | N | 110 | |
6 | Signed-Up | Atkinson, John | 541-752-7175 | N | 115 | |
7 | Signed-Up | Jacobsen, John | 541-914-1132 | N | 110 | |
8 | Signed-Up | White, Nancy | 541-614-4701 | N | 110 | |
9 | Signed-Up | Krentz, Holger | 541-868-7792 | N | 110 | |
10 | Signed-Up | Whitfield, Nancy | 541-520-0450 | N | 110 | |
11 | Signed-Up | Whitfield, Jim | 541-937-2364 | N | 115 | |
12 | Signed-Up | Mac Afee, Patricia | 541-510-8862 | N | 115 | |
13 | Signed-Up | Duncan, Jim | 541-343-8079 | N | 115 | |
14 | Signed-Up | Duncan, Sharon | 541-343-8079 | N | 110 | |
15 | Signed-Up | Essenberg, Margaret | 541-343-1733 | N | 110 | |
16 | Signed-Up | Essenberg, Richard | 541-343-1733 | N | 110 | |
17 | Signed-Up | Sanazaro, Susan | 505-906-7327 | N | 115 | |
18 | Signed-Up | Laidman, Janel | 541-653-6451 | N | 115 | |
19 | Signed-Up | Roy, Beth | 541-687-0128 | N | 115 | |
20 | Signed-Up | Cleall, Wayne | 541-687-0128 | N | 115 | |
21 | Signed-Up | Bonine, Anne | 541-345-2095 | N | 115 | |
22 | Signed-Up | Kameenui, Brenda | 541-344-9506 | N | 110 | |
23 | Signed-Up | Newman, Judy | 541-359-7427 | N | 110 | |
24 | Signed-Up | Shuraleff, Chris | 541-954-4474 | N | 110 | |
25 | Signed-Up | Barr, Marsha | 541-579-4096 | N | 110 | |
26 | Signed-Up | Grant, Elizabeth | 541-514-1176 | N | 110 | |
27 | Signed-Up | Nelson, Nola | 541-942-5326 | N | 110 | |
28 | Signed-Up | Martz, Helen | 541-345-6229 | N | 110 | |
29 | Signed-Up | Beckley, LaRee | 541-338-8520 | N | 110 | |
30 | Signed-Up | Tan, Ying | 541-684-8219 | N | 115 | |
31 | Signed-Up | Crumb, David | 541-684-8219 | N | 115 | |
32 | Signed-Up | Fogg, May | 541-998-3891 | N | 110 | |
33 | Signed-Up | Gunther, Barbara | 541-654-3576 | N | 110 | |
34 | Signed-Up | Livingston, Mary | 541-343-0030 | N | 110 | |
35 | Waitlist | Snow, Leila | 541-968-5533 | N | 110 |