Past Activity

Waxmyrtle Trail & Beach

  • Start date: 02/11/2024

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 02/11/2024

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

BRISK hike along the Siltcoos River estuary and to the Pacific. After lunch we will hike pretty much the same way back. Seventy percent of the hike is on the loose send.

✘✘✘ Forecast is drizzly 50°F with15-25MPH wind so please dress accordingly. ✘✘✘

  • Event Leader: Darko Sojak

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-799-9199

  • Event Leader Email: darchey@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Coastal

  • Departure Location: Eugene Target, W11th, parking lot closest to W11th

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 130

  • Season: 2024

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Dress for weather, lunch and hydration.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 5.1

  • Member Fees:

  • Elevation Gain: 150

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees:

Trip Report

It was cloudy, windy and drizzly. High tide, approaching sneaker waves, and the dunes altered by restoration project changed our plans, but we had a good Waxmyrtle Trail and beach hike. On the way back we stopped at Florence's downtown BJ's.
https://www.aol.com/news/siuslaw-national-forest-restore-50-045900977.html

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