We will start on time at 7:00 am. Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time. This hike to the top of Spencer Butte takes the less traveled route from Blanton Road. We'll cross Blanton Ridge before continuing on from the 52nd and Willamette trailhead. This option provides a good in town workout.…
NOTE: Flexible departure time from 7:45 to 8:00.
Every Wednesday since 2013 we do this hike from the Martin Street Trailhead to the summit of Spencer Butte. Compared to starting at the paved Spencer Butte parking lot, this hike has double the climbing and three times the distance. It is a condition…
Meet at the Wild Iris Ridge Park trailhead on the corner of Bailey Hill Road and S. Bertleson. Pleas…
I have a four night Grand Canyon backpacking permit for up to six hikers the nights of May 4, 5, 6, …
The back trails at Finley are open this time of year so we may do a shuttle and see areas that are new. Either way plan on wet trails, and tall grass. This is primarily a hike but we stop at one blind to check out the birds. For those interested in the headquarters gift shop they should be open.…
This trip is intended for recent graduates of the Obsidians climb school. We will ascend via the Pioneer Gulch route on the south to southwest side of the mountain. …
We will start on time at 7:00 am. Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time. This hike to the top of Spencer Butte takes the less traveled route from Blanton Road. We'll cross Blanton Ridge before continuing on from the 52nd and Willamette trailhead. This option provides a good in town workout.…
This trip is intended for recent graduates of the Obsidians climb school. We will ascend via the Pioneer Gulch route on the south to southwest side of the mountain. …
NOTE: Flexible departure time from 7:45 to 8:00.
Every Wednesday since 2013 we do this hike from the Martin Street Trailhead to the summit of Spencer Butte. Compared to starting at the paved Spencer Butte parking lot, this hike has double the climbing and three times the distance. It is a condition…
Spring is here and so is our first Obsidian bus trip. Sign up now to visit the recently renovated Creswell Historic Schoolhouse, Wildlife Safari, and the Douglas County Museum. Our own Verlean McCoy, Obsidian and chair of the Creswell Heritage Foundation, will tell us about the seven-year, $365,00…
This will be a full day of touring the great community projects provided by St. Vincent de Paul, and will include a lot of walking and a short bus ride. It will be a wonderful opportunity to learn firsthand about all the services St. Vinnie's provides our community, and to meet some of the staff an…
Meet at the Obsidian Lodge to start the hike on the Ribbon Trail to Hendricks Park and back. This is…
Obsidians volunteer day at Green Island just few miles north from Coburg, OR.
We'll work 9:00 AM - 1…
Meet at the Obsidian Lodge to start the hike on the Ribbon Trail to Hendricks Park and back. This is…
This is the area that inspired the Dune series. It is a drive but you see the highest dunes in on the coast. Motorized vehicles are not allowed in this area. Eel Creek, is canceled. I will put it back on in the fall.…
The Entertainment and Bus Trips committees are co-sponsoring a Mother's Day Pancake Breakfast at the Lodge, followed by a hike on the Ribbon Trail to the Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden. Mother's Day is the peak of blooms in the garden. The Friends of Hendricks Park will be available in the park …
Being able to rescue a partner from a fall into a crevasse is a basic skill that any mountaineer nee…
We will start on time at 7:00 am. Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time. This hike to the top of Spencer Butte takes the less traveled route from Blanton Road. We'll cross Blanton Ridge before continuing on from the 52nd and Willamette trailhead. This option provides a good in town workout.…
Come join us for an evening of games at the Lodge from 4:30 – 7:30 pm. By signing up, you’ll help us…
NOTE: Flexible departure time from 7:45 to 8:00.
Every Wednesday since 2013 we do this hike from the Martin Street Trailhead to the summit of Spencer Butte. Compared to starting at the paved Spencer Butte parking lot, this hike has double the climbing and three times the distance. It is a condition…
Come explore the quiet beauty of eastern Oregon’s high desert canyons in this vista and flower filled hike into the Spring Basin wilderness. Depart Eugene Friday morning, drive approx 4 hours to TH near Clarno, OR. Hike into Spring Basin & camp, 4 miles 800’. Saturday day hike into Hay Bottom and Ea…
Patterson. Mt, noted for wildflowers and the Lone Wolf Shelter. If the sky is clear you can see the Sisters from the top. The trip takes us up Hwy 58. We turn off on a logging road for about 8 miles. We should be back in town by early afternoon.…
This lovely hike is close in with a mix of forest types, understory and swampy areas.
The class is taught by Laurie Monico former EMT and Mountain Rescue member. She is currently on the…
This hike to the top of Spencer Butte takes the less traveled route from Blanton Road.
NOTE: Flexible departure time from 7:45 to 8:00.
Every Wednesday since 2013 we do this hike from the Martin Street Trailhead to the summit of Spencer Butte. Compared to starting at the paved Spencer Butte parking lot, this hike has double the climbing and three times the distance. It is a condition…
Moonrise is 8:21 and sunset is 8:40. Full moon is the next day.
Look for us by my car a row or two …
This hike has 3 distance options: #1 = 13.8 miles, #2 = 11.2 miles, #3 = 6.2 miles.
The #1 route will follow the Ridgeline Trail from the Blanton Trailhead to Mt. Baldy, and will include the Tie Trail and Spencer Butte summit on the hike out to Mt. Baldy. Following a lunch break at Mt. Baldy, the…
We will circumvent the “rock”, then hike up into the interior, exploring the various rock forms and enjoying the forever desert views. Then we’ll visit the Homestead Museum in the town of Fort Rock and learn of the fascinating and tragic history of the settlement and free land boondoggle of the area…
This trail is located just north of Florence in the Cape Mt area. We will be starting hike at Horse Creek campground. I did one version of this hike last year. This year we will take a second loop described as Horse Ridge. This loop will lead us back to primary trail on our return trip. We hike…
Meeting place: Jerry's Home Improvement, Highway 99, northeast corner of the parking lot. Arrive by 8:50 am for a 9am departure.
Mary's Peak should be showing off spring flowers. We'll take off from Connor's Camp and head counter clockwise, all the way to the peak for lunch. We'll then circle aroun…
We will start on time at 6:45 am. Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time. This hike to the top of Spencer Butte takes the less traveled route from Blanton Road. We'll cross Blanton Ridge before continuing on from the 52nd and Willamette trailhead. And then to the Spencer Butte summit.
NOTE: Flexible departure time from 7:45 to 8:00.
Every Wednesday since 2013 we do this hike from the Martin Street Trailhead to the summit of Spencer Butte. Compared to starting at the paved Spencer Butte parking lot, this hike has double the climbing and three times the distance. It is a condition…
We will be cleaning and beautifying the main Spencer Butte trailhead. Tasks will include sweeping, kiosk cleaning, leaf blowing, string trimming, and painting.
Bring your laptop or small device and join us at the Lodge for one-on-one help changing your password and logging in to the new site for the first time. Drop in 5:30–7:30 pm.
The historic Santiam Wagon was designed to lead settlers and their livestock eastward to the pasture lands of Central Oregon and to markets in eastern Oregon and Idaho. It became a major east-west byway through Cascades. This year the Trips Committee intends to have hikes all along this route.
The wild forests, mountains and rivers we enjoy hiking, climbing, and floating all have stories to t…
This is a National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) Wilderness First Aid class.
Obsidians volunteer day with Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah. Work party in native plant nursery: weeding, seed harvest, caring for plots of native plants and other nursery/gardening-type tasks....
For National Trails Day we will work to brush the trail sides of the Ridgeline Trail in preparation for the City's seasonal crew to come through with string trimmers.
Meet at the Willamette & 52nd Trailhead parking lot, the gravel lot on Willamette.
