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By FRANK TERBUSH
Umpqua National Forest
F ew people realize that there are
over 1,500 miles of road currently
in place on the Umpqua National
Forest. These roads, largely built
by the forest products industry,
open the forest to timber harvest
and welcome the traveler to enjoy
the beautifies they afford.
Thinking that folks might hesi
tate to travel into the forest when
they aren't acquainted with road
conditions, we recently checked out
a 135-mile loop from Roseburg
through Tiller and return. The trip
requires roughly five hours travel
time but plan on spending a day
and really enjoying it.
Travel oyer the weekend if you
prefer not to meet logging trucks.
These trucks look mighty substan
tial when they swing around a cor
ner unexpectedly! Before detail
ing the route shown on the ac
companying map, .a few, .items
should be covered:
Be Prepared
A shovel, axe and bucket should
be standard equipment in any ve
hicle traveling National Forest
roads in fire season. This is fire
spason. You should expect some
dust. Even though road oil is used
on some roads, and calcium chlo
ride on others, to inhibit dust, it
is never altogether unavoidable.
Your tires, springs and shocks
should be in reasonably good
shape.
Regardless of the time and mon
ey spent on forest roads they nev
er can be as smooth as a super
highway. Finally, the forest road
is no place for those who feel un
comfortable in high altitudes. You
will drive on "shelf" roads from
time to time. Views from Uiem
usually are spectacular.
Now to the tour.
Starting from the junction of NE
Stephens St. and NE Diamond
Lake Blvd. in Roseburg, proceed
east 16.5 miles to the Little River
Road just this side of the bridge
across Little River at Glide. Turn
right and follow the blacktop. Just
opposite the Greenwood Cafe (10.9
miles from the Glide Junction),
glance up the hill to the right and
note the basalt-capped pillars. You
almost expect to see elves issue
forth. , . , .
These formations look like some-
SOUTH UMPQUA FALLS is one of the most spectacular
of the Umpqua National Forests scenic spots. It is located
on the South Umpqua Road. An excellent campground is
nearby.
thig from a child's fairy book.
Just beyond this (1V1 miles) is the
Wolf Creek Campground. There are
plenty of tables and room for pic
nics. Just up the hill is a demon
stration of forest tree-thinning. A
sign in the campground explains
the purpose and method. One and
six-tenths mile beyond camp you
leave the county blacktop and
drive on Forest Service oil (30.2
miles from Roseburg). This is
near the Watson place. Mr. Watson
formerly "packed" for the Forest
Service in the days when all ac
cess was by trail. You get an ex
cellent view of Taft Mountain rim-
rock from this point.
Proceed exactly 12 miles from
the end of the blacktop to a bridge
in a curve across Little River.
This bridge is placed in a switch
back that swings to the right as
the road climbs. Just remember
to keep the main drainage to your
right at all times as you go up
this stretch.. Ignore signs beckon
ing you into Black Creek, White
Creek, Pinnacle Creek, Junction
Creek and Taft Mountain Ski Area
and the rest. (Save these roads
for another trip).
Follow the signs leading to Lake
in the Woods Forest Camp. This
is 1.2 miles past the Little River
switch-back bridge. . Be sure to
atop and examine the trail cabin
constructed by Rangers Watson,
Oden and Bonebrake. These sturdy
souls went into the woods with a
sack of tools and a keg of nails,
and built a snug trail cabin that
has stood up well these past 56
years. Go inside and examine the
woods tools that are displayed on
the walls. The Little River Falls
trail takes off just across the road
from the cabin. A trail to Hemlock
Creek Falls takes off from the
campground. These falls are worth
your time.
Not Reforestation
A mile beyond the cabin (44.4
miles from town) stands one of
the finest examples of Douglas-fir
reforestation on the Umpqua.
We're proud of this one. It ap
pears that every tree planted grew.
Two signs point straight ahead
one marked "North Umpqua Riv
er 15" and one "Lookout Moun
tain Viewpoint 5." A third sign
directs you on up the hill "Twin
Lakes Trail 12." Take this road
(to the right). A few feet further
on you are reminded this is a
single-track road with turnouts.
Take heed!
One and two-tenths (1.2) miles
from this important junction you
will see another cluster of signs,
one of which directs you up the
Quartz Mountain Road 4'i miles.
few
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THE NORTH FACE of yuartz Mountain is shown as it
would appear to travelers from the Little River-South
Umpqua Divide. Matchless scenic beauty awaits those
who venture into the Umpqua National Forest.
Follow the one so marked.
Exactly 48 miles from town are
signs inviting you to see Hemlock
Lake (one-half mile to the fight )
and Quartz Mountain Guard Sta
tion (one mile to the right). At
least drive into the lake. The State
Game people built it and some day
will rear fish there. If you feel
like walking, swing across the
dam and along the west side of
the lake until you cross the trail
into the old guard station. A short
walk brings you out into a quiet
little high mountain meadow. You
will be glad you went.
Divide Encountered .
Three miles beyond this sign
you come to the well-marked di
vide. The elevation is 4,700 feet at
this point. It is 35 miles down the
mountain to Tiller and 33 miles
back, the way you came, to Glide.
Quartz Mountain looms up back
of the sign boards. The cliff sup
porting Grassho ppcr Look
out makes a slash in the forest
green. You look down on Acker
Rock. Move cautiously south and
west, continuously losing altitude.
The only rather rough spot of the
trip occurs 8.8 miles down from
the summit (58.3 miles from Rose
burg). Some ruts were formed in
wet weather and are now hard.
These require some skills and
judgment in negotiating now that
they are dry and hard.
Eleven and four-tenths miles
from the summit you find your
self on the South Umpqua Road
headed down the road 22 miles to
Tiller. Stop six-tenths of a mile
west of this junction and walk over
to tne salmon hole. There alwavi
are some big chinook swimming
around in the deep water near the
rocKs. a oiks have worn most of
the moss off the rocks watching
thpse big ones.
Three miles west of the junc
tion of the Quartz Mountain and
South Umonna Roads vou will see
me hiutn Umnaua Falls Camn
ground. The falls are quite a sieht.
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