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T/iro® Sitters can be seen trom Tidbits Mountain. These three volcanoes, each more than 10.000 toot
high, seem a stone's throw from this mountain north ot Blue River.
Touring the top of Tidbits Mountain
INTO THE
OUTDOORS
BY JAYSON JACOBY
Frw people would probably expend mm h ef
fort to see .1 plat e called Tidbits Mountain
Despite its diminutive name, though, this
5.185-foot peak north ol Blue River in the VVil
lamette National f orest offers a t.iste of just alrout
everything Oregon s Western hast ades have to of
fer
In return lor just two miles and 1.1)00 feet ol el
evation gain, hikers on the Tidbits Mountain tr.nl
will see old-growth trees, wildflowers. the re
mains of a log cabin, an impressive roi kslide. and
from the mountain’s summit close up views
of several I the Cascades' highest peaks l ew
trails offer the variety ol scenery found on the
lightly le-ed path t<* Tidbits Mountain, and you
won't even have to bang up your car too badly
getting there
If at all possible trv to make this trip on a clear
day. as tile view Iroin the top Is one ol the best in
the (inx< ades
To reach the treilheed, drive on Highway !.’(>
east of Eugene Springfield along the Mr ken/u
River lliis is truly it case where getting there is
hall the fun, .is the bright colors ol the many bios
somirrg flowets and tris-s prove that spring really
has arrived And the river's many moods
sometimes placidly flowing before turning into
raging w hitnwater around the next trend are al
ways interesting
Just under three miles from the second of two
signs pointing to Blue River, look for paver! road
15 on the left side of the highway follow this
road nearly five miles along the eastern shore of
ltlue Kiver reservoir Immediately .if'' r < rossfng a
bridge. where the road turns to gravel. nmlmu#
straight ahead on road I SOU ignoring the right
fork, thill is the < nntmu.itmn of ri i I 1 '<
\ I though road lfu'i has I.. .•■■i ■ nily g: id.-ii
and is smooth enough for cars : , sleep and
winding There are dropoff-, most of file way as
the road i limbs the Tidbits t'n-ek myon, t>>.' if
you fake if slow it shouldn't i ; a a m
Almost eight miles Iron th' b in.I ah' i ;t
one-quarter mile alter passing a gieen wat.-r tank
on !he left side of lie road. turn ra id it lo tile
left This road leads very stei ; ly up:.ill ah- id a
tenth ol a mile, w here a short spur ■ el to the it'll
ends alter 100 yards in I small parkii m a
There is no (railhead sigm liul lie- trail is easy
to pu k up as i: i d- ill into fh'- ' a'
of the |iarkmg .tied I idhds Muun'.un i; '
from this pom! as the m k pinna Ii r. si;
the W esf
The trail hi: ! S steadily hilt gradually a
the siite of a steep ridge, passing rigid through it
middle of a < lassit uid growth Douglas ITr Inn
carpeted yvith rhododendrons and wtldli.-w :
There are a levs fowned ,igs across the trad, 1 .
it's no problem to step around them Alter 1
mill's the trail real la ■■ a ;um tioii mark'-tl by a
sign and the crumbled remains of an old log i ah
111 Idle right folk ieads !o an alternate trailhrad af
road 1500 l ake the left fork past the i .ihln re
mams
The trull now , urves around fo the shaded
north side ol the ridge, where the lust views of
Ml Jeflerson open up About three tenths ol a
mile from the junt lion, the trail i fosses a large
and blocks rockslide of basalt lava There is a
Turn to SUMMIT Pago 13
Young Ducks excited
about Green’s game
By Dave Charbonneau
F/wald Sport* Reporter
With the acquisition of
new head coach Jerry Croon,
it seems .in though th«* Ore
gon men's basketball team Is
in ii can't lose situation
A new, faster paced style
of play, a new philosophy, a
new attitude and a new face
will hrinu new life into a
program tlmt was slowly dv
mg umler former coach Don
Monson
Some players will benefit
more than others Volume
Stoudainire and Andre 1 sil
lier will, lor instance, only
have one year to play under
Creen I lie players who are
going to lie responsible for
building a reputation for the
l)u< ks and Croon are the
freshmen/soon-to he-sopho
mores
And the Ducks are loaded
with them
Jeff Potter, Johnnie Keeco.
Orlando Williams. Damon
Runyon and Kiev inn Robin
son ,|U will get three years to
learn (.o n's sy stem
I’ulli i ,i tel, n ii ." iorvs ard,
saui he d ralb r get a new
coat h now than later
If tins is going to hap
pen. ' he -.aid. ' I'm glad they
did i! now so I have a few
years left "
Williams, a 0 loot guard,
re !i f ■■ the older players
e, h* getting a lavs deal
they i an handIn
av he tougher for the
spent-need players"
Williams said "But it's deft
u u el v notlung they i an I
handle "
Tin team met w ith (ireen
Lis' wei k and had nothing
but positive things to say
about him
The team vs i ■■ really
pleased with him," Potter
said lie was real easy go
tog. mil he looked like
someone you could lalk lu.
which is w hat w e all w ant
ed "
Alter Monson was fired,
many players brought up the
fact that Monson was a diffi
cult person to lalk to
'"((ireen) seemed like a
Jerry Green
strong dwelling figure, Wil
liam* Mtid "H«i Ini us know
that it we worked together,
wo could get u lot nceom
plished "
Hut tho main thing coach
Green lots said impressed
his now loam the most was
that ho wautod lo |>Ihv a
more up-tempo game
Under Munson, tho loam
rosortod to tiio slow down
game moro often than Ralph
Miller's old Oregon State
loams Not only was Oregon
losing, it was also playing
lairing basketball
Reece, who started at
point guard for most of last
season, said everyone was
ext itoil at the prosper t of
getting into the open ( our!
"All the guys like the (act
that he wants to run, as op
p< I sod to last \ eat win n vs e
were always walking the hall
up court, Reer e a id
Williams is Irom I’ort
ianil s Henson High School,
who h is known for its run
and gun style of play, and he
oil v i oti s I y appro v e s of
(Ireeu's plans (nr high s< ia
ing games
I Ifunk his sly le ol play is
definitely a Imiiius lor us,"
he said "I'm looking for
ward to it It's not i:\iii tly
like Benson, hut H will he a
lot of fun
The tpiesiion is, how long
will ll lake the Ducks lo gel
used to the new system? The
Turn to GREEN, Pago 13
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