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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 2000)
Inge Scheve For the Emerald Hardesty Mountain offers some of the best panoramas and is just one of the destinations off the Goodman Creek trail head on Highway 58. One Dozen Roses *15“ Delivered Call us! 344-9998 One dozen roses with greens, wrapped Delivered with your personal message Orders received by l :00pm delivered the same day ODE WORLDWIDE WWW. dailyemerald.com — PppPi ytna+olia. 'The Land East* , Traditional Greek & Indian Food (3) Lunch Monday through Saturday Dinner 7 Nights a Week 992 Willamette Eugene, Or 97401 343-9661 010791 / Gifts for the Body, Mind & Spirit ^ The Little Shop of Wisdom ★ k if Crystals ☆ Calendars ☆ Books ☆ Music ☆ Videos 342-8348 • 1374 Willamette Hours • 11:11—7:11 Nearby terrain is hikers’ paradise ■ Eugene and surrounding areas offer plenty of trails to keep hikers busy By Inge Scheve For the Emerald So, sticking around town for the holidays? And nothing to do? Think again. For those who don't mind get ting dirty, the Eugene area offers some outstanding hiking trails. Closest to the University are the Ridgeline Trail, Spencer Butte and Alton Baker Park, all within 10 minutes from campus. The Ridgeline Trail outlines the base of Spencer Butte and covers several miles of lush rolling ter rain. Trail users include runners, hikers and dog-walkers, but occa sionally mountain bikers and hors es venture onto the trail. Mountain bikers are technically confined to the easternmost por tions of the trail, stretching from Fox Hollow to Baldy Peak. Ridgeline's taxing terrain pro vides a fairly challenging run or a good hike for a total of about 12 miles round trip. Beware of ex tremely muddy conditions after rainy weather. Just up the road from the Ridge line Trail and off Willamette Street is the main Spencer Butte parking lot. This hike (or run) is a 1.5 mile loop that offers 360-degree views of the Willamette Valley from the Coast Range to Mount Bachelor. On a good day, trail users can see Mount Hood to the north, the entire Coast Range to the west with Mary's Peak towering over the horizon, Diamond Peak, Willamette Pass, Mount Bachelor and more. On an overcast day, it’s difficult to see even downtown Eu gene through the fog. Venturing out the other direc tion from school, Alton Baker Park is a short jog across the Autzen footbridge. The park is chock full of barkdust running trails that form a 10-mile-plus trail system, also known as Pre's Trail, this is named after Eugene running leg end Steve Prefontaine. He brought back the idea of barkdust trails after a trip to Fin land in the early 1970s. The park is pretty much flat, but it treats users to the beauty of the Willamette River with lush vegetation along the banks. Some trails are paved, making inline skating and bicy cling other trail-use alternatives. For those with transportation. Mount Pisgah is a steep but beauti ful trip. The parking area is adja cent to the Mount Pisgah Arbore tum, which features native plants and herbs through a 0.7-mile inter pretive walk. The hike to the top is three miles round trip. A word of caution regarding poison oak: It's thick around the trail! To get there, take 1-5 south and take the 30th Avenue exit (#189), then double back across the high way and turn right onto Franklin Boulevard. Turn left onto Seavy Loop Road across the Coast Fork Willamette River bridge, then turn left again for 0.4 miles to the park ing area. Farther off, the Goodman Trail at milepost 21 on Highway 58, just beyond the town of Lowell and the Lookout Point Reservoir, is a beau tiful hike. ' Hikers can choose to continue beyond Goodman Creek toward Eagle's Rest. That hike is 13.4 miles out and back all the way to Eagle's Rest, while it's four miles round trip to Goodman Creek. Don’t worry, there is no shame in volved in turning back earlier. Again, when the rains have been plentiful, this hike is rather soggy. The terrain is changing but mostly uphill on the way out, which makes for an easy return. Another favorite of the Lowell area is Fall Creek, a 5.8-mile, fairlv Turn to Hiking, page 14 Coursebook Buvback ■ EMU Lobby Dec. 4-7 •8:30 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Dec. 8 •8:30 A.M.-4:00 P.M. ■ Main Store Nov. 29-Dec. I I • Regular store hours Bring in books needed for upcoming terms and we II pay you one- half of the current new student price. UNIVERSITY of OREGON BOOKSTORE Ail books are 10% off EVERYDAY for current UO students, faculty and staff.
