Inge Scheve For the Emerald
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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
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