Hike Coordinator – Edwin Case
Three Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Club members journeyed to the Fuji Mountain trail head located in the Willamette National Forest near Oakridge Oregon.
We hiked uphill just over three miles to the peak of Fuji Mountain and were rewarded with views of Waldo Lake and the Three Sisters. Although this day offered good views, the pre-hike a couple of days prior offered stupendous views as the skies were much clearer.
After enjoying the views from the peak, we hiked down to Birthday Lake where we stopped for lunch and were greeted by pretty lakeside scenery.
According to the forest service’s website this trail is notorious for “hordes” of mosquitos thus the reason for going mid-August and I’m happy to report that we didn’t find the mosquitos to be bad. We met a few other hikers on the trail and ran across a group of mountain bikers from Eugene. All in all a good hiking day with roughly seven miles of hiking.
Pictures by Patty Groth
