All visitors and Trails Club members are encouraged to enjoy the great Northwest outdoors by selecting a hike, bike ride or other event from this calendar. Gentle Reminders provides explanation of hike difficulty and hike guideline. Detail description of common meeting is available at Meeting Places.

Index:

Date	Day	Event Description
Week 1
2	Sat	Annual Hosts/Cooks Appreciation Event @ Tyee
3-5	Sun-Tue	Oregon Trail Adventure Hike/Camp - Class A/B
Week 2
9-10	Sat-Sun	Nesika Work Trip
Week 3
12	Tue	Board Meeting - 7PM, Mazama MC
15	Fri	Blazer Deadline
16-24	Sat-Sun	PCT Backpack Old Station CA to Belden CA - Class C
Week 4
23-24	Sat-Sun
Week 5
Oct 30-31	Sat-Sun

Events

Week-1

October 2 (Sat)Annual Hosts/Cooks Appreciation Event @ Tyee

Members have you hosted or cooked at a lodge in the last year or so? If not, are you ready to sign up to host or cook in the future? If so come and enjoy some fun and a nice dinner at Tyee on Saturday, October 2nd. Bring your calendars and your favorite (funny) host/cook story to share. We will start at 2:00 and talk about possible kitchen improvements, equipment, staples and other topics.
Bring your calendars so you can sign up for your favorite dates! Make reservations no later than 9:00pm Wed. Sept. 29th.
Contact: Virginia Larson (503)750-9316 or tco2007adm@yahoo.com

Oct 3-5 (Sun-Tues) Oregon Trail Adventure Hike/Camp - Class A/B

I did a part of my graduate work on the Oregon Trail. Why in October? Most OT immigrants past this area then. We will explore, by foot and by car the remnants of the Oregon Trail west of Echo, Oregon, to the Deschutes River crossing.
Description: two nights camping at Deschutes River State Park tenting sites. Short hikes, short walks to historical sites and short drives. Elevation gain is none to 500 feet.
Day 1 - Set up camp, hike on the trail east of the Deschutes River.
Day 2 - Drive east on I-84 to Echo and return west on side roads that closely follow the Oregon Trail routes. Return to camp for the night. An option is to finish trip and leave.
Day 3 - Hike the Deschutes River trail. Return home.
Please call or email for details. Sign up by Sept 30.
Leader: Gary Holman 503-261-3571 or email gholman239@verizon.net

Week-2

Week-3

October 16th- 24th (Sat-Sun) PCT Backpack Old Station CA to Belden CA - Class C

Backpack 81.7 miles.
We will leave Portland after everyone gets off work on Friday the 15th of October. We will Drive down to the State park Valley of the Rogue on I-5 and spend the night. We will then drive on down to Old Station and arrange the car shuttle and take off hiking. Daily average miles are 10-12. Elevation varies from 2330 at Belden to highest point of 7590 going over a shoulder of Lassen. Lassen is a beautiful area. We will then undulate towards Belden. There are Hot springs and lakes along the first 40 miles. The last 40 miles are lava fields and forests. October is a great month to hike this section of the trail because of fall colors and cooler weather.
Limit 6. To register call Linda Conrad at 360-837-3875 or lcgrconrad@aol.com.

Week-4

Week-5

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Blazer Contact Info.:

Blazer Newsletter:
Send write-ups to: Blazer at trailsclub.org
or
Phillip Jackson
10544 SW Windsor Ct
Tigard, OR 97223
503-639-6250

Please use the following format:
Month Day (Day of week) Event Title - Class A,B,C
Description Text - Please include distance, elevation change, and round trip driving distance.
Do not capitalize full words, lines or sentences for emphasis
Day trip descriptions should be under 100 words.
Depart: Meeting place, with address if possible, and departure time
Leader: Name Phone and/or email.