![]() ![]() When I’d checked the forecast the night before it simply called for “widespread haze” with Sunday showing as sunny.Īfter 1.4 miles on the Beaver Swamp Trail we arrived at the Fish Lake Trail where we turned left. It was surprisingly overcast and a light drizzle was falling as we hiked through a mixed forest with madrone trees and sporadic poison oak. We set off downhill on the Beaver Swamp Trail which promptly entered the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness. We then continued on our drive to the Beaver Swamp Trailhead which we arrived at shortly after 9am. In all our wanderings here came to 0.4 miles, a good leg stretcher after having driven for a little over 3 hours. We began by visiting the base of the falls then hiked up above the falls. We had the popular swimming area that often draws large crowds all to ourselves. My Mom had mentioned a water fall along the South Umpqua River that they had not made it to during their explorations and when I saw the sign for the South Umpqua Falls picnic area I thought this might be the falls she was talking about so we pulled in for a quick peek. We made an unscheduled stop on the drive to the trailhead at South Umpqua Falls (We used our NW Forest Pass to cover the $5 day use fee). We planned on hiking out the next day one of two ways, either by Rocky Ridge which Sullivan described as a rough route requiring route finding skills or back the way we’d come via the Beaver Swamp Trail. To do this we planned hiking into Fish Lake from the Beaver Swamp Trailhead, setting up camp there, and then taking the Lakes Trail from there to the Buckeye and Cliff Lakes for a loop described by Sullivan visiting Grasshopper Mountain. Our goal was to finish hikes #6 & 7, Fish Lake and Buckeye & Cliff Lakes respectively. ![]() For Labor Day Weekend we continued our focus on featured hikes from the Southern Oregon area and headed for the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness to visit several lakes. ![]()
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