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Easy and Extreme at the Coast
July
14-15, 2007
Sponsored by: Yachats Coastal
Gems/Columbia River Volkssport Club
Times: Start 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
Finish by 4:00 pm both days.
Location: Yachats Commons, Highway
101 downtown Yachats, OR
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Walk
info: 4 walks
- Yachats area walk: Rated
1+ 10Km with a 4 Km option that will change the rating to 4. This walk takes
you through the Beautiful Coastal town of Yachats OR with it's spectacular
rocky coastline and crashing waves. Then along the "804 trail" that follows
the coast and provides fantastic views of the Pacific ocean. Take the option
up behind the town to a magnificent viewpoint way above the town. ( the
option is rated 4)
- Waldport Bayshore
walk: rated 1+ Walk through the Bayshore area of Waldport. Stroll along a
sandy beach or look for treasures that the ocean deposits here.
- Gwynn Creek: Rated
4 10 Km. This walk is a classic. It takes you past some of the largest old
growth left in the State, along a creek and up to the ridge high above Gwynn
Creek. You will then walk down to the Cape Perpetua Visitors Center and along
the Oregon Coast Trail with striking views of the crashing surf at Cooks
Chasm. Then back to your car at the State Park right beside the Ocean.
- Berry Creek Trail:
Rated 3, 10Km. This is an all new walk that starts at the Horse Camp on Cape
Mountain So. of Yachats. It takes you to a viewpoint overlooking the ocean and
then down and along Berry creek, through the forest and then up to the old
fire lookout atop Cape Mountain. Back along another forest Trail, past an old
Indian "hitsi", a log shelter, and back to your car. Elk are plentiful in the
area and they are frequently sighted here.
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Other Events this weekend:
- Yachats Music Festival: Info at
www.yachatsinfo/ymf 5110-601-7919 (This is tentative at this point
please check web page)
- Annual Lions Club smelt fry, Saturday July 14
at the Yachats Commons.
- Old time Fiddlers At the Yachats Commons
- Annual Yachats Library book sale
- OTSVA meeting at 1:00 pm in the council room at
The Commons. Please eat lunch prior to the meeting.
- Lodging: Available at Howard
Johnson Hotel at Bayshore in Waldport OR at reduced rates to Volkssporter.
541-563-7700
There are many other hotels and motels
in Yachats
http://www.yachats.org/
Wheelchair OK on most of the Yachats Town
walks, not on the others.
Stroller OK on Yachats and part of Waldport
walk.
Dogs OK but must be on leash
Free walkers welcome, AVA credit $3.00 per
walk.
Contact:
Dick or Carolyn
503-649-7675
crvcinfo@yahoo.com
Ken
541-547-3520
Parksea916@pioneer.net
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