Day Hike - Grants Pass Area Siskiyous

Email leader directly to request leader permission, including your interests (wildflowers, photography, hiking) in the hike  and recent easy/moderate hike experience.  Leader is unable to receive your message from the permission link.

Before registering, be aware of drive times.  Approx drive time (mod. traffic), add 1+ hr for possible heavy I-5 traffic:  Seattle to Grants Pass/Medford 8-9 hr, Valley of Rogue SP to Selma/Cave Jct 45/55 min.  Carpooling encouraged.

Two hikes:  Eight Dollar Mtn interpretive 1 mile boardwalk trail (near Selma) and short botanical drive to serpentine bog sites, followed by Waters Creek trail (up to 3.4 mile loop, S of Grants Pass).

Make it a weekend and add Saturday wildflower hike at Lower Table Rock near Medford.

 Participants are responsible for arranging own accommodations.  Tent/yurt camping (Valley of the Rogue State Park or Josephine County parks) or motel in Grants Pass/Medford/Selma areas.  Leader is tent camping Fri-Sat nights at Valley of the Rogue State Park.  If you wish to stay at yurt, reserve ASAP.

Wildflower photos for Eight Dollar Mtn botanical area, Illinois River Road area, & Waters Creek:  www.pnwflowers.com/photos/april

For info on Klamath-Siskiyou Serpentines see: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/serpentines/ .  Outstanding info on serpentine geology, plant adaptations, serpentine endemic plant list for this region, plant photos, and more.  We'll be visiting premier sites recommended for the Oregon Siskiyous.  "The Klamath-Siskiyou Mounains of northwest California and southwest Oregon are the largest serpentine area in North America."

Books recommended (leader will bring): Oregon's Best Wildflower Hikes: Southwest Region (Horn), 100 Hikes in Southern Oregon, and Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest (Turner & Gustafson).

8:30am - Wonder General Store, Hwy 199 S of Grants Pass