Glide, Oregon

Visiting our niece Shonna, her husband Chris and the newest member of our family Anna Rose.

Blacktail Ridge Trail in the North Bank Wildlife Management Area. 

 North Bank Habitat Management Area is a former 6000 acre ranch, donated to the BLM.  This area was set aside to provide secure habitat for the Columbian white-tailed deer and other special status species. 

Enjoying North Forty, a local brewery.

Wolf Creek Falls

Nestled among the big trees in an old growth forest, this forest trail leads to a cascading two-tier waterfall that plummets 75 feet into a pool.

Little River

Little River rises north of Quartz Mountain in the Umpqua National Forest. It flows west-northwest and joins the North Umpqua from the south in Glide, Oregon. The confluence is known as Colliding Rivers because of the nearly head-on angle at which the streams meet.

Grotto Falls

The falls are located in a well-shaded river gorge that sees sunlight for only a few hours in the middle of the day. The first part of the trail passes through old-growth forest.

The trail arrives at the waterfall and passes behind the falls and through the deep, natural cavern.

Grotto Falls, where water splits and plunges 100 feet over a deeply recessed cliff, creating a double curtain of falling water.  

Soggy Bottoms, another trail located in the North Bank Wildlife Management Area.

We didn't go this way 😏

Hemlock Lake

 A beautiful 28 acre man-made reservoir surrounded by stands of mixed conifers. This reservoir is 33 feet at its deepest point. It is stocked with trout for good fishing from the banks or by boat.

Yellow Jacket Trail Loop

The trail goes through high elevation forest and open meadows to the ridge dividing the South Umpqua and North Umpqua River drainage's. It then turns east through a mix of managed forests to an area locally known as Dead Cow Lake. Turning north it returns to Hemlock Lake. 

We were surprised  with the amount of snow.

View of Hemlock Lake through the trees

Dead Cow Lake

Lunch time