Field Trip: Sterling Mine Ditch Trail, Tunnel Ridge with the Siskiyou Plant Explorers
May 10 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Saturday, May 10, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Field Trip: Sterling Mine Ditch Trail, Tunnel Ridge with the Siskiyou Plant Explorers
Leader: Al Collinet
The Tunnel Ridge section of the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail passes through oak and ponderosa pine woods, madrone groves, fir forests, and open grassy areas with excellent views of the mountains and Little Applegate River. The round-trip hike will start at the Tunnel Ridge trailhead on Little Applegate Road and is five miles long with about 500 feet of elevation gain. Al will share his Southwest Oregon Species Guide on the genera Dipterostemon, Dichelostemma and Garrya. You are probably more familiar with blue dicks, ookow, round tooth ookow, Fremont silk tassle, box-leaved silk tassle, and wavyleaf silk tassle. Bring lunch and water and be prepared for the weather.
Meeting options:
- Meet at Tunnel Ridge trailhead on Little Applegate Road at 9:00 am
- To carpool from Medford, meet at Walmart, 1360 Center Dr, Medford at the SE corner of the parking lot at 8:10 am.
For more information and to register for this hike, email si************@***il.com.
