The Ridgeline Trail offers hikers a more rugged experience than other trails thoughout Eugene. It is composed of over 11 miles of trails to explore, following the ridgeline of Eugene's South Hills. Several trailheads are available for accessing portions of the trail.

On a hike in 2006, in the spur of the moment I decided to climb Spencers Butte, instead of walking the Ridgeline Trail. -http://www.planeteugene.com/spencersbutte.htm After taking the wrong "trail" (not a trail at all but rather a water runoff channel), I began to consider the old saying, "there is no fool like an old fool", to be a pretty profound statement. I could just imagine myself wandering the heights of the butte looking for the trail. The climb back from the so-called trail was so steep that I did some stretches by crawling, and all of this with two cameras and bags on my back. Just another tale in the misadventures of fotabug. In 2015, I hiked the butte twice in two weeks. I got the date wrong for a dedication of the renovated trail to the top, and so made the hike a week early. The following week, on the correct date, I hiked it again. A new set of photos record some of the event.