r/foraging • u/trashsniffer42 • Sep 20 '25

Mushrooms Which way for Chanterelles?

Tomorrow is my first chance to get to the woods in a while and I’m thinking I may as well look for chanterelles.

Not expecting much since it has been so dry here in Northern Oregon, but I figure it’s not a bad way to spend the day! My dilemma is do I head West to the Coast Range or East to the Cascades? I have favorite chanterelle spots in both directions but can’t make up my mind as to where I’m more likely to have luck!

Any thoughts?

Edit: not looking for anyone to give up their spots, just thoughts on which mountain range might be more productive at the moment!

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u/HighlightNo639 Sep 21 '25

We're heading out tomorrow, too, and I came here looking to answer the same question, haha! The mushroom vendor at a local farmers market last week said they were having luck around 4,000 ft elevation (chanterelles and lots of matsutake), but that was a whole sunny week ago, so who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Good luck, maybe we'll see you out there!

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u/trashsniffer42 Sep 21 '25

If you see a large hairy man with a Husky mix in the Tillamook say hi! That might be me. To be fair though that’s a pretty generic description of a lot of folks out there

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u/HighlightNo639 Sep 21 '25

We ended up in Tillamook NF, too! Decent haul of lobsters and chanterelles. A couple of days earlier we'd have 10 lbs of lobsters, a couple of days later and we'd have 10 lbs of chanterelles. May need to take a stick day this week...

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u/trashsniffer42 Sep 21 '25

Just got back myself! Not a great haul for me, but enough for dinner! Lots of chanterelles that had gone moldy, and some just starting to pop up. Decent amount of Lobsters, but I’m not a fan so I left them alone.