The first wolf kill of the year in Southern Oregon was reported Thursday in the Klamath Basin’s Wood River Valley.
According to the Oregon Department of Fish an...
EUGENE — At first it wasn't too crowded.
There were a few other people. A young couple was standing atop one of Spencer Butte's viewpoints, a perch that overlo...
When sitting atop Union Peak, it’s hard to imagine it was used as a lookout.
Why? Because there’s no easy way to the summit.
A dirt road used to go to the area ...
The development of future trails at Crater Lake National Park will be discussed and open for public comment during a virtual meeting Wednesday.
Park officials w...
Sometimes a hike seems so obvious that it’s not taken.
That’s what others and I experienced during a hike earlier this week at Crater Lake National Park. We wer...
Editor’s note:
Second of a two-part story about a backpacking trip into the Sky Lakes Wilderness Area.
Credit Stevie with finding the way.
We made the h...
Public opinion is being accepted on Crater Lake National Park’s long-awaited Trail Management Plan.
Comments on the plan, which is intended to guide trail manag...
Editor’s Note:
Part one of a two-part story. See part two in next Friday’s Oregon Outdoors.
SKY LAKES WILDERNESS AREA — After studying the map, it seem...
LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT — Most areas of Lava Beds National Monument that were closed because of the Antelope fire were scheduled to reopen to visitors Thurs...
TULE LAKE NATIONAL MONUMENT — People wanting to learn more about the complex story of the “Prison within a prison” at the Tule Lake National Monument can do so ...
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK — Visitation is winding down following one of Crater Lake National Park’s most unusual summers.
Despite many days of extremely poor ai...
Our timing was perfect. Just as we worked our way up a steep, tree blanketed route, an opening suddenly revealed rocky, reach-for-the sky crags on the flanks of...
Concerns about the Antelope fire in Siskiyou County, California, which is rapidly spreading, has caused Lava Beds National Monument to close the southwest secti...
Some places generate a sense of awe, sublime secrecy, even a hint of the unknown.
One of those places is Mystic Lake, an often unseen, unknown lake in the Mount...
MOUNT ASHLAND — We had just started hiking when we met up with the first long-distance backpacker. Minutes later another passed by and, within a half-hour, seve...
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK – The Ride the Rim event scheduled for Sept. 11 and 18 at Crater Lake National Park has been canceled, according to park officials.
Ma...
A would-be tunnel in the Cascade-Siskiyou Mountains never connected an intended railroad line, but a hike to the hole in Buck Mountain provides a link to a most...
FORT ROCK — Anytime is a good time to visit the Fort Rock Valley Historical Society Homestead Village Museum, but it’s especially fun to make the trip with some...
Ben Benjamin enjoys seeing people smile.
And the smiles are abundant when Benjamin, relaxing under the shade of trees while seated in a lawn chair, greets surpr...
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK — We’re the lucky ones. Living in Southern Oregon means we can easily make a relatively quick, spontaneous trip to see Crater Lake.
Pi...
