The Collawash River is one of those Oregon streams that is simultaneously famous and little-known. It’s one of our state’s 68 steams protected under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act — basically a hall ...

This section of the PCT is a beauty with alpine scenery and three different lakes that offer the perfect place to take a dip ...

The activities are fairly moderate, too. Boating requires relatively no effort, the hiking portion is roughly 6 miles with minimal gain, and swimming can be as active or leisurely as your legs (and ...

When hikers look across the Central Cascades skyline, it’s easy to pick out Broken Top as a bucket list trek. But the summit is not the only worthy destination on the mountain. Tucked between the ...

I say this a lot lately, but in my two decades of living and hiking in Central Oregon — where there seems to be an inexhaustible number of places to explore — somehow, I had never ventured to Benson ...

Itching to get out onto the trails? Check out our list of hiking essentials, designed to keep you safe and maximize comfort as you plod through the wilderness. It's always important to have the right ...

The vast majority of Oregonians know Maxwell Sno-Park for one reason — as the starting point for a vast collection of winter ski and snowshoe trails. Far fewer people know this parking lot along ...

The Tanana Lakes Recreation Area offers nature trails, a swim beach, boat launches, a rifle range, a picnic area, fishing holes, paddle boat rentals and playgrounds just minutes from downtown ...

Lake swimming is among the greatest of Seattle summer pastimes, as few cities can boast of a swimming hole as majestic as Lake Washington. It’s the backyard pool for an entire metropolis. There’s just ...

PRAIRIE CITY — We must have looked weary, because the young girl was immediately encouraging as we encountered her group just a few hundred feet from the summit of Strawberry Mountain. “It’s not much ...

After leaving behind the toll roads and traffic of Oviedo, songbirds perched near the trailhead are the first signal that Lake Proctor Wilderness Area is a peaceful, welcoming natural space. The ...