Hiking around Paulina Lake is a wonderful way to see the caldera of Newberry National Volcanic Monument. About 75,000 years ago a massive explosion and subsequent collapse created the caldera,…
Koosah Mountain is a bump along the Pacific Crest Trail in Three Sisters Wilderness. Just south of the lakes basin around Sisters Mirror Lake, Koosah Mountain is a short add-on…
Strawberry Mountain Wilderness is an isolated and lightly visited area just east of John Day, Oregon. At just under 70,000 acres, there are approximately 125 miles of trail through this…
Marion Lake is an easy dayhike on the west side of Mt Jefferson. The trail climbs gently through Willamette National Forest and crosses into Mt Jefferson Wilderness. Along the way,…
The McKenzie River begins at the outflow of Clear Lake but soon disappears underground as it passes through a lava flow. The water later re-emerges from the volcanic rock at…
Now that it is after Labor Day, I decided it was time to visit Matthieu Lakes. It's a popular trail off of McKenzie-Santiam Scenic Byway, so I wanted to wait until…
One of the great things about moving to Bend is that I don't feel like I have to cram all the things on my To-Do list into a short period…
The hard days were over and we took our time packing up in the morning. As soon as the sun rose enough to hit out campsite, however, we started moving…
On one of my earliest backpacking trips I had a view of the Sphinx rock formation. When I got home, I eagerly Googled it and discovered trip reports about the off-trail…