Oregon is home to some of the best hiking trails in the country. From lush waterfall treks to magnificent coastal routes to ...

Explore Oregon Podcast host Zach Urness talks with a trio of fun guests about going backpacking with kids and some of the ...

On the far side of Oregon, among rolling prairie and high desert, are some of the state's most spectacular but overlooked places. Eastern Oregon is home to a colorful collection of mountains with ...

Where can you backpack in August when all else fails? You still want breathtaking scenery and solitude, but what if parts of Oregon are on fire, it’s 100 degrees in the Willamette Valley, and you ...

Last month I wrote about some great little day hikes in the greater Portland metro area. These were hikes within an hour drive or so of the city and required less than 7 miles of hiking round trip. If ...

Summer is on its way and the light snow winter means high mountain trails in Oregon and Washington will be snow free unusually early. That makes it the perfect time to plan a summer backpack outing.

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness welcomes a trio of fun guests to talk about going backpacking with kids and some of the best places to visit. He is joined by Bonnie ...

EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS, Ore. (AP) - As we stood on the top of Oregon’s largest wilderness area, looking down upon mountains that spread across the horizon like rows of jagged teeth, we decided the only ...

Adventure is all around us. For the middle-aged Lewiston couple, it’s found hiking along the jagged strip of land where the ...

Summer day hiking and backpacking into parts of Oregon’s central Cascade Mountains may no longer be free. The U.S. Forest Service proposed new fees Tuesday for the Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters and ...

On the far side of Oregon, among rolling prairie and high desert, are some of the state's most spectacular but overlooked places. Eastern Oregon is home to a colorful collection of mountains with ...