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Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 15 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.”
Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on Twitter at ...
The Cazadero Trail is a multi-use trail in the U.S. state of Oregon in a rural area of southeastern Portland. [1]The 5.8-mile (9.3 km) [clarification needed] [2] route connects Boring to historic Cazadero, two miles upriver from Estacada, following the long abandoned rail line of Oregon Water Power and Railway Company.
Map from The Vikings team, or the Old Oregon Trail 1852–1906, by Ezra Meeker Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker erected this boulder near Pacific Springs on Wyoming's South Pass in 1906. [1] The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [2] Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri River to Oregon's Willamette Valley.
The Oregon Section of the PCT (Oregon Skyline Trail), as it is currently routed, extends 428 miles (689 km). The northern terminus is at the Bridge of the Gods in Cascade Locks, Oregon. The trail then courses south at or near the crest of the Cascade Mountains, passing prominent volcanoes and natural features.
Lolo Pass is one of the milestones along the Pacific Crest Trail, though not a particularly low point for the region. By 5 miles (8 km) south of Lolo Pass, the Pacific Crest Trail drops to 2,800 feet (850 m) and much lower to the north at the Columbia River. A small campsite is located along the trail just south of the forest service road.
In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about the best places to ski or snowshoe to Oregon’s snow-covered waterfalls.
Timberline Trail is a hiking trail circling Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is mostly in wilderness but also goes near Timberline Lodge , Cloud Cap Inn (the oldest building on Mount Hood), and Mount Hood Meadows ski area.