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Portland Area Ski Reports
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Babyfoot Lake-Chetco River Loop
"Kalmiopsis" terrain; trailhead near Grants Pass (sort of). Enjoyable
narrative on this under-used, wild terrain. Tough to find your way
around this region. Enjoyable narrative with photos on a site by
William Chamberlain.
Columbia River Gorge -- Horsetail Falls brief but informative description and photos on the Natural Born Hikers website.
Columbia River Gorge -- Multnomah Falls Area
excellent personal site by Luke Danielson with plenty of "inside tips"
to get the most out of this otherwise crowded and commercial locale.
Root back to his main hiking site for other excellent Columbia River
Gorge and other Oregon hiking trails.
General -- Climbing
Mazamas Climbing group, approximately 3,000 members, headquartered in
Portland. Emphasis on Cascade climbs. Looks like a well-oiled machine;
one of the oldest climbing groups in the USA. Even if you don't join,
this is an informative site.
General Site — MW Goff -- hiking journal for Oregon, Washington, California. Excellent photos on this site.
General Site — oregontrails.com - Slackpacking & backpacking tips, photos, trail conditions, and journals. Trails are all in Oregon.
General Site — Northwest Hiking Clickable map with over 100 trails. Excellent site.
Oregon Caves hiking trails on the official NPS site. Really only describes the loop trails...Big Trees, Cliffside, etc.
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Here's a page on the National Park Service site that lists just about
all the trails found on the loop road. Maps are hand sketched, but I
like them. Pretty good page for someone planning to do some short hikes
at this site.
Oregon Caves
Big Trees and Cliffside trails from a "birders" point of
view...interesting backgrounder to read prior to your visit, regardless
of where you hike in Oregon. Sample excerpt from a book on the
University of Texas website.
Portland Area -- Wildwood Trail
Hike to Pittock Mansion, other highlights through Portland and
environs. This is a very well done page on the "Coon Family hiking
club" website. Good narrative & numerous photos.
Smith Rock State Park
Just north of Bend, Smith Rock is one of the premier rock climbing
spots in the Pac NW; this page provides terrific insights for the
non-climber looking for some awesome hiking...written by Luke
Danielson. I gotta tell you, I made one visit to Smith Rock in my
life...late June and the place was an inferno...must've been 100º.
Could barely stand being out of my car. So I did what any good
self-respecting slackpacker would do...I got back in my car. Anyway,
check this page out. Smith Rock State Park is a little piece of Utah
plunked down in Oregon. A "must visit" type place.
Vulcan Peak Area Excellent photos and description of trail. By -- you guessed it -- oregontrails.com
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