Recreation

It’s tamarack time

MEDICAL SPRINGS — A drive down a familiar road these days can feel less like a trip through…

Recreation

Wind Chill Challenge

Certain three-word terms can cause goosebumps to erupt on my forearms and my mouth to go dry. “Roaming…

Recreation

Rest of the Story

Ken Emerson’s family might have been the last people to spend the night in the Porcupine Guard Station,…

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Burnt River Canyon bighorn sheep sick

Eight months after a bacterial illness was confirmed to be spreading through one of Baker County’s two herds…

Recreation

Making Tracks

The first step onto a trail has a bit of magic in it, no matter how modest the…

Recreation

Wallowa-Whitman might boost some camping fees

The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is proposing to increase fees at 28 campgrounds and to charge fees at 24…

Recreation

Powder and the Pandemic

Pandemic or no, it still comes down to powder. There’s nothing simple about planning a ski season with…

Recreation

Peculiar Pinnacles

If the Woodley Rocks were in a national park, a paved trail would wind among the peculiar pinnacles…

Recreation

Surprising coho salmon run results in first chance for anglers since 1980

Jeff Yanke was optimistic about this year’s run of Lostine River coho salmon, but he was still surprised…

Recreation

‘Other’ Side of the Mountain

We rounded the corner and suddenly the great peak, until that moment hidden by the rumpled topography, was…

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