Recreation

Just Passing By

Some of the more memorable climbs I’ve made in the mountains brought me to low ground rather than…

Recreation

In the land of the goats

As we watched mountain goats saunter across nearly sheer rock, frolic on snowdrifts and crop alpine wildflowers, I…

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On top, off trail

It was the hottest day of the year and my throat felt the way I imagine it would…

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Ice Art

A mountain stream is the artistic virtuoso of the natural world. During summer the cascading water gives a…

Recreation

The New Elk Master

NORTH POWDER — Dan Marvin stands beside a chest-high bale of alfalfa hay and gazes west to the…

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Forest Service says popular road in Elkhorns will stay open to vehicles

By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com A popular four-wheel drive road in the Elkhorn Mountains northwest of Baker City will…

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Avalanche Center offers training for skiers, sledders

By Katy Nesbitt The (La Grande) Observer JOSEPH – Backcountry skiing and snowmobiling, once reserved for a few…

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New state park to open

By JAYSON JACOBY jjacoby@bakercityherald.com A property near Northeastern Oregon’s youngest ghost town will officially become the newest state…

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Wilderness family: Baker City

By JAYSON JACOBY jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Elizabeth Smithson is that rare mother whose treasured family memories involve an avalanche. And…

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What wolves do, and why

By RUSSELL VINEYARD Baker City Herald Wolves are opportunists. They’ll kill what they can. That was one of…

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