Outdoors

Tourist numbers fell in Gardiner last year, but more bears visited

Tourists may have avoided Gardiner, Montana, last summer and fall, but bear visits to the Yellowstone National Park…

Outdoors

Winter crushes Wyoming Range mule deer fawns

The mule deer did not look much like a mule. Nestled in the wind-drifted, sun-crusted snow deep in…

Local News

Rafters look at final season of upper Klamath whitewater as dam removal looms

Peak flow whitewater rafting on the Upper Klamath River will disappear after this summer with the upcoming removal…

Outdoors

Grooming cross-country skiers at the Mt. Shasta Nordic Center

Well groomed at the Mt. Shasta Nordic Center doesn’t refer to how cross-country skiers are dressed. Groomed trails…

Outdoors

Mt. Ashland sets a record and expands the season into late April

The good news keeps coming for the Mt. Ashland Ski Area. After announcing last week that the ski-snowboarding…

Lifestyle

Crater Lake concessionaire prepares for summer crowds and a fall annular eclipse

Crater Lake Hospitality has been the concessionaire at Crater Lake National Park since 2019, but general manager Amanda…

Lifestyle

‘In a Landscape’ merges music and nature

The outdoors and classical music are not typical, or classic, combination. That’s not the case with, “In a…

Outdoors

Most Oregonians feel safe in natural areas, differences seen among demographics

Most Oregonians feel safe in natural areas — parks near their home, nature preserves in their region —…

Outdoors

The Lollipop is a sweet cross-country trail

Only a sucker could pass up the Lollipop Trail. The Lollipop is cross-county ski/snowshoe trail near Fish Lake.…

Outdoors

Same trail, different experience

In early February, my friend Gary and I slapped on our cross-country skis at the Summit Sno-Park and…

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