The Spence Mountain Trail is about 15 miles northwest of Klamath Falls, Oregon, on Highway 140. The trail was developed by the Klamath Trails Alliance in cooperation with JWTR LLC (the landowner), Oregon Department of Forestry (for the land at the trailhead), many donors of cash and technical services and numerous volunteers. The first segment, from the trailhead up the […]
Waldo Lake is located in central Oregon 12 miles north of Highway 58 between Willamette Pass and the community of Oakridge. The lake is about 75 miles from Eugene, Oregon, 80 miles from Bend, Oregon and 115 miles from Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Jim Weaver National Recreation Trail circles the lake and was formerly named the Waldo Lake […]
When people in Klamath Falls, Oregon want to take a scenic and invigorating hike they don’t have far to go. Hogback Mountain looms over the city’s east side and offers a lot of exercise and some spectacular views over a five-mile trek. I took this hike with the Klamath Basin Outdoor Group. Hans (Age 70) […]
Caldwell Butte, cave and cabin are located near the south boundary of Lava Beds National Monument, near Tulelake, California.
Mt. Scott, is the tallest peak in Crater Lake National Park and the tenth tallest peak in the Oregon Cascade Mountains. Yet, it is not as difficult to climb as you might think.
History . . . This trail began as a railroad owned by the City of Klamath Falls and named the Klamath Falls Municipal Railway. After beginning construction in 1917 and reaching Olene a year later, Robert Strahorn, the contractor and major proponent of the project, offered to buy the railroad from the city. The sale […]
The growing season at Crater Lake is very short. The typical snow-free season is July to mid-October and frost can occur any time. Certain wildflowers have adapted to these conditions and put on a great display at the park. Castle Crest Wildflower Garden Castle Crest Wildflower Garden is located just south of park headquarters on […]
What started as a quest to find the world’s tallest tree, became the exploration of a great trail in Northern California’s Redwood National Park. We spent the night on the coast at Gold Beach, Oregon with the intention of driving to the Redwood Visitor Center a mile or so west of Orick, California to pick […]
by Canoe . . . The Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge is one of six National Wildlife Refuges in the Upper Klamath Basin of Oregon and California. It is located on the north-western shore of Upper Klamath Lake near the Oregon community of Rocky Point. With almost 15,000 acres of marsh and open water, but […]
Gateway to the Klondike Gold! George Carmack, Skookum Jim and Dawson Charlie found gold on Bonanza Creek in the Klondike in 1896. They didn’t find much in the beginning, but it was enough – the gold rush was on. Tens of thousands of people, thrown out of work by the depressed economy or just plain […]
Crater Lake National Park . . . Annie Creek, in Crater Lake National Park, arises from Annie Springs, near Mazama Village at the south entry station to the Park. It flows southeasterly until it exits the park and extends into the farmland of the Upper Klamath Basin and ultimately adds its waters to the Klamath […]
Exploring . . . I was moved to explore the waterfalls on Sun Creek, in Crater Lake National Park, by the words of John Eliot Allen, a Ranger-Naturalist at the Park in 1935. He said one waterfall “drops over a mossy ledge for perhaps twenty feet, the angular blocky face of the rock breaking into […]
Where is Stuart Falls? Let’s start this story with a confession . . . Stuart Falls is not in Crater Lake National Park. It’s actually in the Sky Lakes Wilderness on the Rogue River National Forest. The title, however, highlights Crater Lake National Park because the journey is mostly within the park. It starts […]