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Hiking & Backpacking

Trails, peaks, and multi-day trips in the Cascades and beyond.

I don’t get out on foot as often as I used to, but the mountains are still my favorite place to be. Living near Salem puts the Cascades and the Oregon coast within easy reach.

Some favorites: Trillium Lake under Mt. Hood, the rim country around Crater Lake, and from my Colorado years, fourteeners like Grays Peak.

Crater Lake from the surrounding high country

Descending a snowy ridge on Grays Peak in Colorado