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Fortunately the solution was standing right beside the fast-flowing mountain stream. And it was big, too. Fixing the problem required toppling several tons of Douglas-fir in dangerously steep terrain and then wrestling the obstinate mass into place. All this in a spot where winter is the longest season. Little wonder that constructing a new bridge across BC Creek, along the Chief Joseph Mountain trail, spanned parts of two years. The single-log bridge, with hefty rails on each side, was finished Saturday, May 22. Its completion gives hikers an easier, and safer, route to one of the grandest v...

There was a big problem on the trail at BC Creek, on the edge of the Eagle Cap Wilderness near Wallowa Lake.

Short Essay On Wallowas 503 Words3 Pages Traveling to the most Northeastern region of Oregon lays a true gem, named one of the seven wonders of Oregon, the Wallowas is a goldmine for nature lovers and thrill seekers. The Wallowas is a mountain range often referred to as the Swiss Alps of Oregon; its highest park reaching 9,838 feet is named Sacajawea peak. Home to the Wallowa Lake; 2.5 miles long and actually formed by glaciers, the evidence is a border climbing 900 feet above the surface of the water made of loose glacier debris, called moraines. Residual snow from the previous winter and t...

WW presents “Distant Voices,” a daily video interview for the era of social distancing. Our reporters are asking Portlanders what they’re doing during quarantine. On a cold October morning in the Elkhorn Mountains, Renee Patrick woke up to a problem. Patrick had already been hiking in Eastern Oregon for weeks, pioneering the new, 566-mile Blue Mountains Trail. She was expecting temperatures to drop below freezing as she slept. But when she woke up and went to get water from nearby Black Lake, she found something she had never seen in her 10,000-plus miles of thru-hiking experience: ...

Redmond’s Spirit Foundation Awards Three Non-Profits Three organizations selected from pool of thirty applicants were selected by Redmond’s Spirit Foundation to help youth, families and veterans.  The following donations will help working with children, elderly, or disadvantaged individuals in Redmond. Camp Eagle Cap will receive $1,500 to help cover the cost of camp for summer camp. “Camp Eagle Cap is a one-week summer camp for Central Oregon children who have lost one, if not both parents to drugs, suicide, incarceration, or abuse. The mission is to show God’s love to these child...