This is part of Reid Barbier’s weekly “Base Camp” column on the best local hiking and outdoor adventure spots. Over the last term or so, I have highlighted some hikes in the area that I have enjoyed, as well as…
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Base Camp: Sky High Lakes
This is part of Reid Barbier’s weekly “Base Camp” column on the best local hiking and outdoor adventure spots. The Sky High Lakes in the Marble Mountain Wilderness is a beautiful, remarkably untouched corner of the area that every avid…
Base Camp: Equipment Check
This is the next installment of Reid Barbier’s weekly column on hiking and outdoor adventures in Southern Oregon. You inch your way along the edge of the ice flow, deadly-blue abyss to your right and cliff face of white to…
Base Camp: Lost Creek Lake
This is part of Reid Barbier’s weekly “Base Camp” column on the best hiking and outdoor adventure spots in Southern Oregon. At some point this spring, with the sun high overhead and a warm breeze behind you, you might decide…
Base Camp: Cooking on the Trail
This is part of Reid Barbier’s weekly “Base Camp” column on the best hiking and outdoor adventure spots in Southern Oregon. One of the greatest experiences in all of hiking is when you cook your first meal out on the…
Base Camp
This is the first installment of Reid Barbier’s weekly column on the best hiking and outdoor adventure spots in Southern Oregon. Base camp. What an exhilarating phrase that is, bringing to mind the breathtaking potential of hiking and climbing…
Trails are calling after the onset of spring
Spring is rearing its pretty head, and its time to get outside free of wool hats and long sleeves. Dust off the hiking boots and go for a stroll. Lithia Park and the network of trails that stem off it…