BEND, Ore. (AP) The answer was blunt. When asked how one might avoid crowds when climbing South Sister or backpacking the Green Lakes Basin, Jonathan Erickson came straight to the point. "You don't ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Cedar Creek Fire doubled in size to 3,536 acres by Tuesday as officials expanded the recreation closure from Waldo Lake into ...

The permit season for three of Oregon's most popular wilderness areas will be from June 15 to October 15, instead of the Friday before Memorial Day to the last Friday in September. Anyone entering the ...

Back in June, we asked readers for their backpacking stories. As of the Aug. 8 deadline, we had received one submission, from Nita Eggers of Albany. She recalled a story about a place she loves, the ...

I love the Three Sisters Wilderness because it’s a paradise of paradoxes. The desert terrain is cut by the occasional babbling brook; it’s edged in by high, snowy mountains and meddles in thick ...

Backcountry enthusiasts get their first chance to reserve overnight stays in Central Oregon’s most popular wilderness areas starting Tuesday. Permits are now required from June to October for ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Deschutes and Willamette National Forests opened this year's reservations for the Central Cascades Wilderness Permit system on Tuesday. The wilderness permits are required for ...

Lightning mixed with dry conditions sparked a 2-acre wildfire in the Three Sisters Wilderness that is still burning. The fire was first reported Wednesday, according to a news release from the U.S.