Outdoor Activities

Gadgets

Take Ten

Columbia’s new iPhone app has you covered ten ways to Sunday.

01/05/2011

Trail of the Month

Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

The Ridgefield wildlife complex includes more than 5,200 acres of marshes, ponds, sloughs, and lakes; a welcome sight to a staggering array of migratory birds.

12/22/2010 With Brian Barker

Get Out

Here’s Mud in Your Beer

The Stanley Portland Cup is Your Last Chance of the Year to Experience Cyclocross Portland Style.

12/01/2010 By Geoff Earl

Gadgets

Like big trees? There’s an app for that.

Portland’s Heritage Trees fit right inside your iPhone.

11/16/2010

Deals

Wax On

REI lays it on thick for the next week.

11/10/2010

Announcements

Banks-Vernonia State Trail connection complete

Last link in place for the state’s first rails-to-trails path

10/26/2010

Bike Trail Ride

Forest Park Singletrack Rally

Portland Cyclists Support Singletrack

10/14/2010

Preview

A Field Guide to Forest Park

OPB’s award-winning Oregon Field Guide focuses its lens on the city’s largest urban wilderness

10/12/2010

News

No new singletrack in Forest Park

A look back at the debate for new trails in the city’s largest park.

10/05/2010

Weekend

Skiing at Timberline, Mountain Biking at L.L. Stub Stewart and more

Weekend Plans

10/01/2010

Outdoors

Hike of the Week: St Cloud Trail

Explore a homestead apple orchard in the Gorge

09/29/2010

Photos

Views from Larch Mountain

Photo of the Week

09/28/2010

Photos

Panther Creek Falls

Photo of the Week

09/20/2010

Trail of the Month

Oxbow Regional Park

Activity: Hiking/Wildlife Viewing | Distance: Up to 15 miles of trails | Rating: Easy

09/13/2010 With Brian Barker

Hikes

Hike of the Week: Oneonta Gorge

Get this Columbia River Gorge excursion while it’s hot.

08/25/2010

Field Report

Hike of the Week: Opal Creek

The Dog Days of Summer call for miles of tree-shaded trails, deep green pools—and a water slide.

08/17/2010

News and Notes

Singletrack Savior?

NPR travels to Oakridge to find out if mountain biking can save a town.

08/16/2010

Article

Serve St. Helens

Mount St. Helens institute asks avid hikers to treck the trails with intention.

08/03/2010 By Lauren Fox

Article

All in Agreement

The City and the Forest Park Conservancy draft a plan to tackle the trails together.

07/21/2010 By Lauren Fox

Field Report

Hike of the Week: Silver Star Mountain

Trek into the heart of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest for one of the area’s best wildflower displays.

07/01/2010

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