Brian joined the SagaCity team in 2006 as a fact-checker with Portland Monthly. Details were sweated and issue upon issue, he took on greater responsibility, from managing departments to wrangling interns to organizing and executing cover features and narrative stories.

In 2010, with SagaCity’s custom magazine department growing by leaps and bounds, Brian took an opportunity to combine a love of travel writing and the wide-open spaces of Oregon by serving as a project lead for visitor guide clients, which now includes Travel Portland, Eastern Oregon Visitors Association, Eugene, Cascades & Coast, and Santa Monica Convention & Visitors Bureau. He shares a century-old bungalow at the foot of Mount Tabor with his wife, young son, and newly adopted Great Pyrenees-Lab mix.

Trail of the Month

Butte Creek Falls Trail

Activity: Waterfall & Fall-color Viewing | Distance: About 1 mile, round trip | Rating: Moderate

09/21/2012 By Brian Barker

Best of the City

Trail City

35 outdoor urban adventures

08/26/2012 Edited by Brian Barker

Article

Local's Guide to Mt. Hood

Whether you’re a rabid ski bum or have never strapped on a pair of snowshoes, we’ve got the inside line on our beloved mountain’s essential experiences: the best places to sled, the gnarliest runs, and even the coziest spots to sip an après-ski beverage.

08/25/2012 Edited by Brian Barker

Mudroom

Trail of the Month: Baskett Slough

08/23/2012 By Brian Barker

Welcome to…

Beervana

Your guide to the pints, pubs, and people making Portland America’s Beer Capital.

08/20/2012 Edited by Brian Barker

Beervana

Best Beers

The Perfect Oregon Case

08/20/2012 With Brian Barker By John Chandler

Oldtimer

Long Run

A seasoned ski patroller looks back on 60 years on the slopes.

08/15/2012 With Brian Barker

Trail of the Month

Tom McCall Preserve

Wildflower lovers take note: The three miles of trails winding through this 231-acre preserve seem to have been carved out with your point-and-click camera in mind.

08/14/2012 With Brian Barker

Trail of the Month

Bird Creek Meadows Trail

Activity: Hiking | Distance: 5.5 miles, round trip | Rating: Moderate

07/18/2012 By Brian Barker

Trail City

A Year in Nature

Who says hiking is limited to summer sojourns? Nature is happening year-round.

06/22/2012 Edited by Brian Barker

Trail City

The High Road

Portland's Terwilliger Parkway turns 100

06/15/2012 By Randy Gragg Edited by Brian Barker

Trail City

Heroes of the Intertwine

In the spirit of Portland’s storied park planners like John Olmsted and fierce open space advocates like Gorge protector Nancy Russell, these modern-day nature guardians work to ensure our parks stay green.

06/15/2012 Edited by Brian Barker