Travel & Outdoors

Trail of the Month

Trout Lake Ice Cave

The Trout Lake Ice Cave in Washington state, is a lava tube glaciere, which boasts otherworldly icy pillars, columns and crystallized stalagmites.

04/22/2011 With Brian Barker

Slideshow

Slide Show: 30 seconds with…Boaz Frankel

Boaz Frankel tells us about his 12,000 mile car-free “Unroad Trip” of America, and its subsequent 10-episode series on Halogen network.

04/22/2011

Mudroom

30 seconds with…Boaz Frankel

Boaz Frankel tells us about his 12,000 mile car-free “Unroad Trip” of America, and its subsequent 10-episode series on Halogen network.

04/22/2011

Mudroom

Peak Season

Why Mount Hood’s dangers shouldn’t change the climbing game.

04/22/2011 By Jon Bell

Bird Watch

Rapt Attention

Red-tailed hawk chicks set for their debut on KGW’s Raptor Cam.

04/21/2011

Mountain Biking

Pedal Driven

New "Bike-umentary" launches Northwest Trail Alliance Trail Fest weekend

04/18/2011

Environment

Voices Carry

Grant money is up for grabs this week at Portland’s Patagonia store.

03/28/2011

Pets

Bow Wow Wow Yippee Yo Yippee Yay

Oregon State Parks reconsiders its pet-policy.

03/25/2011

Mountain Bikes

Speak Now – Ride Later

Forest Service seeks public’s comments on Timberline’s proposed Mountain Bike Park.

03/17/2011

Get Involved

Big in Japan

Mercy Corps and Mount Hood Meadows partner up to aid disaster relief efforts.

03/16/2011

Trail of the Month

Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve

At Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, April's Trail of the Month, you can see more than 130 species of resident and migratory birds.

03/09/2011 With Brian Barker

Snow

Spring Flings

Hood’s ski resorts crank up the late season deals.

03/07/2011

Get Out

Friendly Gorge Hikes

Friends of the Columbia Gorge announces Spring Hiking Program

03/03/2011 By Georgia Perry

Get Out

Mile Markers

Forest Park Conservancy launches All Trails Challenge 2011

02/18/2011

Beyond The Bridges

Desert Greens

Head to Bend for a gorgeous golf getaway at Pronghorn Resort, a once private golf community now open to the public.

02/14/2011 By Kasey Cordell

Trail of the Month

Neahkahnie Mountain

This month's trail is Neahkahnie Mountain, located 23 miles north of Tillamook. The trail offers spectacular views 1,600 feet above Oswald West State Park.

02/14/2011 With Brian Barker

The Mudroom

Higher Gear

Portland is home to many small-scale bike manufacturers. The demand for artisan bikes has risen to point where it can now take years to get a bike. Now, a collaboration between the frame-design company Beloved and bike components manufacturer Chris King s

02/11/2011 By Zach Dundas

Get Out

Singles Party

Northwest Trail Alliance preps for mountain bike season with a pair of singletrack trail build parties.

02/11/2011 By Georgia Perry

Trail of the Month

Mount Talbert

Mount Talbert stands as the largest remaining undeveloped butte in northern Clackamas County covered in 200 acres of forest and meadows. The butte makes a great hiking spot accessible from four trailheads.

01/14/2011 With Brian Barker

Mud Room

Surf Survivor

Was it an oceanic miracle that caused Peter Mel's long-lost balsawood surfboard to wash up on the shore at Arch Cape?

01/14/2011 By Gretchen Holzgang