This story, “The Ram Under the Rim,” appeared in the April 1973 issue of Outdoor Life. I don’t know just how cold it got on top of Oregon’s Steens Mountains the night of September 26, 1971, but I’ve ...
The entire trail is 2,653 miles, so this isn’t just a multi-day backpacking trail in Oregon—it’s more like a multi-month and multi-state trek! Steens Mountain is the largest fault-block ...