The Wallowa River Railroad Hike is not considered one of northeast Oregon’s finest. Guidebooks can’t recommend it. Locals will point you elsewhere. It’s not even on AllTrails. The Wallowa Mountains, ...

When traveling to the Wallowa Mountain area, you’ll find no shortage of amazing hikes with views of the so-called “Oregon Alps.” The Wallowa Lake East Moraine, which opened to the public only a couple ...

On the morning of our departure, the hike was shaping up as yet-another jaunt up the West Fork of the Lostine River to Minam Lake, over Carper Pass to Lakes Basin, then down the East Fork to the ...

If you go now you might not witness day-glow green baby grasshoppers taking their first hops, as I did on a climb of Tick Hill last June. Then, winter was a distant memory. Now the snowy season is ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness and outdoors intern Olivia Stevens talk about some of the best things to do in the Wallowa Mountains. Stevens highlights overlooked ...

If you’re looking to explore some of Oregon’s most beautiful alpine lakes, hiking through its parks is a great way to ...

Editor’s note: Explore contributor Gensheng Tian hiked the Wallowa River Loop Trail in August. This is the first of three installments. It was 1:30 a.m. In my car, I followed the GPS, sipping coffee ...

July brings crowds to the mountain trails at Northeast Oregon’s Wallowa Lake, near the scenic vacation village of Joseph. But you’re unlikely to meet anyone on one of the most beautiful trails, ...

The Wallowa band of the Nez Perce tribe was driven out of Oregon by the U.S. Army in 1877, but the band’s descendants have bought their old winter campsite at the foot of the mountains and now welcome ...

I got up earlier than the sun. We would have a long day. It was better to have too much time to reach a destination than too little. “Good morning, Ying. Did you sleep well?” I asked. “No, I didn’t ...

Oregon is the No. 10 best state in the country for hikers, according to a new ranking. Kuru Footwear ranked the best states in the United States for hiking, looking at “five key metrics—total hiking ...