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Backpacking Oregon [electronic resource] : from rugged coastline to mountain meadow / Douglas Lorain.

by Lorain, Douglas, 1962-

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New York : Wilderness Press, c2007.

Backpacking -- Oregon -- Guidebooks.

Oregon -- Guidebooks.

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0899975410 (electronic bk.)

1 online resource : ill. (some col.), maps.

Photo Gallery; Acknowledgments; Overview Map; Contents; Featured Trips Summary Chart; Preface; A Word About Horses; A Word about the Second Edition; Introduction; General Tips on Backpacking in Oregon; Wild Areas of Oregon; Featured Trips; 1 Oregon Coast--Seaside to Manzanita; 2 Oregon Coast--Bandon to Port Orford; 3 Rogue River Trail; 4 Siskiyou-Boundary Trail; 5 Columbia River Gorge Loop; 6 Bull of the Woods Loop; 7 Timberline Trail Loop; 8 Mount Jefferson Wilderness Traverse; 9 Three Sisters Loop; 10 Separation Creek Loop; 11 Mink Lake Area; 12 Diamond Peak Loop. 13 North Umpqua-Mount Thielsen Trails14 Sky Lakes Traverse; 15 Strawberry Mountains Traverse; 16 Elkhorn Crest Trail; 17 Wenaha River Trail; 18 Minam River Loop; 19 Bear Creek Loop; 20 Lostine-Minam Loop; 21 Wallowa River Loop; 22 Southern Wallowas Traverse; 23 East Eagle-Imnaha Loop; 24 Hells Canyon Western Rim "Summit" Trail; 25 Snake River Trail; 26 Hells Canyon Bench "High" Trail; 27 Steens Mountain Gorges Loop; 28 Desert Trail--Pueblo Mountains; 29 Honeycombs Loop; Other Backpacking Options; 30 Oregon Dunes Loop; 31 South Coast; 32 Talapus Trail; 33 Old Cascades Loop; 34 Table Lake Loop. 35 Waldo Lake Loop36 North Umpqua River; 37 Rogue-Umpqua Divide; 38 Upper Rogue River; 39 North Fork John Day River; 40 Fremont Trail; 41 Abert Rim; 42 Hart Mountain-Poker Jim Ridge; 43 Trout Creek Mountains Loop; 44 Lower Owyhee Canyon Rim; 45 Louse Canyon.

In Oregon, backpackers can hike wild beaches, enjoy colorful desert canyonlands, walk amid stunning granite peaks, relax in wildflower meadows, and circle glacier-clad mountains. Award-winning guidebook author and longtime Oregon resident Douglas Lorain details 30 spectacular backpacking trips in Backpacking Oregon. Lasting from three days to two weeks, these carefully crafted itineraries offer geographic diversity, beautiful scenery, and reasonable daily mileage goals. This in-depth guide provides all the information backpackers will need to access the Oregon backcountry, including the Oregon Coast, Columbia Gorge, High Cascades, Hells Canyon, and the Klamath, Siskiyou, Blue, and Wallowa mountains. A detailed trail map and photographs accompany each trip.

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