Backpacking Oregon: From Rugged Coastline to Mountain Meadow

by Douglas Lorain

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.

Genres: Reference, Outdoors

255 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2007

Reviews

[Lynda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This guide is very well thought out. If I wanted to take a hike in Oregon, I would surely refer to it for good information.