Backpacking Oregon presents 26 carefully crafted backpacking trips to some of the most magnificent landscapes in the state, providing vital information, photographs, and trail maps.

Your Guide to Oregon’s Best Backpacking Trips

Colorful desert canyonlands, stunning wildflower meadows, glacier-clad mountains—find your favorite scenic escape in Oregon. Authors and hiking experts Douglas Lorain and Becky Ohlsen present 26 of the best backpacking opportunities in the country. Explore the various landscapes of the Wallowa Mountains. See the peaks of Mount Hood and the Three Sisters in the High Cascades, as well as the gaping chasm of Hells Canyon. Each carefully crafted itinerary offers geographic diversity, beautiful settings, and attainable daily mileage goals.

This in-depth guide provides all the information backpackers need, including trail highlights, total mileage, elevation gain, days on the trail, shuttle distances, required permits, and more—not to mention professional photographs and detailed maps. Plus, ratings for scenery, solitude, and difficulty help you to find the exact adventure you seek. As an added bonus, the authors include recommendations for 16 additional backpacking trips. Whether you have three days or two weeks, an adventure filled with spectacular sights and superb vistas awaits.

Acknowledgments

Map Legend

Featured Trips Summary Chart

Preface

• A Word About the Third Edition

INTRODUCTION

• How to Use This Guide
• Wild Areas of Oregon
• Safety Notice
• General Tips on Backpacking in Oregon
• Overview Map of Featured Trips

FEATURED TRIPS

• Klamath and Siskiyou Mountains
• Rogue River Trail
• Siskiyou–Boundary Trail
• Western “Old” Cascades
• Bull of the Woods Loop
• High Cascades: North
• Timberline Trail Loop
• Mount Jefferson Wilderness Traverse
• Three Sisters Loop
• Separation Creek Loop
• Mink Lake Area
• High Cascades: South
• Diamond Peak Loop
• North Umpqua–Mount Thielsen Trails
• North Umpqua Trail
• Sky Lakes Traverse
• Blue Mountains
• Strawberry Mountains Traverse
• Elkhorn Crest Trail
• Wallowa Mountains
• Minam River Loop
• Bear Creek Loop
• Lostine–Minam Loop
• Wallowa River Loop
• Southern Wallowas Traverse
• East Eagle–Imnaha Loop
• Hells Canyon
• Hells Canyon Western Rim “Summit” Trail
• Snake River Trail
• Hells Canyon Bench “High” Trail
• Southeast Oregon Mountains
• Steens Mountain Gorges Loop
• Desert Trail: Pueblo Mountains Section
• Owyhee Country
• Honeycombs Loop

Other Backpacking Options

Index

About the Authors