I'll guess Hawk Mountain -- though I've never been up there before (it's on my list!). Tom

Donovan, on your last point, it struck me that both Reps. Defazio and Walden were featured in the paper yesterday on the topic of timber payments to c...

Oh, and I would add that while it's unfortunate that they picked a Windows-specific plugin for their viewer, the actual files are PDF-compliant, so th...

This is really exciting news for map geeks and history buffs! Eons ago, I worked in the map room at Oregon State University while in college, and as a...

Thanks for posting this, Robert. It continues to be a problem, but not an unsolvable one. The main difference between a national park and national for...

Okay, that explains all the detail -- would have been a nice trail! (maybe it is in a parallel universe). Yes, I noticed that other trail crossing fro...

Thanks, Donovan. "Bowl Fire" took me right to it: September 2002, 339 acres (USFS source). By dab of trail, do you mean the entire USGS segment fro...

Close enough, Don - same trail, I believe this is the next creek to the west. You're it! Tom

Nope - but here's a hint: this trail is generally open year-round. Tom

Shoot! Wish I would have saved those Rho Ridge pics... well, this one might be too easy, but here goes:

Looks like Lake Lenore from Big Slide Mountain (with Granite Peaks poking up in front of Hood..? That's cool!) Tom

I was just up there today, Rob -- you make a good call going mid-week. There were at least a dozen cars in the parking lot today. I'm not a hot s...

Hiked the northern end of Rho Ridge on the spur of the moment this afternoon, hoping to get a good look at Granite Peaks across the valley. This secti...

Pete Giordano said: ....I think more often ropes are left from summer hikers and other locals.... ...I'm a bit unusual in that I would much rath...