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.

Douglas Lorain moved with his family to the Pacific Northwest in 1969, and he has been obsessively hitting the trails of his home region ever since. Spurred by an unquenchable thirst for new trails to explore and a great enthusiasm for backpacking, he has now hiked more than 30,000 miles through every corner of the American Northwest and many thousands more in other western states and Canadian provinces. Despite a history that includes being bitten by a rattlesnake, being shot at by a hunter, being charged by grizzly bears (twice!), and donating gallons of blood to mosquitoes, Lorain claims that he wouldn't trade one moment of it because he has also been blessed to see some of the most beautiful scenery on Earth. 
His other books for Wilderness Press include Afoot & Afield: Portland/Vancouver, Backpacking Idaho, Backpacking Washington, Backpacking Wyoming, One Best Hike: Mount Rainier's Wonderland Trail, One Night Wilderness: Portland, and Top Trails: Olympic National Park & Vicinity.
Lorain is a photographer and recipient of the National Outdoor Book Award. His photographs have appeared in numerous magazines, calendars, and books.
This third edition of Backpacking Oregon was updated and revised by Becky Ohlsen. Ohlsen has lived in the Pacific Northwest since 1995 and is the author of Walking Portland. She also writes travel guidebooks for Lonely Planet, covering Sweden, Oregon, and Washington, among other destinations.

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