There's a certain softness to the backcountry plateau of the Olallie Lake Scenic Area in September, as slanted rays of sunlight cut through a hemlock forest speckled with fall color and shimmer atop ...

There's a certain softness to the backcountry plateau of the Olallie Lake Scenic Area, as slanted rays of sunlight cut through a hemlock forest speckled with huckleberry bushes and blue lakes that ...

Let’s call this the “bring a non-hiking buddy” hike. The Talapus and Olallie Lakes trail is a great introduction to Pacific Northwest hiking, for kids or for those new to hiking. It’s easy to access, ...

One of the jewels of the Oregon Cascades is getting some tender love and care again. OK, the rustic old fishing resort on Olallie Lake was never much of a jewel, lacking flush toilets as it does. But ...

Olallie Butte isn't much to look at from up close. The view of the butte, the highest peak between Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson, shows it as a squat pile of cinders covered by a beetle-ravaged ...

Explore Boardroom, where Yahoo and Boardroom Sports cover the business and culture behind the biggest sports stories. Much of the Olallie Lake area, including the backcountry, was burned by the ...

Story updated to reflect that the Pacific Crest Trail is now completely open through the Lionshead Fire closure, including into the Olallie and Mount Hood National Forest area. After almost two years ...

DETROIT, Ore. (AP) - In this summer of endless heat, when the very ground seems to have transmuted from rock into molten lava, the question I’ve heard most from readers involves the best places to go ...

The Lionshead Fire grew to 16,000 acres and the Beachie Creek Fire reached 500 acres as fire officials prepare for historically high winds and dangerous conditions across both wildfires late Monday, ...

SOUTH NEWFANE — To call it a riot of color would be an understatement. During the high summer months of July and August, Olallie Daylily Gardens explode with (almost) all the colors on the rainbow ...