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Cross-Country Skiing in Eastern Oregon for Beginners

December 21, 2022
To enjoy Oregon's crisp winter air and the peaceful quiet of a snow-dusted landscape, there is little better than putting on a pair of cross-country skis and gliding through the forest on a classic track. More
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Guide to Winter Photography in Eastern Oregon

November 8, 2022
If it’s your first winter-photography excursion in Eastern Oregon, try these simple camera tricks that improve images even with a simple phone camera. More
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Larch Forest Hikes in Eastern Oregon

September 6, 2022
With one of the widest geographic ranges of all the conifers, the larch family is known for its very peculiar habits: It loses its needles, more like deciduous maple or oak trees than its evergreen counterparts. Growing on mountain slopes, in valleys and in swampy areas, larches can be found with Douglas fir and ponderosa pine companions in great masses in Eastern Oregon. More
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Eastern Oregon , Baker City , Favorite Trips , Trip Ideas ,

The Stars Come Out Over Zumwalt Prairie

May 27, 2022
I started to wonder what we had gotten ourselves into after the sun dipped below Eastern Oregon’s Wallowa Mountains. There was not a single light in sight besides our own headlamps as we set up our camera gear, serenaded by coyotes yipping to the moonless sky. More
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Eastern Oregon , Joseph , Favorite Trips , Trip Ideas ,
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