The North Umpqua Canyon in winter has been one of my favorite places to visit for more than a decade, but I had not returned since one of the worst wildfire disasters in state history. The ...

Oregon's waterfalls are among the state's major scenic attractions during spring, when runoff is at its peak. One of the best places to see cascading waters is in the canyons of the North and South ...

Oregon's waterfalls are among the state's major scenic attractions during spring, when runoff is at its peak. One of the best places to see cascading waters is in the canyons of the North and South ...

A wildfire in 2020 destroyed the waterfall trails of the North Umpqua River, right? Well, no. The jungly 1.3-mile path to Wolf Creek Falls didn’t burn at all, and the most spectacular of the burned ...

To drive east along the North Umpqua Highway from Glide is to flash backward millions of years, geologically speaking. A sign at the trailhead to Fall Creek Falls offers some perspective on this ...

Far from the well-trod paths of places like the Historic Columbia River Highway and Silver Falls State Park, beyond even the relatively obscure waterfalls of the McKenzie River, is the North Umpqua ...

An outing to Pinard, Moon and Spirit falls in the Umpqua National Forest east of Cottage Grove is properly splendid when the spring run-off gushes. Especially when the weather is sunny, the play of ...