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Yapoah Crater
Yapoah Crater
Hiking in a landscape of volcanic wonder.
Chaney Swiney
Jul 17, 2017
Southern Coast
Southern Coast
Two wonders along Oregon’s most dramatic section of coastline
Chaney Swiney
Jul 11, 2017
Ball Butte
Ball Butte
Snow, summits, and wildflowers in the landscape surrounding Broken Top
Chaney Swiney
Jul 5, 2017
Burgess Falls
Burgess Falls
An evening along the Falling Water River
Chaney Swiney
Jun 30, 2017
Lemolo Falls
Lemolo Falls
Glimpsing wild and untamed wonder in the Cascades.
Chaney Swiney
Jun 13, 2017
Clear Lake
Clear Lake
Spring by a spring-fed Cascade lake
Chaney Swiney
Jun 8, 2017
Twenty-one and a half miles
Twenty-one and a half miles
Three days on a river back of beyond.
Chaney Swiney
Jun 2, 2017
Lava Plains
Lava Plains
Rambling above and below ground in the High Desert
Chaney Swiney
May 29, 2017
May Powder
May Powder
Fresh snow in the Cascades merits a morning snowshoe in a winter that seems never-ending.
Chaney Swiney
May 17, 2017
Tumalo in May
Tumalo in May
Morning in along Tumalo Creek in a valley carved by ice and filled with the roar of Tumalo Falls
Chaney Swiney
May 8, 2017
Never Miserable
Never Miserable
A sunset hike up Misery Ridge
Chaney Swiney
May 2, 2017
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