Oregon is home to some of the best hiking trails in the country. From lush waterfall treks to magnificent coastal routes to literal mountain climbing epics. If you’re like us and you can’t get enough ...

The 382-mile Oregon Coast Trail is one of the most gorgeous thru-hikes in the Pacific Northwest, but it can also be traversed on several shorter backpacking trips.

This dilemma has already been solved elsewhere on the Oregon Coast Trail. In Ecola State Park, for example, between Seaside and Cannon Beach, camping shelters have been provided for backpackers.

Country and hip-hop artist Jelly Roll recently talked about hiking Mount Pisgah in Eugene and his love for Portland.

In this edition of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness interviews Bonnie Henderson, an expert on backpacking and thru-hiking the Oregon Coast Trail.. Henderson, author of the book "Hiking ...

Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be reached at [email protected] or 503-399-6801. Find him on Twitter at @ZachsORoutdoors.