The siren wail of my husky-mix sent me into a panic. I hadn’t immediately unbuckled her seatbelt after opening the car door and she had jumped out, one furry outstretched limb becoming lodged in the ...

Central Oregon isn’t just a destination—it’s an entire adventure zone packed with lava tubes, high desert canyons, volcanic lakes, waterfalls, and wide-open wilderness. And while Bend gets all the ...

While there’s not a lot of snow to speak of so far in the western mountains, there’s still tons to do mid-winter in the region. In central Oregon, between the best Bend breweries, high-desert hikes, ...

Kathryn Styer Martínez / OPB This week, the Deschutes National Forest decided to allow certain e-bikes on 161 miles of trails in Central Oregon. Trail networks near Sisters, Bend and Sunriver that ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After years of planning, the Deschutes National Forest and the Central Oregon Trail Alliance are set to begin implementation of the West Bend Trails Project. The goal of the ...

On a recent hike along the North Fork of Tumalo Creek, just west of Bend, I marveled at the wild forest around me. Centuries-old hemlock, spruce, and subalpine fir dominated the overstory, with the ...

Each summer the Deschutes Trails Coalition dispatches a small crew into the forest around Bend to improve trail conditions for myriad hikers. They remove fallen trees, repair trails impacted by ...