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Welcome to Oregon HikersWelcome to the Oregon Hikers Forum, an online community dedicated to hiking and exploring the outdoors in Oregon and southwest Washington! With more than 7,000 registered members, you'll find new trip reports posted in our discussion forums daily. You can also explore our ever-growing Oregon Hikers Field Guide, with hundreds of trail descriptions, photos and maps to help you plan your adventures. The field guide is written by our forum members, and provided for the larger hiking community as a free service to promote hiking and our trail legacy. The forums and field guide can be browsed by anyone, but we do encourage you set up an account and join in the conversation. Thanks for stopping by!Popular Trip ReportsA great backpacking trip in November when the weather is nice is the Tillamook Head Trail through Ecola State Park. I went on this trip with Brook and my new friend, Judd Beck, whom I met on my Tim ... Beautiful hike with lots of wildlife. Started at Coldwater lake on trail 211 and went clockwise around the lake. Once on the other side of the lake and up the steep ridge, I turned left onto the C ... Hey Portland hikers, I backpacked the Jordan Basin-Goat Lake Loop in the Goat Rocks Wilderness over Labor Day weekend with a couple friends. We drove up Sunday morning and returned Monda ... Three weeks ago I had time for a 2-night backpack, and decided to see snow-covered Mt Adams at its best. Everything worked out great, even though nights were colder than I anticipated from the fore ...
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