OLALLIE LAKE — The sparkling lake that spreads out below Mount Jefferson is still here, and so is the historic resort first established in 1932. Most everything else, however, looks pretty different.

Let’s call this the “bring a non-hiking buddy” hike. The Talapus and Olallie Lakes trail is a great introduction to Pacific Northwest hiking, for kids or for those new to hiking. It’s easy to access, ...

Friday brought another major step toward the reopening of a massive swath of public land that has been closed since the 2020 Labor Day Fires. Mount Hood National Forest reopened many of the roads and ...

There's a certain softness to the backcountry plateau of the Olallie Lake Scenic Area, as slanted rays of sunlight cut through a hemlock forest speckled with huckleberry bushes and blue lakes that ...

A 21-year-old Linfield College student remained missing this morning after she left Olallie Lake Resort on a Tuesday day hike. A Marion County Search and Rescue Team is resuming operations this ...

Parts of the Olallie Scenie Area in the Mt. Hood National Forest closed due to wildfires have been re-opened in time for the Labor Day weekend, U.S. Forest Service officials reported. Fire officials ...

OLALLIE LAKE SCENIC AREA, Ore. (AP) We'd been trekking through the forest for half a mile, navigating by landmarks and occasional glances at the map, when a small body of water appeared through the ...

Story updated to reflect that the Pacific Crest Trail is now completely open through the Lionshead Fire closure, including into the Olallie and Mount Hood National Forest area. After almost two years ...

On those hot, sweaty, bug-infested summer days, Pratt Lake is a good choice for a hike near Snoqualmie Pass. Most of the elevation gain is in shady forest as the trail climbs at a comfortable gradient ...

DETROIT, Ore. (AP) - In this summer of endless heat, when the very ground seems to have transmuted from rock into molten lava, the question I’ve heard most from readers involves the best places to go ...

During the high summer months of July and August, Olallie Daylily Gardens explode with (almost) all the colors on the rainbow spectrum: orange, red, purple, pink, yellow, gold, cream. They are short, ...