Sometimes a place I’ve briefly visited stays in mind as an ideal location to revisit when hiking season begins. The Salt Creek Falls area was in that category as I had been there a few years ago in ...

Why we love it: Easily accessed via the Summit Stage bus line, this close-to-town hike is crowned with a waterfall that makes it feel far remoter than it is. The well-marked trail to Willow Creek ...

One of the most popular hikes in the Santiam Canyon will look a lot different when it reopens Friday. The Shellburg Falls Recreation Area has been closed since the 2020 Labor Day Fires burned across ...

One of the Willamette Valley’s more popular waterfall hikes will reopen Friday after a nearly four-year closure. Butte Creek Falls, outside Scotts Mills in Santiam State Forest, wasn’t burned by the ...