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Tag along with Daily Courier sports reporter Zach Urness as he hikes to some of the most beautiful spots in Southern Oregon and northern California. The video he captures along the way gives viewers a front row seat on his trips to the picturesque hidden gems of our region.



Click on any video below to join Zach on his adventures.
Beauty in the hike, not the name
11-10-09Play»

Beauty in the hike, not the name


By Zach Urness of the Daily Courier

You awake to electric bursts of alarm clock noise, roll out of bed, and in the 6 a.m. darkness of your kitchen, brew a pot of thick black coffee. More of this story


Take a Hike to Applegate Lake
9-15-09Play»

Applegate Lake engineered to touch people's lives


By Zach Urness of the Daily Courier

I'm floating on the surface of what seems to be a gigantic bathtub stuck right in the middle of the Siskiyou Mountains. The water is milky blue and flat, and the entire shoreline is a razor smooth ring of tan dirt that encircles the lake like the edges of a large wooden basket. More of this story


Take a Hike to Vulcan Lake
8-18-09Play»

Vulcan Lake's otherwordly in fog


By Zach Urness of the Daily Courier

I had hiked to the 4,000-foot peak of Moore's Ridge on the far west side of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness when I saw it for the first time. A long stream of low-lying rainclouds were rolling in from the northwest, twisting and churning through the mountains like a wide, white river. More of this story


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