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Take a Hike to Tanner, Bolan Lakes
8-11-09Play»

Bolan, Tannen lakes popular sites


By Zach Urness of the Daily Courier

From 6,269 feet, Bolan Lake is a tiny blue puddle surrounded on every side by an endless carpet of pine trees and the turquoise waves of Siskiyou Mountain peaks. The lake appears nearly consumed by wilderness and accessible to human contact only by following a difficult, calf-destroying mountain trail. Yet nothing could be farther from the truth. More of this story


Take a Hike to Azalea Lake
7-21-09Play»

Azalea Lake blooms in Red Buttes


By Zach Urness of the Daily Courier

I'd been hiking along Fort Goff Trail for about two miles, in the cool morning air, when the woods opened up to reveal a small grassy marsh rolling out below the incense cedar and Douglas fir trees in the Red Buttes Wilderness. More of this story


Take a Hike to Bigelow Lake
7-07-09Play»

Bigelow Lake a mountain marvel


By Zach Urness of the Daily Courier

I was wet, cold and depressed as I sat near the shoreline of Bigelow Lake attempting to light a campfire with wood as thoroughly soaked as myself. More of this story


Take a Hike to the Devil's Punchbowl
6-23-09Play»

Devil's Punchbowl a hidden treasure


By Zach Urness of the Daily Courier

As I stood at the edge of Devil's Punchbowl in my swimming trunks, shivering slightly in the early June air, I took a moment to consider the wisdom of plunging into a nearly 5,000-foot-high mountain lake fed by freshly melting snow. More of this story


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