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Panoramic of Wickiup Lake in Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

Wickiup Lake, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon (Kevin Schafer/Digital Vision/Getty)

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Practical Advice

Seafood Watch: The Western Seaboard
Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world's oceans, continues to profile the seafood you should—and shouldn't—eat by indexing the most common fish off the western coast of the United States.
How to Build a Snow Cave
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Ask ten people how to make a snow cave and you'll get ten different answers. Winter-survival expert Greg Davenport, 49, ends the debate. Here's his definitive guide to making a bomber backcountry bunker.
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He's skied to the North Pole and mushed across the Canadian Arctic, and in 2009 Larsen, 37, will try to be first to reach both poles and the summit of Mount Everest in one year. Here's some of the gear he usually has in tow.
Playing It Safe
Tout, scam, trickery, pickpockets, or downright theft—any one of 'em can turn a trip of a lifetime into a lifelong lesson. Here's how to avoid bad experiences.
Seafood Watch: The Eastern Seaboard
Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world’s oceans, offers information on the environmental impacts of eating various types of seafood.

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Rogue River Salmon, Chinook & Steelhead Fishing Trip
Destination Wilderness
from $2695, 4 days
Long recognized as salmon and steelhead heaven, throughout time the Rogue has provided fishing enthusiasts with idyllic pools and quiet fishing holes...
Columbia & Snake Rivers - A River Voyage of Discovery
Adventure Life Voyages
from $3099, 8 days
Join us on the Columbia and Snake Rivers as the Bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition gets fully underway. The explorers set out in 1804,...
McKenzie River: Oregon Fly Fishing
Destination Wilderness
from $380, 2 days
From its headwaters of the glaciers and snowfields over 10,000 feet above sea level to the confluence with the mighty Willamette River, the McKenzie...

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Car Camping
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Squishy Bowls
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Winter Camping Gear Essentials
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It’s a winter wonderland. Get out there and enjoy it.
What Eric Larsen, Polar Explorer, Brings
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He's skied to the North Pole and mushed across the Canadian Arctic, and in 2009 Larsen, 37, will try to be first to reach both poles and the summit of Mount Everest in one year. Here's some of the gear he usually has in tow.
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Attractions

Devil's Punch Bowl State Park

(eight miles north of Newport)
US Highway 101
Newport, Oregon 97365

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Cascade Lakes Highway

Bend , Oregon

Description: This National Scenic Byway is a popular summertime 87-mile loop drive that leads to some of the finest roadside scenery in the Oregon Cascades. ... Read More

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Pearl District

404 NW 10th Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97209

Description: Pearl is Portland's famous art district, and though its beginnings were humble, a complete urban... Read More

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