It's here! This past month we've been scouting trails and peaks throughout the area from our basecamp in Bend, and we're stoked to announce that we're finally ready to launch the inaugural Central Oregon Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge! What is the Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge? It's a self-paced hiking challenge up a series of six, iconic […]

Seven years ago, I was preparing to thru-hike the 211-mile John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I had hiked it once before after I graduated high school, and was looking forward to seeing the trail again. Organizing and leading the trip meant covering all the bases; from planning resupply packages to shaking out […]