A hike to Blue Pool is a hallmark of spring in Oregon, but making the trek this season has meant donning your rain gear and thermals. A steady tempo of rain fell across the McKenzie River Trail in ...

forming Blue Pool. The beautiful, clear pool is a popular destination for day hikers, and is one of the busiest spots along the McKenzie River Trail. Oregon’s central Cascade Mountains are known ...

The McKenzie River in Oregon is a 90-mile stretch ... We had the trail almost to ourselves and the gorgeous views of the blue lagoon were only ours to soak up. The minute we turned to start ...

Tucked into the rugged, lush western slope of the Cascade Range between Central Oregon and Eugene, the McKenzie ... the trail so impressive: moss-covered boulders, deep blue pools of the river ...

Then the trail climbs another mile through a moss-covered lava flow to an overlook of blue-green Tamolitch Pool. The lake's only apparent inlet is a dry waterfall, yet the McKenzie River rages out ...

But the sound of her shrieking would reverberate in my head throughout the rest of the hike. In his guidebook “100 Hikes: Central Oregon ... the McKenzie River, with its magnificent blue shade ...

The McKenzie ... Blue River Reservoir. The human-caused fire burned 3,485 acres and is 100% contained. These recreation sites were set to open Tuesday: Lookout Campground, Buck Mountain Trail ...

The trail is unpaved and descends along a series of stone steps amid the thick forest. The McKenzie River runs along the right, its pale aqua-blue flow ... 70 miles east on Oregon Highway 126 ...