Part I: Best outdoor adventures of 2024

26/12/2024 34 min
Part I: Best outdoor adventures of 2024

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, host Zach Urness highlights the best adventures the Statesman Journal outdoors staff wrote about in 2024.

In this part I episode, Urness talks about the troubled but beloved Umpqua Hot Springs during its "quiet season" and exploring snow shelters in the winter backcountry near Gold Lake Sno Park. Other adventures highlighted include summer skiing on Mount Hood — even during an extreme heatwave — along with mountain biking a historic road and how to visit one of Oregon's most beautiful but semi-secret waterfalls.

Part II of this countdown should be posted around the New Year.

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