Ryan “Dirtmonger” Sylva, ODT thru-hiker 2017

Ryan “Dirtmonger” Sylva, ODT thru-hiker 2017

By Renee Patrick on November 1, 2017 | Posted in:

“To me, it’s a thru-hike in an isolated place that promotes a conversation in land management, ethics and usage. Hiking across a vast and remote landscape and having a random and chance encounter with cowboys and hunters to discuss how ‘all of us’ should treat the land, how we all have a responsibility, no...

Connecting Trails

By Renee Patrick on November 1, 2017 | Posted in:

The Oregon Desert Trail ties into two National Recreation Trails: the Fremont National Recreation Trail and Desert Trail.

The Last Darkness

By Renee Patrick on October 31, 2017 | Posted in:

Great Basin Spadefoot Toads – a sleepy chorus

By Lace Thornberg on October 31, 2017 | Posted in:

Oregon Desert Trail

By tmbr on October 25, 2017 | Posted in:

Heather “Anish” Anderson on the Oregon Desert Trail

By Renee Patrick on October 23, 2017 | Posted in:

Join ONDA at Footzone in Bend on Monday, November 27 to hear about Heather's three-week thru-hike on the Oregon Desert Trail this spring, the trip she calls the "hardest route I've ever done!"

Water Cache Guidelines

By Renee Patrick on October 23, 2017 | Posted in:

About the ODT

By Lace Thornberg on October 20, 2017 | Posted in:

  An ONDA initiative since 2011, the 750-mile Oregon Desert Trail traverses some of the most spectacular natural areas of the state’s dry side, including Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Steens Mountain, and the Owyhee Canyonlands. While we have surveyed every inch of the route in crafting the Oregon Desert Trail, it remains a...

Media

By Renee Patrick on October 20, 2017 | Posted in:

Trail Towns

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