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Explore These Less-Crowded Wilderness Trails in the Central Oregon Cascades
Explore These Less-Crowded Wilderness Trails in the Central Oregon Cascades
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Hikers love the high peaks and wilderness areas of Oregon’s Central Cascades for good reason. The glacier-gouged volcanoes rocket out of the earth in a scream of rock and ice, while placid lakes shimmer in the palms of the pine-scented forests that surround them. But like IPAs and Sparrow Bakery’s ocean rolls, too much of a good thing isn’t great, and such easy access has led to overuse that threatens the very thing that made these areas special.