Tag: Willamette National Forest

Fall Color in the Oregon Cascades

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
It's looking like 2025 is a banner year for photographing fall color in Oregon's Cascade Mountains. I spent a delightful day cruising Aufderheide Memorial Drive, aka West Cascades Scenic Byway, aka Forest Road 19, and found conditions better than I...Read More

Transitions

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_1866" align="aligncenter" width="695"] Fall color leaves on forest floor; North Fork Trail, Willamette National Forest, Oregon.[/caption] The end of autumn. The rain and the wind have arrived, the colorful leaves are fallen and fading. Beautiful in a different way...Read More

Vine Maple in Autumn

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_1846" align="aligncenter" width="695"] Vine maple Fall color on the McKenzie River Trail at Clear Lake, Oregon.[/caption] Earlier this fall a friend posted a photo on Facebook of vine maple trees on the shore of Clear Lake up in the...Read More

McKenzie Pass Highway

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_397" align="aligncenter" width="297"] Lava field at McKenzie Pass[/caption] The Old McKenzie Pass Highway, OR 242, has opened for the summer after snow plows were finally able to clear both lanes of the road. This part of the McKenzie Pass...Read More

Rhody season

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_365" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Rhododendron blossom, Cascade Mountains, Oregon"][/caption] It's rhododendron season in the Pacific Northwest. Depending on location and elevation, these beautiful evergreen shrubs bloom from April through June in the western regions of northern California, Oregon, Washington and...Read More