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this year we were lucky enough to visit Hells Canyon on two occasions... On June 1st for a day and then a weekend in the middle of October for two days.
Hells Canyon is North Americas deepest river gorge and located between Oregon and Idaho. We stayed in Enterprise on both trips and did day hikes (although it should be a great area for backpacking too - if you're not afraid of rattlesnakes and poison oak... of which we saw neither )
On our trip two weeks ago we drove to Buckhorn Lookout on the first day (we had already done this hike in June).
On the second day we drove to Hat Point, which is the high point on the Oregon side.
Gearwise, I used my E-M1 with the Olympus 12-60mm that I'm trying at the moment (after not really "connecting" with the 12-40mm)
The whole set with some more shots on flickr:
2 days at Hells Canyon
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Trip to Buckhorn Lookout and hike along Imnaha River Canyon:
Driving across Zumwalt Prairie:
October:
Zumwalt Prairie by tilman paulin, on Flickr
June:
Zumwalt Prairie by tilman paulin, on Flickr
October:
Zumwalt Prairie by tilman paulin, on Flickr
June:
Zumwalt Prairie by tilman paulin, on Flickr
Arriving at Imnaha river canyon and hiking along (and down into) the canyon side:
October:
walking down the Canyon by tilman paulin, on Flickr
June:
Imnaha River by tilman paulin, on Flickr
vegetation in October:
the way back by tilman paulin, on Flickr
vegetation in June:
mountain lupines by tilman paulin, on Flickr
some more October shots:
lunchbreak by tilman paulin, on Flickr
Eureka Viewpoint by tilman paulin, on Flickr
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Day 2 - Hat Point
Snake river in the distance:
Hells Canyon by tilman paulin, on Flickr
this trip switchbacks straight down into the canyon:
switchbacking down by tilman paulin, on Flickr
black and white and green by tilman paulin, on Flickr
nice spot for a lunch break, but windy
lunch break on Monday - Hells Canyon by tilman paulin, on Flickr
going back up, the remains of summer:
the remains of summer by tilman paulin, on Flickr
last farewell glimpses towards Hells Canyon and Snake River in the evening:
snake river by tilman paulin, on Flickr
farewell Hells Canyon by tilman paulin, on Flickr
back on the road, catching the trickiest bit of the drive before the sun goes down and we lose daylight.
It's 23 miles on gravel, single lane... But fortunately only about 4 miles of it are this hairy
going down by tilman paulin, on Flickr
hold your breath and just keep going by tilman paulin, on Flickr
Hells Canyon is North Americas deepest river gorge and located between Oregon and Idaho. We stayed in Enterprise on both trips and did day hikes (although it should be a great area for backpacking too - if you're not afraid of rattlesnakes and poison oak... of which we saw neither )
On our trip two weeks ago we drove to Buckhorn Lookout on the first day (we had already done this hike in June).
On the second day we drove to Hat Point, which is the high point on the Oregon side.
Gearwise, I used my E-M1 with the Olympus 12-60mm that I'm trying at the moment (after not really "connecting" with the 12-40mm)
The whole set with some more shots on flickr:
2 days at Hells Canyon
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Trip to Buckhorn Lookout and hike along Imnaha River Canyon:
Driving across Zumwalt Prairie:
October:
June:
October:
June:
Arriving at Imnaha river canyon and hiking along (and down into) the canyon side:
October:
June:
vegetation in October:
vegetation in June:
some more October shots:
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Day 2 - Hat Point
Snake river in the distance:
this trip switchbacks straight down into the canyon:
nice spot for a lunch break, but windy
going back up, the remains of summer:
last farewell glimpses towards Hells Canyon and Snake River in the evening:
back on the road, catching the trickiest bit of the drive before the sun goes down and we lose daylight.
It's 23 miles on gravel, single lane... But fortunately only about 4 miles of it are this hairy