Revisiting a Favorite Forest Haunt
The Cascade Mountain Range of Oregon is carpeted with a National Forest that is broken up into management areas called Ranger Districts. I had the privilege of serving as a contract worker on a district that lies east of Salem, Oregon in 1997 and 1998. The following link is to a map of some of the remarkable features that are so attractive about the Detroit Ranger District. The land is remarkable for its ruggedness and beauty. Detroit is a favorite stopping point for travelers from the Willamette Valley who are taking the three hour automobile ride to "the other side", the tourist towns of Sisters, Redmond and Bend. In their long trip, they climb almost 5000 feet in elevation from Salem (elev. 200 feet) over the Range (Santiam Pass is 4800 feet) and down to the Deschutes River valley (elevation 3200 feet). In doing so, the travelers pass between sleeping and inactive strato-volcanoes that have been gouged by alpine glacier ice.
Here is a link to a map of some of the sites and pull-offs in the District:
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