Camping at Alvord Desert, Oregon Camping on Alvord Desert is an experience, and the views are just jaw-dropping. Once you’re ...

There's no place quite like Steens Mountain, a 50-mile fault block mountain that rises to almost 10,000 feet above the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon. It's a place where you can backpack ...

See more Outdoors content at IdahoPress.com by clicking hereThe flat, beige-colored bed of the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon will lure you in like the taste of salt on fresh popcorn.

More than a vertical mile below, the Alvord Desert shimmers faintly, a mirage in the void. At 9,733 feet, this is the eighth tallest mountain in Oregon, and the easiest to climb. In fact ...