Camping at Alvord Desert (one of the largest playa lakes in the state) will take your breath away. You’d think that a bunch ...

At the Alvord Hot Springs, as we prepared to drive into the desert, a pair of dusty, grizzled land sailors overheard us ask about the wind. "It comes from everywhere," one of the men said, grinning.

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 ...

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 ...