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Move your cursor over the image for a profile  Western Hiker guides are supported by the packers of Wilderness Outfitters LLC who have three decades of experience in the Eagle Cap and Hells Canyon wilderness areas. |
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Western Hiker offers many wilderness adventure options for the must rugged hikers to families with first-time hikers to boomers who will never be too old for a walk on the wild side. Roll your cursor over any more link below for details. You browser must allow JavaScript. All code on this site is safe code. Hurricane Creek Base Camp Our Hurricane Creek base camp on the north side of Eagle Cap Wilderness is your base camp . . . more Our Hurricane Creek base camp is your base camp on the north side of the Eagle Cap Wilderness. Hike in or ride a horse, stay a day or a week. Sleep comfortably on cots in our spacious canvas wall tents, and
enjoy a warm, refreshing shower. Spend your days exploring the many nearby lakes and streams, climbing a mountain peak, or just
relaxing in camp. Nightly charge if you hike and pack your own gear -- $35 USD per Adult hiker, $25 per Child hiker under 12 yrs old. Minimum two nights stay and two hikers Personal Custom Base Camp We can set up a personal, custom base camp for your group at a location anywhere in the . . . more
We can set up a personal custom base camp for your group at a location anywhere in the Eagle Cap or Hells Canyon wilderness areas. If you’d like your own private camp, we'll set up a tent for cooking, provide a propane stove, and we will pack your personal gear in and out. Bring your own tents for sleeping or use ours. We won't camp with you, and you may use the camp for up to 10 days. A resupply with fresh food
and ice can be arranged. Camp set up in Eagle Cap Wilderness(up to 4 hikers) -- $750 USD Camp set up in Hells Canyon Wilderness (up to 4 hikers) -- $950 USD Add for each additional hiker -- $70 USD. Options: Hurricane Creek or Custom Base Camps You can choose a guide or several options for either camp to meet your needs . . . more Pine Lakes Base Camp Seven miles from Cornucopia Lodge, nestled in a bowl, high in the southern Wallowa Mountains . . . more Seven miles from Cornucopia Lodge, nestled in a bowl, high in the southern
Wallowa Mountains, sit Pine Lakes, two alpine jewels separated by only a few yards and filled with voracious brook trout that attack almost any lure. You can hike all day without meeting anyone and camp near a high mountain lake that you will usually have all to yourself. Nightly charge if you hike and pack your own gear -- $35 USD per Adult hiker, $25 per Child hiker under 12 yrs old. Minimum two nights stay and two hikers. Add a night at Cornucopia Lodge (see lodge link below) in a 2-bedroom cabin for $125.00, meals not included. Meals served in Lodge, no cooking in cabins. Deluxe Wilderness Camp No worries with the deluxe wilderness camp. A guide will tend camp and prepare meals . . . more If you would prefer a more deluxe experience, our guide will stay with you to tend the camp and will prepare all meals. Your camp need not remain fixed throughout your stay--we can relocate as often as once every other day. Our guide will pack all the gear and food on mules while you hike. This is a also great option if you want to get away from it all without all the hassle of getting away from it all. Minimum 4 days -- $225 USD per hiker (minimum of 2 hikers) Guided Backpacking Our professional wilderness guides will take you anywhere in the Eagle Cap or . . . more We can take you anywhere in the Eagle Cap or Hells Canyon wilderness areas. Our experienced guides can help you plan a trip to match your interests and abilities, from relaxing weekend hikes to two-week mountain treks. We can help photographers find the
best vistas, wildflower displays, or wildlife viewing locations, and if you like to fish, we'll share our secrets about healthy trout streams.
Guides will prepare your meals and will share tips on wilderness travel at your request. This is a true wilderness adventure—experience the freedom of traveling where you want and carrying everything you need on your back. Call for quote based on your trip plan. Minimum 4 days -- $225 USD per hiker (minimum of 2 hikers) Backpack Gear Drops We customize this service to meet your wilderness travel needs for extended or aided trips . . . more We will customize this service to meet your needs. One-way drops are possible, and we can arrange to meet you for a resupply midway through a long hike. Start or end your backcountry trek on horseback—hike the Snake River trail, for example, but spare your
knees the trips into and out of the canyon. Tell us what you want to do, and we will help make it happen. You hike in while we pack your gear. Packer and 1 mule to pack your gear (up to 125 lbs) - $250 USD per trip. Options for Backpack Drops: Add for riding a horse to and from camp, if we are providing a packer for your gear -- $60 USD each way per horse. Add for extra mule --$60 USD each way. Prices are from Cornucopia, Boulder Park, and Hurricane and Two Pan trailheads. Other trailheads locations, quotes on request. Cornucopia Wilderness Lodge We operate an excellent new lodge on the southern edge of Eagle Cap Wilderness . . . more
We operate an excellent new lodge at the edge of the incredible northeastern Oregon wilderness. Cornucopia Lodge, near the 19th-century gold mining town of Cornucopia, also offers modern, private cabins and meals served family-style at an operating pack station cookhouse. You are literally steps from Eagle Cap Wilderness trailheads and a short drive to Hells Canyon Wilderness trailheads.
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 Brendan Keavney has hiked many hundreds of miles in the mountains of Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Montana, and throughout the Mojave and Colorado deserts. Many of those miles have been solo.“I spent five years in engineering school and another five in a relatively high-stress job, and when I wasn’t flying around the world to meetings I was decompressing alone in the wilderness.“ Now helping others enjoy and appreciate wilderness is Brendan's full time job at Western Hiker. Brendan Keavney is certified in wilderness first aid.  Allison Keavney and her brothers spent a great deal of time exploring the creeks, rivers, mountains, and forests surrounding Winlock, Washington where she grew up. It was only natural that she joined the local search and rescue team and spent time after high school exploring the world. She loves to hike and has backpacked in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Joshua Tree National Parks."I truly enjoy guiding. It is an excellent opportunity to meet new people and get out into the wilderness. There is nothing better than lying on your back on a grassy patch, snacking on blackberries, and watching the sun go down." Allison Keavney is certified in wilderness first aid.  Norman Young is the professional wilderness packer supporting Western Hiker with years of expertise. "I seem to spend more time in the wilderness than out," he says. In fact, Norm does spend most of his time in Eagle Cap Wilderness and Hells Canyon from May to November, including at least one week-long trip across Eagle Cap. Though he knows a few old timers who won't use panniers and still prefer to top load the pack animal, Norm uses modern means to transport and protect your gear, including panniers, pack boxes, and manties. "Tying a diamond hitch on a top load is becoming less and less common as more and more packers are going to side loads only." And Norm also knows the mountains as well as he knows packing. "I've ridden and packed nearly all the trails on the western side and southern end of the Eagle Caps and quite a bit on the eastern side and Hells Canyon as well." 
Barry Greer has hiked, climbed, run, skied, and camped in Oregon's Cascades, the Wallowas, the Strawberries, the Steens, Gearhart, and Crater Lake National Park summer and winter for 25 years with an occasional sojourn to the Colorado Rockies.He taught environmental lit in the Oregon State U. honors program and wrote the first history of North American solo mountaineering for Appalachia. His experience as a writer for Sierra, Climbing, Summit, Appalachia, Orion, and other publications led to his current career as developer of and webmaster for westernhiker.com, your first source for hiking information on Eagle Cap Wilderness and Hells Canyon Wilderness in rugged northeastern Oregon. |
