It wasn’t until January that the temperatures began to drop and the weather radars started to pick up a large storm system heading south towards Oregon. The snow estimates got bigger, and bigger, and bigger. Then, it happened.
Like the fish he loves, Karl travels...Come winter, though, he’s here, like he is every winter, fishing for winter steelhead on the North Umpqua, catching what he’s chasing, making it all look easy.
Whether you prefer the comfort of the thermostat or the wild weather outdoors, there’s always something to do around Eugene during the winter.
“Here the beginnings of the Coast Range back right to town, and yet the foothills rarely see a snow event capable of even a sled run. So I started asking, ‘What about up there, at Marys Peak?’”
A shadow has been passing over the face of the Oakridge/Westfir boom, threatening the communities’ hard-won economic and environmental stability.