SILVER STAR MOUNTAIN — On a June day when it was 90-plus degrees in Vancouver, snow still coated some upper reaches of the steep Grouse Vista Trail to Silver Star Mountain.

Terry Richard / The OregonianThe north side of Silver Star Mountain, the high point of the Chinook Trail. Washington's recently crowned National Recreation Trail is a Rocky Mountain high just a ...

An exceptionally dry summer, a “devil wind” blowing from east to west and, unfortunately, boys messing around with fire led to the kind of regional catastrophe in 1902 that worries us even ...

The Silver Star Vision Plan Steering Committee includes representatives from the Mount St. Helens Chapter of the Back Country Horsemen of Washington, the Chinook Trail Association, the Washington ...