Guide to Recreating in Oregon's
Great Outdoors
Many people move to Portland, Oregon because of Oregon's diverse
outdoor culture of activities. Below are some of
the favorites:
ROCK CLIMBING
Oregon is the most beautiful state in the union.
From the rivers, oceans, streams, mountains,
trees, wildlife and rocks Oregon offers a very
diverse outdoor scene all driving distance from
Oregon's largest city, Portland,
Oregon.
There are many incredible rock climbing
experiences in Oregon's great outdoors.
Here you will find some nice rock climbing
climbs as well as some pictures. Click here
for pdxrelocate's rock climbing section.
click here to head to the Oregon Rock
Climbing Section |
HIKING
With Oregon's vast national forests and
Portland's world class
parks there is no shortage of great
hikes both
within Portland to the suburbs to rural Oregon.
To see the
all the incredible hikes Oregon has to offer
click here.
click here to head to Oregon's Hiking
Section |
WINDSURFING
& KITEBOARDING
Oregon is home to the most popular windsurfing
city in the entire world. That city is
Hood River (The Windsurfing Capital of the
World). Hood River is a beautiful 40
minute drive East of Portland up the incredible
Columbia River and Gorge.
Of course with those East winds the Columbia
River Gorge brings you can windsurf and
kiteboard in many areas, but Hood River has
schools and lessons, equipment rentals and of
course the wind.
Click here to go to Oregon's Windsuring and
Kiteboarding
section. |
HANGGLIDING &
PARAGLIDING
Oregon is known for it's tremendous outdoor fun
due to the terrain of countryside. One
place to
learn hanggliding and paragliding is on
the Oregon Coast in Pacific City. There is
some great places to go both organized and
unorganized hanggliding and paragliding.
Click here
to learn more about Hanggliding and Paraggliding
in Oregon.
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SNOW SPORTS
Many people gravitate to Oregon for
their outdoor activities and a lot of
the outdoor activities revolve around
the mountains. One large mountain
within an hour from Portland is Mt.
Hood. Mt Hood has resorts and many
different places for snow sports such as
downhill skiing, snowboarding,
snowmobiling, cross country skiing and
the like.
Click here to go to Oregon's snow sport
sections.
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FISHING
& HUNTING
Oregon has tremendous Fishing and
Hunting. Arguably the best Fishing
and Hunting in the world. With
Vast Wildlife, Mountains & Mountain
Ranges, Streams, Large and Small Rivers,
Lakes, Tree
Covered
Hills, Running Salmon, hatcheries and
dams and incredible climates, Oregon has
it all. Oregon has the cold
climate, the rainy climate, the desserts
and Eastern Oregon is just amazing with
enough rain to give you the lush green
trees and Ponderosa Pines but at the
same time very little precipitation so
that you can always stay warm.
Click here for the Oregon Fishing and
Hunting sections. |
WATER SPORTS
If you want places to play in the
water, outside of the swimming pool,
then Oregon provides tremendous
opportunities for that. From
motorized water sports like water
skiing, wakeboarding, inner tubing,
jetskiing to windsurfing, kiteboarding,
kayaking, open water swimming,
dragonboat racing and more, Oregon has
any type of water activity for any
person. If you have a creative
gift for sport in the water Oregon is
your place.
Click here for Oregon's Water Sports
section. |
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