Incredible thank you! If you can keep posting glorious items like this. So marvelous to know these places exist. I especially appreciate as i can no longer physically safely manuver without help not always possible.

the landscape is incredible. classic stark western valley carved by a river

Did you misspell “Whychus”? I find Whychus creek southeast of Sisters, Oregon.

Never heard of Wychus Creek. I’ll have to search the map for it. Beautiful video, thanks!

Wow! Fantastic video.

not bad at all.

Video a perfect little nugget of that beauty. MNicely done!! And congrats on getting in there.

Enjoy ed your videos. Sent them to my son in law from Roseburg Oregon. You 2 have a lot in common. He loves hiking and photography he’s from Colorado. Now living in Oregon.

Where is that?😊

Impressive presentation. Well done.

Excellent video I’ll be there in mid September. Thank you, great narrative start to finish.

Thank you for this remarkable video. I have visited Steens Mountain and the Hart Mountain hot spring campground many times. What memories! It was good to see more of other places I was not able to go: Alvord, Pueblo, Owyhee. Excellent use of Google Earth to give overviews followed by your own excellent photographs. I have my own treasured photographs from those places and I do know how to appreciate good work of that type. Cudos and thanks! At 83 I may not be able to see it again for real.

Another inspiring video Mark - One of my all time favorite places for sure.

Cool video! Glad to see you're getting out to the far flung corners of the Oregon's wild desert. Did you get a chance to explore the huge boulder-field just to the north of the main canyon? The boulders peeling off the rim above are truly gigantic.

In Utah and Wyoming/flaming gorge reservoir. The antelope herds are phenomenal. I am so amazed at the speed they can run. They are so versatile in the terrain. From pine trees and mountain hilltops to the deserts water edge of the lake. They are everywhere. My good friend Dewey and I spent many summer nights and early mornings, watching them graze at dawn before the heat of the day. Missing the memories. People and beautiful antelope! Thank you for sharing!!!!

Beautiful, love the music

Also, I feel the same way about Steens Mountain.

I love this area, thanks for sharing. Where did you start and park?

Enjoyed it.

👍👍 On my list of places to visit. Heard it's a long nasty road to get there.

Anything that brings attention to our orphaned Wilderness Study Areas gets my support. Thank you for respecting the WSA no-go for bikes. Live mixing biking and hiking too.

Thank you Mark. It has probably been 20 years since I spent time up on top of the rim camping, hiking, hunting, just observing the great sweep of silent beauty. It is a truly sacred place known only to a fortunate few. You brought it back to life for this Oregonian, currently misplaced in Texas.

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In mid October of 2007 it became already too icy & with some snow even, on the loop road, for a standard passenger vehicle to safely reach the parking lot near the summit. Best time might be early July through September.

You LOVE Norway (smile). I've never been there. However, my Grandfather was born in Norway & I've had a curious & wonderful affinity 4 this Place my whole life. You make it easier to understand my curiosity & 'my 'liking'. "Thank You" (hug). I live in Northern California; 28 miles from the Oregon Border; on the coast. The first video I watched of your's was of the Oregon Southern-Eastern Terrain. It was interesting to see the major differences between Oregon's coastline's & Oregon's Interior. Vastly different, yet, both unbelievably beautiful. You managed to capture this beauty & capture my attention (wink). There is an amazing Man I watch on KZbin. His KZbin 'handle' is called "The Norwegian Xplorer'er". Yes, he is from Norway. And? And, he looks alot like you (smile). Karl is his name. He hikes the back Country of Norway & takes One to places never seen by many. You may enjoy his videos. Please look at Karl's 'past' videos regarding Norway. Why? Because lately, Karl has been enduring Winter Blizzards & these videos are quite extreme. Karl's 'fair weather' Norway videos are truly amazing, tho. And, much more less intimidating (blink). You have a "GIFT" 4 looking at the World the same way GOD would.....I believe. "THANK YOU" 4 sharing your GIFT (BIG hug). GOD BLESSES ALL.

Gosh....the Google Earth aerials were so-so - kind of flat and moved too fast. BUT YOUR PHOTOS WERE JUST STUNNING. The lighting and compositions, the clouds, the land forms and plants....just so very beautiful. I really appreciated your section about the first peoples and your admonition to visit; be an active advocate and learn to live lightly with respect on this beautiful earth. Thank you so much

Love this country. Your pictures really do it justice. Thank you.

You might want to hold your iphone camera horizontally for social media....

did you know that the term Owyhee got it's name from trappers trying to spell Hawaii it seems some native Hawaiians who wanted directions to find local Indian tribes ..they walked off into the wilderness and were never seen again the area was named for them on the maps

I’ve heard Oregon is the most racist state in the US- is it true

No no, no don't go there! The beauty is in its wilderness . Idiot, nature does not need to be invaded by more people.

Fresh snow on a calm crisp day . Aaah , nothing beats that ❤

Amazing! I didn't know this is possible. Makes me feel like flying.

Amazing work

This guy has to be professional videographer. This is one of the best produced videos on KZbin I've ever seen.

Feels like I'm flying! Sweet sounds.

Amazing work

What a cool perspective!

Beautiful!

Inexcusable that I haven't been there yet and didn't take my son when he was younger. I didn't realize it was so scenic. Thanks for this.

This is not the "Gems" video I was looking for, It was much much more wonderful! Thank You! PS. Thought some of the music was familiar. Some of my favorite musicians in here! Just Amazing!

Amazing post!! Really great work on this and some fantastic views!! Wow! Best, from Colorado!

Why put it on the news then?

I was there in April 2022- spectacular area!!!

Wow, your coverage is the best quality I’ve seen for this area. I’m battling bile duct cancer, but one of my first goals is to get a great wide shot of those Kiger Mustangs to put on my living room wall!!

I love Oregon's high desert. Thank you

Some beautiful footage there Mark! As a teenager (think I was 16-17) I went camping in that area (top of Blitzen) with John Scharff, who was the first manager of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, and who the Scharff Waterfowl Festival was named after. That was 1970! Need to get back to the Steens - it’s been over 20 years since I’ve last been up there. Thanks for sharing.

Living in Central Oregon near Tumalo Falls is a great base camp to explore the many places others do to travel. We have done several trips to the Owyhee area and this video shows me how many more trips I need to take. As I skim through your videos. I need to re watch many of them and make a bucket list of off the beaten paths to visit. We explore year around in this region. So much to see and experience. Why camp at Crane prairie when you can go to so many other less crowded areas in Oregon. Keep up the good work

you need to thank the people you are trashing. If they have and are still ruining this land that you are trying to save. then how can it still so beautiful. It's amazing how people beneath you kept this land so beautiful. thank you would be a good start

Quite a stunning area. I look forward to getting back there very soon. Thanks for sharing your adventure.