With its iconic mountains, rivers, and coastline, it’s easy to overlook the adventure of discovering some of Oregon’s underground wonders. Oregon is home to some of the best examples of deep caves and ...

DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST — We are in one of the darkest, quietest places on earth: An ancient subterranean cave in Central Oregon’s volcanic, sage-covered high desert. At this moment, 30 feet ...

Lava Lands Bend Photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service, Deschutes National Forest. For the first time since 2019, Bend’s popular Lava River Cave should be able to welcome explorers for its entire ...

The mile-long lava tube south of Bend is the latest natural wonder in Oregon requiring reservations to reduce crowding. Visitors descend into Lava River Cave, a mile-long lava tube south of Bend, Ore.

Another popular Oregon destination will require a special permit to visit, as the state’s population and tourism boom continues to upend the experience of getting outdoors in Oregon. Lava River Cave, ...

No trip to Central Oregon would be complete without exploring one of the region's defining geological features: the vast expanses of hardened lava that diverted the Deschutes, formed mounds of gumdrop ...

In this edition of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks to outdoors intern Rose Shimberg about two of Oregon's subterranean destinations. Urness and Shimberg talk first about the Lava ...

The Lava River Cave exhaled chilled air. I put on my sweatshirt, despite the hot July day. Though I'd been warned about the sudden drop in temperature to a crisp 42 degrees, it was hard to believe I'd ...

A couple in Oregon are selling a house with an added extra room – a large underground lava cave. On Sunday, Suzanne and James Brierley told local news outlet KTVZ 21 they brought the property and ...

The vast interiors of a mysterious cave discovered beneath a home in Bend, Oregon have been unveiled in a new video shared with Newsweek. The walls of the lava tube—a cave formed from a volcanic ...

Ken Siegrist crawls on his belly through the dirt. His neck contorts as he pushes through a constriction of basalt that seems moments away from crushing his skull. There is no natural light. Best to ...