Steens Mountain, knife country
 

Here are some pics from the Oregon Steens Mountain trip, August 2005.

Knifemakers Bob Lum, Chris Reeve and myself present in a camp with 7 other guys with varied interests. I'll get with Bob to see what other pics we might have but here are some snapshots starting with a sunrise over camp.

These are a few shots looking over the Steens east rim taken from 9500 ft. elevation.
It's one vertical mile from the spot the pics are taken to the high desert floor down below.
The big light colored area in the valley is the Alvord Desert.

Last pic is of a couple of the guys looking for bighorn sheep.

Kiger Gorge
 

This is of the Kiger Gorge in the Steens. It's the largest glacial carved gorge in the United States. That's my son standing there and I told him to stay away from that patch of snow because it's about 1/4 mile vertical down to the next stop after that.

The head wall is over three thousand feet above the floor, at the top of the gorge.

The lower end of this is home of the famous wild horses that are named after the Kiger.

Beautiful country

Nature at its best! Thanks for posting Bill.

Mr. Harsey, beautiful photos!!!

FrontSight

Awesome pictures Mr. Harsey! Our Country is breathtakingly beautiful.

Wild Horse canyon and Rain
 

The first image is looking straight south down Wild Horse Canyon, if you look careful Wild Horse lake can be seen in the lower right corner. It's 1000 vertical feet below where pic was taken. The lake has Lohontan Cutthroat trout.

The mountains in the farthest distance to the left are the Pueblos, named for the folks that lived there. Yes there are Pueblo sites in Oregon.

Pic No. 2 is looking to the west under the thunderstorms and walls of rain.

Nice pics, but where are the knives?

In our pockets until needed.

Mr Harsey the pictures are magnificent... absolutely breath-taking. Thank you for posting them.

Great Photo's!

Harsey, Lum, Reeve. That is some scary talent, a camp site with a very deep skill set.

Nice pics Mr. Harsey! Thank you for sharing.

Great pics, great Americans, great times!

Thanks Bill!

TR

Great shots. Thanks Bill.