Steens Mountain, knife country

**Bill Harsey** · 08-11-2005, 09:35

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.

**Bill Harsey** · 08-11-2005, 09:40

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.

**Bill Harsey** · 08-11-2005, 09:57

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.

**Kyobanim** · 08-11-2005, 10:10

Beautiful country

Sacamuelas · 08-11-2005, 10:24

Nature at its best! Thanks for posting Bill.

08-11-2005, 10:28

Mr. Harsey, beautiful photos!!!

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