Old-Growth Hikes in the Oregon Cascades

A field guide to old-growth ecology.

This website offers a pictorial preview of a comprehensive field guide to old-growth forests in the Oregon Cascades, currently in the latter stages of preparation. The field guide will likely be published in 2027, and contains 88 complete hike descriptions, an in-depth presentation of old-growth forest ecology, and old-growth protection and restoration recommendations.

Hikes are organized by region of the Oregon Cascades, and all material is based on recent field visits (2023-2025) and current research. All hikes were originally described by the author (John Cissel) in a series of hiking guides and a book published from 1991-2003.