You pull off the highway, onto a side road across the river from Mosier, and head up into the syncline. There are trails that wind through volcanic tuft and basalt, up and up and up from the river ...

Tim LaBarge, Special to The OregonianEddy Marcelet (left) of Kona Bicycles and adventure photographer Scott Markewitz pick a spot for a catalog shot on the Syncline trail system. BINGEN, Wash.

MOSIER, Ore. — A wildfire broke out near the town of Mosier in the Columbia River Gorge Monday afternoon, prompting Level 3 "Go Now" evacuations for an area immediately south of the city.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Mircrowave Tower Fire burning near Mosier has doubled in size since Tuesday morning. Dry conditions and strong winds are helping fuel the fire, as well as many others around ...