Descending Steens Mountain – Weekly Top Shot #5
Descending Steens Mountain – Weekly Top Shot #5

Descending Steens Mountain – Weekly Top Shot #5

Descending Steens Mountain


Steens Mountain… Fields, OR… Dirt Road… High Desert… Snow…

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If you live in the rural west,

you know many dirt roads are almost as easily traveled as paved ones,

most are well maintained by the local county or state DOT.

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This road, Oregon State Route 205,

taking you from Frenchglen over the southern end of Steens Mountain to Fields,

is one of them and the views are spectacular.

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Steens Mountain is a fifty mile long fault-block mountain running in a north/south direction

between Fields and Diamond (near Burns)in the high desert

of southeastern central Oregon.

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Here, descending the near summit (5,648′ elevation),

looking east down towards the small community of Fields (population 86),

you can see some of the beauty of this very rural, rugged, and isolated place.

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I checked the current weather conditions, it is 21 degrees F. (-6 degrees C.) and clear this morning, brrrr that’s a bit chilly!

Fields is a ‘last chance’ gas stop in the area,

the next gas is 100 miles away in any direction.

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Established in 1881 and located 112 miles southeast of Burns,

the tiny unincorporated community of Fields, consists of Fields Station (the gas station/convenience store/post office)

and Fields two-room school,

a few homes and

miles and miles of

sage brush and beauty.

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48 Comments

  1. Love the photo. Are those the current conditions; a dusting of snow? I’m thinking not, because it might be hard to find Internet connection in that part of Oregon. I was in the high desert region, further west (Painted Hills area) in Feb. 2009 and found that it was difficult to find open restaurants, gas stations, or places to buy food. If I recall correctly, a restaurant in Mitchell closed at 7 pm Saturday evening, and was not open Sunday.

    1. Jim, the weather conditions are current… you’re right there is no wifi connection there or along the Alvord Desert and the Wild Horse Valley, although the school had satellite dishes and I would surmise that they have internet over the phone lines for the students there. Much of the area operates as all areas did in the 1950s, the sidewalks roll up on Saturday nights… but you know I don’t think that’s a bad thing…

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