If you’ve been to a bar recently, chances are you’ve seen a culinary-inspired cocktail on the menu. These are the drinks loaded with savory ingredients straight from the kitchen like herbs, cheese, broth, crackers and even mushrooms, modeled after popular food dishes and deconstructed in your glass.
Three hours north of Boise and six south of Spokane, the little-known ranching town of Halfway, Oregon is the gateway to one of the last hidden skiing gems in the country: the Southern Wallowas.
The lesser-known mountain range garnered the nickname “the Swiss Alps of Oregon” for its jagged peaks and deep valleys, though it’s overshadowed by the Cascades to the west, the Bitterroots to the north, the Sawtooths to the east and Wasatch to the south. A full day’s drive from the coastal hubs of Seattle and Portland, the Wallowas are just remote enough to keep most skiers away, if they even know about them at all.
