Every summer during the first weekend of August, furries from all over gather in central Oregon’s High Desert to dive into a relaxed reality. Vastly different from a typical hotel convention, Campfire Tails is an outdoor adventure where friends meet and work together to create a bustling community in the woods.
CFT provides three meals a day, bathroom facilities, and a space to call home during four days of events and festivities. Campfire Tails occurs on the ancestral lands of the Hunipuitöka, a band of Northern Paiute people indigenous to the region.
Today, the campsite is called the Ogden Group Camp, just off Highway 97 near La Pine, Oregon. The campground itself is part of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Its location in the rain shadow of the Cascade Mountains gives the area a desert-like climate, with hot days and chilly nights and occasional afternoon thunderstorms.
Although the environment is harsh, the land is breathtaking; pine forests, volcanoes, waterfalls, and thriving wildlife are all around the campground.
