Maintaining and building trails in Central Oregon
The Central Oregon Nordic Club enhances the experience of backcountry skiing, snowshoeing and hiking in Central Oregon by:
- Organizing volunteers to maintain winter trails (diamonds, signs, brushing)
- Organizing outings for ski touring, snowshoeing & hiking
- Advocating for protection of the backcountry experience
- Constructing and maintaining shelters
- Stocking shelters with firewood
- Teaching Nordic skiing skills for members
- Organizing annual social events for member
Helpful Links

Your donation helps us buy trail signs, blue diamonds to mark ski and snowshoe trails. Your donation buys tools to clear the trails. And your donation helps us maintain snow shelters. CONC is a 501 (c) (3) organization and your donation is tax-deductible.

As a member, you can volunteer to work on trails – marking them and clearing them. You also can join us on our outings – weekly and overnight cross country ski and snowshoe outings.

Volunteer to help us keep the back country ski and snowshoe trails clear and well-marked. Help us cut wood for our snow shelters. Help us maintain those shelters.
Upcoming Events and Activities
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Sue Sullivan-Trail Networking
March 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
John Fertig-Skiing in Yellowstone
March 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Using Your Assets for Trail Maintenance
Sue Sullivan got an email last Tuesday February 16, about two trees down on lower High Voltage (just had to say that…) in the Edison
New Snow and Tumalo Falls
Four folks went out skiing on Sunday, February 14 to Tumalo Falls. The snow was new and great. The creek was lovely, as were the
Water Tower Trail Clarification
I was totally unaware of the log bridge under the trail I just skied across. Charlie and Al had done some reconnaissance work on the
Request for SNS Bindings
Can you help provide sit-skis to schools by donating your old bindings? CXC (Central Cross Country Skiing), out of Wisconsin, needs bindings for sit-skis which
2021 Ski & Snowshoe Trail Reroutes
Recently the Central Oregon Nordic Club began working with the Forest Service on our long term plans for ski and snowshoe trails. This work on

A Chilly Metolius River Hike
Jerry Sebestyen led a hike on Sunday, November 8 to the Metolius River. It was a cat and mouse game of weather prediction but Jerry