Author: Eric Ness

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 pronounced the “Hike is on…

As COVID cases increase this fall, hospitalizations are expected to peak in Oregon in mid-January.  I’ve been told the “second wave” during the 1918 flu pandemic was also when most…

On Monday, July 13, seven CONC members navigated by car caravan through several obscure Forest Service roads to find the less popular north trail head to Crescent Mountain.    Once…

Photos below are arranged "roughly" in alphabetical order, according to the common name identified by the photographer.  The captions are embedded in the photo by flower name, photographer, and possibly…

Wednesday, July 1, a hardy group of CONCers hiked up and around Gray Butte, led by Roz.  They hiked via a combination of road, trail and across country.  It was…

Jerry Sebestyen led a hike up Black Crater off McKenzie Pass on Sunday, July 12.  The hike is about 7.5 miles with roughly 2,000 feet of elevation, and some short…

After meeting at Lava Lake SnoPark on Tuesday, June 23 before 9:00 am our esteemed leader, Roz, made the critical decision (based on something Eileen reportedly said) to hike Browder…

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is an old animated film where a wind storm hits the hundred acre wood.  Of course it makes a mess of things that…

Lookout Mountain was perfect Sunday, June 21.  Best of all, it wasn't crowded.  All the mountains were on display from the summit cliff, and the weather couldn't have been better.…